There are 7 ways to get from Chicago to Poole by plane, train, or bus
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Fly to Southampton Airport, train
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane ORD - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Pooletrain
14h 21m£278–994Fly to Bournemouth Airport
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Bournemouth Airport (BOH)plane ORD - BOH
17h 45m£177–613Fly to London Heathrow Airport, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ORD - LHR
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Bournemouth Stationbus
13h 33m£302–805Fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane ORD - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Pooletrain
16h 45m£203–657Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ORD - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Bournemouthtrain
17h£259–790Fly to Cardiff Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane ORD - CWL
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Pooletrain
18h 41m£352–1,148Fly to Exeter, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Exeter (EXT)plane ORD - EXT
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Castle Carytrain
- Take the train from Castle Cary to Upweytrain
- Take the train from Upwey to Pooletrain
19h 40m£305–1,022
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Southampton Airport (SOU) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Poole is to fly which costs £170 - £650 and takes 17h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Poole is to fly and bus which takes 13h 33m and costs £300 - £850.
The distance between Chicago and Poole is 4004 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 21m to get from Chicago to Poole, including transfers.
Poole is 6h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 3:50 PM in Chicago and 9:50 PM in Poole.
There are 2483+ hotels available in Poole.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Poole, England?
United Airlines, Ryanair UK, and two other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Bournemouth Airport (BOH) twice daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Exeter via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Exeter via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–950
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Exeter via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–1,500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–1,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bournemouth Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bournemouth Airport via Dublin, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bournemouth Airport via Toronto, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–1,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–430
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–550
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,200
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Exeter via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–950
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–40
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Southampton Central to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–35
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Southampton Central to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–35
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Exeter St Davids to Castle Cary
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £24–55
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Upwey to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–25
- Website
- South Western Railway
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Exeter St Davids to Castle Cary
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–50
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Castle Cary to Upwey
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Birmingham International to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Bournemouth Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–45
- Website
- National Express
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