Airport Currency Exchange for people travelling to and from the UK

Being able to pick up your currency at the airport you are flying from is an excellent time saver and makes the whole issue of getting your travel money a lot easier.

The following is a list of the airports that you can collect your travel money from and where the Travelex Airport Currency Exchange Bureau is located.

Airports and Locations

Aberdeen Airport Landside Departures
Before Security Control of the main terminal. Enter main door and turn right.

Belfast City Airport Landside Departures

Birmingham Airport Airside Departures Terminal 1
Terminal 1, through passport control, after security.

Birmingham Airport Landside Departures Terminal 1
Ground Floor, Opposite check in desks 1-4 at base of escalator

Bournemouth Airport Landside Departures
Located on the right of the main landside Departures Concourse.

Bristol Airport Landside Departures
Landside Departures - Located On Ground Floor - Foot Of Escalator, In Check In Area

Durham Tees Valley Airport Landside Departures
Immediately opposite main entrance doors

East Midlands Airport
As you enter the Departure Check-in lounge, turn right and the branch is located on the right hand side opposite Cafe Ritazza.

Exeter International Airport
As you enter the airport via the departures lounge, Travelex is located on the left of the lounge next to the information desk and before security control.

Gatwick Airport North Terminal Check-In
In the departures hall before you go through security

Gatwick Airport South Terminal Airside Departures
Immediately to your left hand side as you exit central search. On the ground floor, immediately after security.

Glasgow Airport Main Unit Airside
Located on 1st floor after Security and World Duty Free.

Heathrow Airport Terminal 1 Landside Departures
Before Security Control. In Zone E of the Check-in area.

Heathrow Airport Terminal 2 Landside Departures
Before Security Control - Located on the Departures Level next to Passport Control.

Heathrow Airport Terminal 3 Landside Departures
Before Security Control - Located on the 1st floor Departure Level opposite Passport Control.

Heathrow Airport Terminal 3 Landside Departures
Before Security Control - Located on the 1st floor Departure Level opposite Passport Control.

Heathrow Airport Terminal 4 Airside Departures
After security and passport control, immediately on the right hand side

Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 Airside Departures
Opposite Tiffany & Co on Airside

Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 BA Lounge
Follow signs from Main Departures Concourse to BA executive lounge-Past Prada and Tiffanys following the escalator up.

Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 Landside Departures - Zone B
Landside Departures - Located in Check In Zone B

Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 Landside Departures - Zone B
Landside Departures - Located in Check In Zone B

Leeds Bradford Airport Landside Departures
Directions: Landside Departures - Located In Check-In Area Adjacent To Newsagent.

Liverpool Airport Airside Departures
After Security, straight ahead next to the information post

Liverpool Airport Landside Departures
Landside Departures - Located opposite Check-in desks on the ground floor

London City Airport Landside Departures
Located on the left hand side through the doors of the main terminal.

Newcastle Airport Airside Departures
Opposite Security

Newcastle Airport Landside Departures
Located on the ground floor next to W H Smith in the check-in area

Robin Hood Airport Lower Departures
On the right hand side of the main departures entrance on the ground level

As well as providing a currency exchange service, Travelex also provides many other useful services. These are -

Travel Insurance
Travel Insurance can be arranged from the website with a competitive quote obtained in minutes.

International Phonecards
Travelex sell international and domestic phonecards as well as mobile top up cards. These can be purchased from the same point as where you collect your currency.

Mobile Phone hire
Travelex offers an efficient and sophisticated mobile phone hire service. You can hire the phone for a day, a week or whatever period is most convenient.

These are available from the following airports -
Heathrow Terminal 1
Heathrow Terminal 3
Heathrow Terminal 4
Gatwick North
Gatwick South

VAT Refunds
As a non-European visitor to the European Union you will pay VAT on most things you buy. The Retail Export Scheme allows you to claim a VAT Refund on most goods you intend to export from the European Union.

Travelex acts as an agent for a number of Refund Agents, Global Refund and Premier being the major ones. Should their forms be presented at various Travelex locations at either Heathrow or Gatwick Airport in the UK then they can be exchanged for cash instantly. There is no extra charge for this service.