There are 11 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£75–261Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane HER - BHX
6h 46m£53–168Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Liege Gare des Guilleminsbus
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Ice
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi 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 39m£64–169Fly 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£123–306Fly 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£113–277Fly Chania International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane CHQ - LHR
7h 10m£151–452Fly Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CHQ - MAN
7h 7m£67–225Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Stansted Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane HER - STN
7h 29m£95–274Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road Londonbus
2d 13hBus 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£272–427
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 which costs £50 - £170 and takes 6h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to England is to fly which takes 6h 39m and costs £60 - £170.
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 Terminal C, Dollari B, Tirana and Hobart Corner. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 13h.
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 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 4:56 PM in Crete and 2:56 PM in England.
There are 21670+ hotels available in England.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and England?
easyJet, Jet2.com, and Corendon Airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Manchester Airport (MAN) twice daily.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–210
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–370
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–430
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–450
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £140–350
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £160–400
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £190–460
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £170–420
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–270
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–27
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £13–28
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- 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
- £100–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 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 Liege Gare des Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £113
- 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 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–90
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from Ioannina to München
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £130–200
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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