Screening for the ebola virus will begin at Gatwick airport on Tuesday, Public Health England has confirmed.
Checks will begin at the airport's North Terminal on Tuesday, followed by the South Terminal the day after.
Passengers travelling to Heathrow who have boarded a flight in Guinea, Sierra Leone or Liberia are already automatically flagged up.
These travellers are asked to have their temperature taken and to complete a questionnaire about their current health and recent travel history.
The measures are voluntary and passengers can only be forced to undergo them if they are showing obvious symptoms.
More than 4,500 people have died and nearly 10,000 have been infected since the latest outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever, most of them in West Africa.
Nigeria has been officially declared ebola-free, following six weeks without any new confirmed cases of the deadly virus.
Officials welcomed the "spectacular success" signalled by the World Health Organisation's announcement.
It marks 42 days - or two incubation periods - since the last person in the country was diagnosed with the illness.
Speaking in capital city Abuja, WHO country representative Rui Gama Vaz said: "The virus is gone for now. The outbreak in Nigeria has been defeated.
"This is a spectacular success story that shows to the world that ebola can be contained."
It had been feared the disease could spread quickly through the 170 million-strong population of Nigeria, which is Africa's most populous nation, leading economy and top oil producer.
Health experts involved in tackling the outbreak praised the authorities for their rapid response and comprehensive contact tracing.
Eight people died out of 20 confirmed cases in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, and the oil hub of Port Harcourt, while nearly 900 people were monitored for signs of the disease.
Nigeria's official ebola-free status comes after Senegal was given the all-clear on Friday.
A number of cases outside West Africa, particularly in Spain and the US, have raised fears about its wider transmission and the urgency for a more effective response.
Travel bans were not imposed, although leading carrier Arik Air did suspend its scheduled routes to Liberia and Sierra Leone, which were the countries worst affected by ebola, along with Guinea.
Meanwhile, European Union nations are working to find €1bn (£790m) to help fight ebola in West Africa.
EU foreign ministers are discussing measures which could include anything from financial aid to common repatriation procedures, treatment facilities on site and training for health workers.
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said the billion-euro fund was needed as soon as possible because "we've got a very short window to get on top of it and prevent the uncontrollable spread of the disease".
Meanwhile, the husband of a Spanish nursing assistant who became infected with ebola said she was now clear of all traces of the virus.
A blood test revealed Teresa Romero's immune system had eliminated the illness from her body.
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