There are 11 ways to get from Crete to Birmingham by plane, car ferry, bus, train, or busferry
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane HER - BHX
6h 50m£59–256Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Strasbourg Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Esttrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Birmingham New Streettrain
46h 48mFly Chania International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane CHQ - BHX
7h 8m£123–363Fly Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CHQ - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Streettrain
9h£149–428Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane HER - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Streettrain
8h 38m£120–361Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane HER - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoriatrain
- Take the train from London Euston to Birmingham New Streettrain
8h 34m£133–406Fly Chania International Airport to East Midlands Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to East Midlands Airport (EMA)plane CHQ - EMA
- Take the train from Derby to Birmingham New Streettrain
8h 27m£115–366Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Birminghambus
2d 1h£137–188Bus and ferry, bus, train via Montpellier
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellierbus
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Lille Flandrestrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Birmingham New Streettrain
2d 4hBus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Paris Nordbus
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Birmingham New Streettrain
2d 13hBus and ferry, bus via Prague
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Birminghambus
2d 17h£201–383
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Birmingham Airport (BHX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Birmingham is to fly which costs £55 - £260 and takes 6h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Birmingham is to fly which takes 6h 50m and costs £55 - £260.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Birmingham. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Birmingham via Thessaloniki and Bucharest Obor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
The distance between Crete and Birmingham is 1788 miles.
The best way to get from Crete to Birmingham without a car is to car ferry and bus and train which takes 46h 48m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 50m to get from Crete to Birmingham, including transfers.
Crete to Birmingham bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Heraklion station.
Crete to Birmingham bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Thessaloniki station.
Birmingham is 2h behind Crete. It is currently 5:37 AM in Crete and 3:37 AM in Birmingham.
There are 3275+ hotels available in Birmingham.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Birmingham, England?
Jet2.com, easyJet, and five other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Birmingham Airport (BHX) once daily.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Chania International Airport to East Midlands Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £70–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–320
Flights from Chania International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–300
Flights from Chania International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £85–300
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £100–190
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £95–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to East Midlands Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £75–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–250
Flights from Chania International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–390
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–400
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–320
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £65–95
- Rail 1st Class
- £100–140
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £85–130
- Comfort
- £100–140
- Premium
- £130–180
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £55–80
- Comfort
- £65–90
- Premium
- £90–120
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- £40–60
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- £85–120
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–100
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- £30–45
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- £70–100
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £40–65
- 1st Class
- £75–110
Train from Derby to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £28–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £28–40
- 1st Class
- £35–55
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10–14
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £10–14
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £130–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- £130–170
- 1st Class
- £160–210
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–130
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £36
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £36
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- +30 2810 24 50 20
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–95
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £70–140
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £79
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- reservations.dpt@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £90–200
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Deck Fare Economy
- £90–130
- Deck Fare Economy & Car less than 4.25m
- £140–200
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