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PASSENGERS are facing serious delays and disruption at Heathrow Airport following flooding in the central terminal area.

Access to both Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 is restricted with flyers warned not to try and access either by road.

Heathrow has asked the public to only travel to the terminals via rail and underground services.

If passengers must travel via road they are asked to use park and ride and head to Terminals 5 or 6 to use the free rail services from there.

The airport said: “Our teams are working to resolve the situation as quickly as possible, we apologise for any disruption caused.”

It comes amid the school summer holidays – marking the busiest period of the year for Heathrow.

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In a statment issued via social media Heathrow Airport asked passengers to utilise the Heathrow Express, Elizabeth Line and Picadilly line services to access the airport.

The statement read: “Flooding in the central terminal area has resulted in on-going road closures restricting access to Terminals 2 and 3.

“Passengers travelling to or from either of these terminals today must not travel by road.

“Passengers are strongly advised to use Heathrow Express, Elizabeth Line and Piccadilly Line rail services where possible.

“Any passengers that must travel by car must use Park and Ride, head to Terminals 4 or 5 and take free rail services from there, or change at local rail stations.

“Please allow extra time for your journey. Our teams are working to resolve the situation as quickly as possible, we apologise for any disruption caused.”

Passengers at both terminals of Gatwick Airport are being affected by a water supply issue, with toilets reported to be out of order and restaurants closed.

In a statement on X, the airport in West Sussex apologised for the disruption, external and said a problem in the Horley area was affecting supplies and was under investigation.

Bottled water is being made available to passengers and staff and contingency measures have also been put in place, it said.

SES Water, which covers parts of Kent, Surrey and south London, as well as the airport, has said its service is resuming after an earlier power outage at its treatment works.

It said complications caused by a power outage at its Bough Beech water treatment works meant some customers had experienced low water pressure or a temporary loss of supply.

A spokesperson had earlier confirmed that Gatwick Airport was affected.

In an update just before 13:45 BST, they said: “Our Bough Beech water treatment works are back up and running.

“We now need to treat the water before returning services to normal as quickly as we possibly can.”

Gatwick said the supply issue was continuing to cause disruption on Sunday afternoon.

In a statement, it said: “There is currently no water supply in either terminal.

“Our staff are on hand to support passengers and provide assistance where needed, some restaurant partners have opened to provide additional seating.”

The airport said it was working closely with the water company to restore supplies as quickly as possible.