There are 12 ways to get from Crete to England by plane, train, busferry, or bus
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport, train
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane HER - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridgetrain
6h 50m£90–340Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Stansted Airport
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane HER - STN
7h 32m£71–243Bus 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
2d 3hFly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane HER - MAN
6h 46m£79–339Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Heathrow Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane HER - LHR
6h 42m£113–304Fly Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CHQ - MAN
7h 9m£103–316Fly Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane CHQ - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridgetrain
7h 8m£129–327Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane HER - BRS
6h 59m£133–354Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane HER - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intltrain
7h 21m£76–238Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nordbus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
2d 3hBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road Londonbus
2d 14hBus and ferry, Bus via Munich
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Ioanninabusferry
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Münchenbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus
3d£281–442
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to England is to fly and train which costs £75 - £240 and takes 7h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to England is to fly which takes 6h 42m and costs £110 - £310.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to England. However, there are services departing from Heraklion Port and arriving at Trafalgar Square/Charing Cross via Mbikalimi Kamez, Kulla E Sahatit, Tiranë, Tirana and Hobart Corner. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 14h.
The distance between Crete and England is 1704 miles.
The best way to get from Crete to England without a car is to bus and ferry and bus and train via Montpellier which takes 2 days 3h and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 50m to get from Crete to England, including transfers.
Crete to England bus services, operated by Alb Trans, depart from Heraklion Port station.
Crete to England bus services, operated by Alb Trans, arrive at Tirana station.
England is 2h behind Crete. It is currently 3:54 PM in Crete and 1:54 PM in England.
There are 3090+ hotels available in England.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and England?
Jet2.com, easyJet, and two other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Manchester Airport (MAN) once daily.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–200
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £80–240
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–320
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–370
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–330
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Heathrow Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £160–500
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £160–470
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–280
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–28
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–27
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.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
- £160–260
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £95–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- 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
- £25–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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
- +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 Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £114
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road London
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2810 24 50 20
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–85
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from Ioannina to München
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £140–210
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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