Another micro-blogpost about British Airways! Needless to say, BA is not sponsoring me, it just happened that I travelled with them quite a bit recently! In this blogpost, I will walk you through their business class lounges in ‘the Home of British Airways’ Terminal 5 at London Heathrow Airport and do a quick comparison so that you can decide which BA business lounge is the best.
Heathrow T5 has three buildings with the following BA lounges:
- Main building (T5A) where the A gates are as well as BA’s Galleries Club North and South Lounges.
- Satellite building T5B where the B gates are as well as BA’s Galleries Club Lounge.
- Satellite building T5C with the C gates (head to T5A or T5B, no BA lounge here).
Buildings T5B and T5C are accessible via a short train ride from the main building (allow additional time if you are moving between T5A, T5B and T5C). Check out these useful maps from BA and Heathrow Airport.
If you are travelling first class in BA or hold elite status with One World, Galleries First and the Concorde Lounge are also available to you (both in the main building). Today, however, we will only talk about the BA business class lounges (for Club World and Club Europe).
MAIN BUILDING (T5A): NORTH GALLERIES
Space & amenities:
Very large space with multiple nicely furnished areas including an indoor terrace. Bright and airy with incredible views of the runway. You can see the planes landing in front of you! A variety of seating (low / high tables) and a very small kids’ playroom. There is a guest services counter as well as luggage storage (with an attendant) and showers. No work / rest private cubicles of any sort. There is free wifi and when we visited it was decent enough that my husband managed a long uninterrupted Teams call. So, you can work there but will have to deal with the background noise.
Food & beverage:
Modest food selection. Coffee and tea station and every alcoholic beverage you can think of! There’s quite a few snacks and a selection of fresh fruit. The buffet was being replenished constantly and tables were cleaned very quickly.
Our experience:
We traveled on a Thursday afternoon in late August. The lounge was full, but it still felt fairly relaxing since people were quite considerate with their use of space and noise levels. So, the lounge was still preferable to sitting at the waiting areas of the airport (which, as with everything in London, were very crowded!).
MAIN BUILDING (T5A): SOUTH GALLERIES
Space & amenities:
This is the largest lounge from all three with a variety of seating (low / high tables) and the same amenities and interior design as the North Galleries. If you can snap up the very few high chairs in the furthermost corner, you will have found the best spot to view planes take off. Unfortunately, the views are not as expansive as in the North Galleries.
Food & beverage:
Exactly the same food and beverage selection as the North Galleries.
Our experience:
We popped to the South Galleries to check them out after spending quite a bit of time in the North Galleries. Despite being larger, the South Galleries still felt busy and the low(er) ceilings and less areas with views made us happy that we had chosen the North Galleries for our lunch.
SATELLITE BUILDING T5B: GALLERIES CLUB LOUNGE
Best when you are boarding from B gates located just below the lounge.
Space & amenities:
This is the newest and maybe nicest BA lounge with the interior design being a bit more fresh. Even though the view is only of the gates below, it’s still better than the restricted views of the South Galleries, in my opinion. The main advantage here is that the T5B lounge is usually a lot more quiet and relaxed than the other two lounges, as this building sees less footfall. Amenities are the same as the North and South Galleries.
Food & beverage:
Exactly the same food selection as the North and South Galleries. Same expansive bar and coffee station in addition to a lovely Whispering Angel rosé bar.
Our experience:
After our lounge hopping, we ended up here since our flight was actually departing from a B gate. The lounge was not crowded at all and given that we could see our gate below, we left the lounge only when boarding commenced. I am not sure if the Whispering Angel rosé bar is a permanent feature, but it is very tempting indeed, so do be careful not to miss your flight!
CONCLUSION
In this trip, we headed to the airport really early and had time to lounge hop. Needless to say, you don’t need to do that! All lounges feature a variety of seating and the same amenities: a modest but decent selection of food, lots of drinks, showers, luggage storage, small kids playroom and strong wi-fi. No private relaxation rooms nor work cubicles.
Next time I am departing from an A gate, I will head straight for the North Galleries because of the high ceilings, indoor terrace and views of the planes landing. However, if you don’t care about views, head for whichever lounge is less crowded! After security, there’s a big screen which shows how busy each BA lounge is.
For flights leaving from the B gates, I wouldn’t hesitate to head straight for the lounge there. It is the cosiest, least crowded and has large windows with views of the tarmac. Unless you are an aviation geek and want to see planes taking off / landing or plan on doing some serious shopping, I don’t think there’s a reason to stay in the main building.
Lastly, it’s worth mentioning that British Airways is planning a major lounge transformation beginning in 2026 as part of its global lounge redevelopment program which has already been completed in several airports worldwide. Consider me excited!
Are you planning on travelling on British Airways Club Europe soon? You might be interested in reading about my recent BA Club Europe experience while travelling from Thessaloniki, Greece to London. You might be surprised…!
Published: 20th October 2025.
This is not a sponsored post & I am not affiliated with any of the businesses or organisations mentioned.
What is a microblog? In my case, it’s a blog within a blog. I am keeping this part of the blog as a space where I write down quick thoughts in the form of mini posts about random travel related experiences, as they happen, as well as some news and stories from London! The plan is that I post often and keep it short and sweet, so check back soon!