Originally Posted by
pax britanica
and a vague recollection of a BA DC3 Dakota landing over Bedfont on the long long gone Se-NW runway that i think went when T3 was built.
Heathrow has (had) three now long gone SE/NW runways over the years. The first disappeared to make room for the Central Area and was replaced with a parallel one further west, which in turn was closed when Pier 7 was added to Terminal 3. The third one went, I think, when T1 was being built.