traveling from Paris to London

I have to fly out of London Heathrow at 12:30pm, so I want to be there by 9:30am. Is it possible to leave Paris (we%26#39;re staying close to Ile Saint Louis, so we%26#39;ll have to taxi to Gare de Lyon, then train to Gare de Nord, then train to London downtown and tube to Heathrow)? Or would it be wiser to go to London the day before?

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You could check the earliest eurostar time, but going the day before would be the safest. It would take some time to just get from London St Pancras to Heathrow on the tube (I%26#39;d allow at least 60 minutes, just in case), never mind the journey from Paris to London.

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You will lose an hour travelling from Paris to London as you will put your clock back to GMT so a 7am train would get you into London around 8am even though it%26#39;s just over a two hour journey. The quick way to Heathrow from there would be a Circle or Hammersmith and City line train to London Paddington (15 minute journey, £4) and then the Heathrow Express to Heathrow (15 minute journey, £15). Pricey but quicker. Alternatively about one hour on the Piccadilly Line from St Pancras to Heathrow, cost £4.

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Could it be an idea to take an early flight from Paris to London?

Had a quick look and you could fly KLM from Charles de Gaulle airport at 8am, with one stop-over, arriving at Heathrow at 10.45am. The cost was £239 which sounds a lot, and you might think the timing is risky, but it%26#39;s another idea to consider.

At a very expensive £341.50, there%26#39;s a BA flight leaving Paris at 7.40am, arriving at 8am.

Or another leaving at 9.45am, arriving 10.05.

As you see, the time difference helps...I think you gain rather than lose an hour, which henneth said, but might be mistaken; even though I%26#39;ve changed the clocks twice a year for many years, I will never understand it.

There are other flights, I%26#39;m sure, that you could research if you are interested.

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