There are 12 ways to get from Crete to England 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£79–256Car 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
45h 14mFly Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CHQ - MAN
7h 8m£119–318Fly 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 Bridgetrain
7h£87–290Fly 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£90–251Fly 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 13m£111–327Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane HER - BRS
6h 57m£111–211Fly Chania International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane CHQ - BRS
7h 15m£90–328Fly 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£82–1,439Bus and ferry, bus, train
- 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 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£271–422
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Birmingham Airport (BHX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to England is to fly which costs £75 - £260 and takes 6h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to England is to fly which takes 6h 46m and costs £85 - £260.
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 1788 miles.
The best way to get from Crete to England without a car is to car ferry and bus and train which takes 45h 14m 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 1:49 AM in Crete and 11:49 PM in England.
There are 20943+ hotels available in England.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and England?
Jet2.com, easyJet, and five other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Birmingham Airport (BHX) once daily.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £95–170
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £70–250
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–230
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
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 London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- 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
- £75–330
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
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
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–390
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £80–370
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
- 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
- £60–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £60–95
- 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
- £85–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £85–120
- Comfort
- £100–140
- Premium
- £130–170
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
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–27
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £13–19
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £19–27
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–30
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £14–21
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £21–30
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–14
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £10–14
- 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
- £9–15
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- £9–15
- 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
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–120
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35
- 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
- £35
- 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
- +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 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
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- £85–200
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Deck Fare Economy
- £85–130
- Deck Fare Economy & Car less than 4.25m
- £140–200
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