Airport Lounge Reviews (UK)

This is an (almost) complete directory of airport lounges in the UK, reviewed by the HfP team or our readers.

Coronavirus has caused substantial disruption to the airport lounge sector. This is how we have dealt with it:

we have removed reviews from this list where we know that the lounge will never reopen
we have kept reviews on the list if the lounge is currently closed but we believe that it will reopen at some point
where we have reviewed a lounge on multiple occasions, only the most recent review is shown below

Airline lounges are usually reserved for business class and passengers holding elite status. Third party lounges such as Aspire (click here), Plaza Premium (click here) or No1 Lounges (click here) can be booked for cash via their websites.

Certain credit cards offer free airport lounge access. The Platinum Card from American Express, for example, offers two free Priority Pass cards. Each allows unlimited visits for two people to 1,300 lounges.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold, which is free for the first year, comes with two free airport lounge passes. These are valid anywhere in the Priority Pass network. Applying for this card in advance of your trip, and cancelling it before the first free year is over, means that your two lounge visits will have been free.

You can also buy a Priority Pass lounge club card, allowing access to over 1,300 lounges. There are various packages available as you can see on their website here.

Review: the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse lounge at Heathrow Terminal 3

This is our review of the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3. With Virgin Atlantic now having sent two Clubhouse passes to all Flying Club Silver members we thought it was .....

This is our review of the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3. With Virgin Atlantic .....

3 Dec 20213 December 2021 by Rhys Jones • 43 comments

Review: the new(er) Aspire lounge at Edinburgh Airport

This is our review of the new, second Aspire lounge at Edinburgh Airport. It is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. For the past .....

This is our review of the new, second Aspire lounge at Edinburgh Airport. It is part of our series of reviews .....

22 Nov 202122 November 2021 by Rhys Jones • 8 comments

Review: the Aspire Lounge, Newcastle Airport (now used by BA)

This is our review of the Aspire lounge at Newcastle Airport. It is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. All this week, in partnership .....

This is our review of the Aspire lounge at Newcastle Airport. It is part of our series of reviews of airport .....

20 Nov 202120 November 2021 by Rhys Jones • 30 comments

Review: the Northern Lights lounge at Aberdeen Airport

This is our review of the Northern Lights lounge at Aberdeen Airport. It is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. All this week, in .....

This is our review of the Northern Lights lounge at Aberdeen Airport. It is part of our series of reviews of .....

19 Nov 202119 November 2021 by Rhys Jones • 15 comments

Review: the Aspire lounge at Birmingham Airport

This is our review of the Aspire lounge at Birmingham Airport. It is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. All this week, in .....

This is our review of the Aspire lounge at Birmingham Airport. It is part of our series of reviews of airport .....

18 Nov 202118 November 2021 by Rhys Jones • 52 comments

Review: the new-look Aspire Lounge at Luton Airport

This is our review of the Aspire lounge at Luton Airport. It is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. All this week, in partnership .....

This is our review of the Aspire lounge at Luton Airport. It is part of our series of reviews of airport .....

17 Nov 202117 November 2021 by Rhys Jones • 42 comments

Review: the Plaza Premium lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 5

This is our review of the Plaza Premium lounge at Heathrow Terminal 5. It is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. The Plaza Premium lounge .....

This is our review of the Plaza Premium lounge at Heathrow Terminal 5. It is part of our series of reviews of .....

28 Oct 202128 October 2021 by Rhys Jones • 39 comments

Review: the Singapore Airlines SilverKris lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 2

As we reported last month, Singapore Airlines has reopened its lounge at Heathrow Terminal 2. This is a welcome relief for anyone travelling on a long-haul Star Alliance flight. These primarily depart .....

As we reported last month, Singapore Airlines has reopened its lounge at Heathrow Terminal 2. This is a .....

18 Oct 202118 October 2021 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

IT’S OPEN: See inside the American Express Centurion Lounge at Heathrow Terminal 3 (Part 1)

This is our review of The American Express Centurion Lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3 which opened at 11am today. I got a sneak peak yesterday and it is a very impressive facility. It is on a par .....

This is our review of The American Express Centurion Lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3 which opened at 11am .....

12 Oct 202112 October 2021 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

IT’S OPEN: See inside the American Express Centurion Lounge at Heathrow Terminal 3 (Part 2)

This is part 2 of our review of The American Express Centurion Lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3, which opened today. Part 1 of our Centurion Lounge review is here and you should read it first. .....

This is part 2 of our review of The American Express Centurion Lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 3, which .....

12 Oct 202112 October 2021 by Rob Burgess • 90 comments

Review: Lufthansa Business Class lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 2

This is our review of the Lufthansa Business Class lounge at Heathrow Terminal 2. I managed to pop my head into the Lufthansa Lounge at London Heathrow recently on my way to Dubai with SWISS. As SWISS .....

This is our review of the Lufthansa Business Class lounge at Heathrow Terminal 2. I managed to pop my head .....

4 Oct 20214 October 2021 by Rhys Jones • 40 comments

Manchester Terminal 2 1903 lounge alcohol island

Review: the new luxury 1903 Lounge in Manchester Airport’s Terminal 2 extension

This is our review of the new 1903 Lounge in the newly opened Terminal 2 extension at Manchester Airport. Yesterday we reviewed the new Escape Lounge in Manchester Terminal 2. Last week I wrote a .....

This is our review of the new 1903 Lounge in the newly opened Terminal 2 extension at Manchester Airport. .....

31 Aug 202131 August 2021 by Rhys Jones • 18 comments

Review: the brand new Escape Lounge in Manchester Airport Terminal 2

This is our review of the new Escape Lounge in the newly opened Terminal 2 extension at Manchester Airport. I was in Manchester Airport last week for a tour of the new terminal building which has been .....

This is our review of the new Escape Lounge in the newly opened Terminal 2 extension at Manchester Airport. I .....

30 Aug 202130 August 2021 by Rhys Jones • 33 comments

Review: The Middleton lounge at Teesside International Airport

This is our review of the new Middleton lounge at Teesside International Airport (formerly Durham Tees Valley Airport). It is one of two lounges, the second of which is yet to open, which will replace .....

This is our review of the new Middleton lounge at Teesside International Airport (formerly Durham Tees Valley .....

21 Jul 202121 July 2021 by Rhys Jones • 24 comments