Paul Terry wrote:
I'm not sure where Cambridge came into the plan, but if that is the
final destination I'd take the direct coach service from Heathrow to
Cambridge (I think it's National Express 727). It would be more
convenient and probably quicker than going into the centre of London.
Services are once an hour until after 2300, and then once every two
hours after that.

Yes, that's the backup plan. I'm just gambling on whether I should buy some
NX 'funfares' on the Victoria route, which work out a lot cheaper (last time
was 5 pounds per person Heathrow to Cambridge not 30 pounds) than the direct
bus. It's not a lot slower either to go via Victoria (since the Heathrow
bus often detours via Luton or Stansted).

I suspect that, budgeting 30 mins for flight delays, 2 hours from touchdown
to VCS is too tight though.

The TfL planner suggests, instead of the walk from Victoria tube to VCS,
alighting at Sloane Square and taking the C1 or the 211 bus. How fragile is
this likely to be late at night?

Theo