Twiglet, no. No such thing as a decent hotel in LTN. You don't have to go there unless you've been bad. Most guys do a two day induction there never to return again. Even ferry flights usually involve a fast car out as soon as you've dumped the aircraft at the hangar.
Oh, add that to the list. Generally OK hotac (some shockers down route, true enough but working on that). Decent surface travel, all paid for. Long Haul into a UK base other than your base is straight into a hotel rather than into the rush hour M25 in Stinky Steve's Minicab.