There are 15 ways to get from Bulgaria to England by plane, bus, train, car, car train, shuttle, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane SOF - BHX
6h£51–163Fly Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane SOF - STN
6h 57m£45–240Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Leipzigbus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
32h 30m£256–509Bus, train via Bratislava
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bratislavabus
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to St.Poelten Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from St.Poelten Hbf to Bruxelles-Miditrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
35h 5m£364–644Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Londoncar
22h 29mFly Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane SOF - LHR
6h 41m£91–202Fly Sofia Airport to Liverpool
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Liverpool (LPL)plane SOF - LPL
6h 23m£56–182Fly Sofia Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane SOF - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intltrain
7h 1m£59–321Shuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Ruse to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane OTP - LBA
7h 34m£164–398Fly Sofia Airport to Bristol Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane SOF - BRS
6h 35m£47–170Fly Sofia Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane SOF - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridgetrain
6h 30m£53–170Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Upminsterbus Michalovce
38h 31m£95–261Bus via Munich
- Take the bus from Sofia to Munich central bus stationbus N981
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus N280
47h 20m£146–267Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Sofia to Vidintrain
- Take the train from Vidin to Craiovatrain
- Take the busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to London Barkingbusferry
2d 4h£73–233Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Londoncar
23h 37m£330–488
Bulgaria to England by tram, bus, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bulgaria to England is to fly which costs £50 - £170 and takes 6h.
The fastest way to get from Bulgaria to England is to fly which takes 6h and costs £50 - £170.
The distance between Bulgaria and England is 1367 miles.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to England without a car is to bus and train which takes 32h 30m and costs £250 - £550.
It takes approximately 6h to get from Bulgaria to England, including transfers.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to England is to fly which takes 6h and costs £50 - £170. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £95 - £270 and takes 38h 31m.
England is 2h behind Bulgaria. It is currently 7:00 PM in Bulgaria and 5:00 PM in England.
There are 21162+ hotels available in England.
What companies run services between Bulgaria and England?
Ryanair, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia to Trafalgar Square via Praha, ÚAN Florenc, Upminster, Upminster, Barking, and Barking Station in around 38h 31m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £25–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–100
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–390
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–290
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- £23–35
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £220–400
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–26
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–28
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia to Vidin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £7–12
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £7–10
- 1st Class
- £10–12
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £10–11
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia to Leipzig
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Ruse to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £85–210
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Upminster
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 48m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to London Barking
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–18
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–13
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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