There are 8 ways to get from Brighton to Shrewsbury by train, bus, car or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended
Train
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Take the train from Brighton to London St Pancras International LL
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Take the train from London Euston to Birmingham New Street
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Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Shrewsbury
Cheapest
Bus
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Take the bus from Preston Circus to Heathrow Central Bus Station
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Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Birmingham Coach Station
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Take the bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Bus Station
Train via London
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Take the train from Brighton to London Victoria
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Take the train from London Marylebone to Birmingham Moor Street
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Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Shrewsbury
Drive
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Drive from Brighton to Shrewsbury
Train to London Heathrow, fly to Manchester, train
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Take the train from Brighton to Farringdon
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Fly from London Heathrow (LHR) to Manchester (MAN)
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Take the train from Wilmslow to Shrewsbury
Fly London Gatwick to Liverpool, train
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Fly from London Gatwick (LGW) to Liverpool (LPL)
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Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
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Take the train from Crewe to Shrewsbury
Fly London Gatwick to Manchester, train
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Fly from London Gatwick (LGW) to Manchester (MAN)
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Take the train from Wilmslow to Shrewsbury
Train to Southampton, fly to Manchester, train
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Take the train from Brighton to Southampton Central
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Fly from Southampton (SOU) to Manchester (MAN)
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Take the train from Wilmslow to Shrewsbury
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Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Brighton to Shrewsbury is to bus which costs £50 - £75 and takes 8h 20m.
The quickest way to get from Brighton to Shrewsbury is to drive which costs £55 - £85 and takes 3h 39m.
No, there is no direct bus from Brighton to Shrewsbury station. However, there are services departing from Preston Circus and arriving at Bus Station via Heathrow Central Bus Station and Birmingham Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Brighton to Shrewsbury. However, there are services departing from Brighton and arriving at Shrewsbury via London Euston and Birmingham New Street. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4h 25m.
The distance between Brighton and Shrewsbury is 172 miles. The road distance is 219.5 miles.
The best way to get from Brighton to Shrewsbury without a car is to train which takes 4h 25m and costs £60 - £240.
It takes approximately 4h 25m to get from Brighton to Shrewsbury, including transfers.
Brighton to Shrewsbury bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Preston Circus station.
Brighton to Shrewsbury train services, operated by Thameslink, depart from Brighton station.
The best way to get from Brighton to Shrewsbury is to train which takes 4h 25m and costs £60 - £240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £50 - £75 and takes 8h 20m.
- Distance: 172.4 miles
- Duration: 4h 25m
What companies run services between Brighton, England and Shrewsbury, England?
You can take a train from Brighton to Shrewsbury via London St Pancras International LL, London Euston, and Birmingham New Street in around 4h 25m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Brighton to Shrewsbury via Heathrow Central Bus Station and Birmingham Coach Station in around 8h 20m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Liverpool via Jersey
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45 - £200
Flights from London Gatwick to Liverpool via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £45 - £200
Flights from London Gatwick to Liverpool via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45 - £200
Flights from London Gatwick to Liverpool via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45 - £200
Flights from London Gatwick to Liverpool via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45 - £200
Flights from London Gatwick to Liverpool via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45 - £200
Flights from London Gatwick to Liverpool via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45 - £200
Flights from London Gatwick to Liverpool via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45 - £200
Flights from London Gatwick to Liverpool via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45 - £200
Flights from London Gatwick to Manchester via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £210
Flights from London Gatwick to Manchester via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £210
Flights from London Gatwick to Manchester via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £210
Flights from London Gatwick to Manchester via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £210
Flights from London Gatwick to Manchester via Jersey
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £210
Flights from London Gatwick to Manchester via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £210
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45 - £260
Flights from London Gatwick to Manchester via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140 - £390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25 - £210
Flights from London Gatwick to Manchester via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25 - £170
Flights from London Gatwick to Manchester via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £25 - £170
- Website
- easternairways.com
Flights from Southampton to Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95 - £240
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Manchester via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140 - £390
- Website
- aurigny.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Manchester via Guernsey
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190 - £430
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Brighton to London St Pancras International LL
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £24 - £30
- Website
- Thameslink
- Anytime
- £24 - £30
Train from Brighton to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £23 - £29
- Website
- Thameslink
- Anytime
- £23 - £29
- Phone
- 0344 556 5650
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40 - £150
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
- Anytime Day Single
- £40 - £55
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £110 - £150
Train from Birmingham New Street to Shrewsbury
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £16 - £60
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
- Anytime Day Single
- £16 - £21
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £40 - £60
- Phone
- +44 121 634 2040
- comments@londonmidland.com
- Website
- londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25 - £40
- Website
- londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk
- Standard
- £25 - £40
Train from Birmingham New Street to Shrewsbury
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12 - £17
- Website
- londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk
- Standard
- £12 - £17
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9 - £14
- Website
- londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk
- Standard
- £9 - £14
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- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Birmingham New Street to Shrewsbury
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15 - £30
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Anytime Standard
- £15 - £22
- Anytime 1st Class
- £21 - £30
Train from Wilmslow to Shrewsbury
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17 - £40
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Anytime Standard
- £17 - £25
- Anytime 1st Class
- £25 - £40
Train from Crewe to Shrewsbury
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12 - £24
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Anytime Standard
- £12 - £18
- Anytime 1st Class
- £17 - £24
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- customerservices@gatwickexpress.com
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from Brighton to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26 - £65
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
- Anytime Day Single
- £26 - £40
- Anytime 1st Class
- £40 - £65
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Brighton to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15 - £45
- Website
- Southern Service
- Schedules at
- Southern Service
- Schedules at
- merseyrail.org
- Anytime Standard
- £15 - £21
- Anytime 1st Class
- £30 - £45
Train from Brighton to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17 - £50
- Website
- Southern Service
- Schedules at
- Southern Service
- Schedules at
- merseyrail.org
- Anytime Standard
- £17 - £25
- Anytime 1st Class
- £35 - £50
- Phone
- +44 345 600 5165
- Website
- chilternrailways.co.uk
Train from London Marylebone to Birmingham Moor Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50 - £75
- Website
- Chiltern Railways
- Advance Single
- £28 - £40
- Anytime Day Single
- £50 - £75
National Express Coaches are a quick and convenient way of travelling around the UK. Over 550 National Express coaches run on Britain's roads every day, serving over 900 destinations across the UK. National Express Coaches carry around 19 million passenger journeys every year. For added convenience, National Express operate coach services to all major UK airports 24 hours per day, and is on its way to being 100% wheelchair accessible. The company also has a 24-hour control centre that receives a GPS signal to update on location, speed and the temperature inside coaches, ensuring the smoothest journey possible.
Contact Details
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Preston Circus to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16 - £23
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20 - £29
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £14 - £20
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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The quickest flight from London Heathrow Airport to Manchester Airport is the direct flight which takes 1h.
Brighton to Shrewsbury bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Bus Station.
Brighton to Shrewsbury train services, operated by Transport for Wales, arrive at Shrewsbury station.
Yes, the driving distance between Brighton to Shrewsbury is 219 miles. It takes approximately 3h 39m to drive from Brighton to Shrewsbury.
British Airways offers flights from London Heathrow Airport to Manchester Airport.
There are 139+ hotels available in Shrewsbury. Prices start at £75 per night.
The best way to get from Brighton to London Gatwick Airport is to train which takes 37 min and costs £8 - £21.