Grammar fix
head towards
move in a direction
To head towards a place means to move in its direction, without saying that you will reach it.
phrasal verb
How oftenCommon
LevelB2
Used inSpeech & writing
Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
We left the main road and headed towards the hills.
On my first day in Hanoi, I headed towards the old quarter without a fixed plan and stopped whenever I saw something interesting.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: We headed towards to the town centre.
Say: We headed towards the town centre.
Use either 'head towards' or 'head to', not 'head towards to'.
Don't confuse it
Other ways to say it
Travel in the direction of a place
Where you'd say itChatStorytelling
head forAn everyday way to name where you are going.
head towardsYou're here · Just the direction; you may not be going all the way.
make forOften in storytelling about purposeful movement towards a place.