There are 12 ways to get from Calais to English Channel by train, unknown, car ferry, bus, car train, or plane
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Train, travel
best- Take the train from Calais Ville to Lille Flandrestrain Ter
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Partontrain
- Walk from Parton to English Channelunknown
9h 32mCar ferry, bus, travel via Carlisle
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Take the bus from Dover to London Victoriabus 700 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Halston Hotelbus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Trinity Baptist churchbus 300
- Walk from Briscoe Bank to English Channelunknown
16h 28mEurotunnel, travel
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain le shuttle
- Walk from Folkestone to English Channelunknown
10h 52mTrain, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, travel
- Take the train from Calais Ville to Lille Flandrestrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BRU - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Partontrain
- Walk from Parton to English Channelunknown
11h 21mCar ferry, bus, train, travel
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Take the bus from Dover to London Victoriabus 700 / ...
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Corkickletrain
- Walk from Corkickle to English Channelunknown
12h 40mCar ferry, bus, travel
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Take the bus from Dover to London Victoriabus 700 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Rail Stationbus 590
- Take the bus from Penrith Rail Station to Workingtonbus X4 / ...
- Walk from Workington to English Channelunknown
17h 35mCar ferry, travel
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Walk from Port of Dover to English Channelunknown
11h 48mTrain, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, travel
- Take the train from Calais Ville to Lille Flandrestrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BRU - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Partontrain
- Walk from Parton to English Channelunknown
11h 30mTrain, bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, travel
- Take the train from Calais Ville to Amienstrain
- Take the bus from Gare routière to Aéroportbus
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BVA - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Partontrain
- Walk from Parton to English Channelunknown
12h 17mTrain, bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, travel
- Take the train from Calais Ville to Amienstrain
- Take the bus from Gare routière to Aéroportbus
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BVA - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Partontrain
- Walk from Parton to English Channelunknown
12h 8mTrain, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, travel
- Take the train from Calais Ville to Lille Flandrestrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to Charleroi Airportbus
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CRL - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Partontrain
- Walk from Parton to English Channelunknown
12h 7mTrain, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Newcastle, travel
- Take the train from Calais Ville to Lille Flandrestrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Newcastle (NCL)plane AMS - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Partontrain
- Walk from Parton to English Channelunknown
12h 30m
Brussels Airport (BRU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Calais and English Channel is 572 miles.
The best way to get from Calais to English Channel without a car is to train and travel which takes 9h 32m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 32m to get from Calais to English Channel, including transfers.
English Channel is 1h behind Calais. It is currently 12:18 PM in Calais and 11:18 AM in English Channel.
There are 450+ hotels available in English Channel.
What companies run services between Calais, France and English Channel?
There is no direct connection from Calais to English Channel. However, you can take the train to Lille Flandres, walk to Lille Europe, take the train to London St Pancras Intl, walk to London Euston, take the train to Carlisle, take the train to Parton, then travel to English Channel. Alternatively, you can take a car ferry from Calais to English Channel via Port Of Dover, Dover, London Victoria, Halston Hotel, Bus Station, Trinity Baptist church, and Briscoe Bank in around 16h 28m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–150
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £25–150
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–95
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–190
Flights from Brussels Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £140–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–260
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–190
Flights from Brussels Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
- Website
- voyages-sncf.com
Train from Calais Ville to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- voyages-sncf.com
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- voyages-sncf.com
Train from Calais Ville to Amiens
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- voyages-sncf.com
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- eurostar.com
- Website
- nsinternational.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- nsinternational.nl
Train from Brussel-Zuid to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nsinternational.nl
- Website
- virgintrains.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- virgintrains.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- virgintrains.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- virgintrains.co.uk
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- sleeper.scot
- Website
- northernrail.org
Train from Carlisle to Parton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- northernrail.org
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Corkickle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- northernrail.org
Train from Newcastle to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- northernrail.org
- 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
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Dover to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Website
- traveline.info
Bus from London Victoria to Halston Hotel
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- traveline.info
- Website
- traveline.info
Bus from Bus Station to Trinity Baptist church
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- traveline.info
- Website
- traveline.info
Bus from London Victoria to Rail Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- traveline.info
- Phone
- 0345 241 8000
- west.enquiries@stagecoachbus.com
- Website
- stagecoachbus.com
Bus from Penrith Rail Station to Workington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–4
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/about/west
- Website
- oise-mobilite.fr
Bus from Gare routière to Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- oise-mobilite.fr
- 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
- £8–19
- 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
- £5–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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