There are 13 ways to get from Athens to England by plane, bus, train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly to Birmingham Airport
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ATH - BHX
6h 59m£75–215Fly to Manchester Airport
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ATH - MAN
7h 1m£66–204Bus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Strasbourg Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Paris Esttrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
35h 31mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pejebus
- Take the bus from Peja to Salzburg Hbfbus
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Bruxelles-Miditrain Nj / ...
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
41h 58m£345–549Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Athens to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Londoncar
29h 54m£595–809Fly to London Heathrow Airport
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ATH - LHR
7h 7m£101–285Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane ATH - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridgetrain
7h 18m£76–210Fly to London City Airport
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London City Airport (LCY)plane ATH - LCY
8h 27m£111–293Fly to London Stansted Airport
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane ATH - STN
7h 43m£87–257Fly to Bristol Airport
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane ATH - BRS
7h 19m£80–181Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road Londonbus
46h 59mBus via Prague
- Take the bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus : London - Prague Central Bus Station / ...
2d 4h£141–193Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Athens to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Londoncar
30h 56m£505–769
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Athens to England is to fly which costs £65 - £210 and takes 7h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to England is to fly which takes 6h 59m and costs £70 - £220.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to England. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Trafalgar Square/Charing Cross via Tirana and Hobart Corner. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 46h 59m.
The distance between Athens and England is 1626 miles.
The best way to get from Athens to England without a car is to bus and train which takes 35h 31m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 59m to get from Athens to England, including transfers.
Athens to England bus services, operated by Top Lines, depart from Athens station.
The best way to get from Athens to England is to fly which takes 6h 59m and costs £70 - £220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 46h 59m.
Athens to England bus services, operated by Top Lines, arrive at Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave station.
England is 2h behind Athens. It is currently 4:04 AM in Athens and 2:04 AM in England.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and England?
Jet2.com, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens to Trafalgar Square/Charing Cross via Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave, Tirana, Bounds Green Road London, and Hobart Corner in around 46h 59m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to London City Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–470
Flights from Athens International Airport to London City Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £100–340
Flights from Athens International Airport to London City Airport via Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £60–120
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bristol Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–150
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–270
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–270
Flights from Athens International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–340
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bristol Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–220
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–130
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–140
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–160
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Athens International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–340
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Athens International Airport to London City Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–340
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £60–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £140–220
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–19
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £38
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £38
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £42
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £42
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 204 4475
- amr_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £38
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £38
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- Barileva Turist
Bus from Thessaloníki to Peje
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £16–24
- Website
- Barileva Turist
Bus from Peja to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–70
- Website
- Barileva Turist
- Phone
- +49 179 8464672
- fadilitours@outlook.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Peja to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 49 324 464
- fershped@msn.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Peja to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 45 984 518
- kujtimibus@gmail.com
- Website
- Kujtimi Bus
Bus from Peja to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- Kujtimi Bus
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road London
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £76
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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