There are 12 ways to get from Crete to London by plane, busferry, bus, train, or ferry
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Heathrow Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane HER - LHR
6h 31m£112–396Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport, train
cheapest- 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
6h 44m£63–226Bus 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
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
2d 2hFly 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 Victoriatrain
7h 7m£101–270Fly Chania International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane CHQ - LHR
6h 59m£130–320Fly 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 12m£83–188Fly 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£84–246Fly Chania International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane CHQ - STN
7h 30m£91–272Fly Chania International Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane CHQ - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intltrain
7h 23m£107–340Bus and ferry, bus, train via Vienna
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Rajka Borderbus
- Take the train from Nickelsdorf to Wien Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
2d 4h£405–715Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeusferry Abs / ...
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nordbus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
2d 9hBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road Londonbus
2d 13h
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Crete to London is to fly and train which costs £60 - £230 and takes 6h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to London is to fly which takes 6h 31m and costs £110 - £400.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to London. However, there are services departing from Heraklion Port and arriving at Trafalgar Square/Charing Cross via Terminal B, Dollari B, Tirana and Hobart Corner. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 13h.
The distance between Crete and London is 1712 miles.
The best way to get from Crete to London without a car is to bus and ferry and bus and train which takes 2 days 2h and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 31m to get from Crete to London, including transfers.
Crete to London bus services, operated by Alb Trans, depart from Heraklion Port station.
Crete to London bus services, operated by Alb Trans, arrive at Tirana station.
London is 2h behind Crete. It is currently 9:17 PM in Crete and 7:17 PM in London.
There are 20989+ hotels available in London.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and London, England?
British Airways and Aegean Airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) 4 times a day.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–150
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–430
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–370
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–390
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–460
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Thursday, Monday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–160
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
Flights from Chania International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £80–360
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–380
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £100–450
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Heathrow Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–170
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–170
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–260
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Stansted Airport via Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–380
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–230
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- Southern
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- Gatwick Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–20
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–20
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Nickelsdorf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £2–4
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Nickelsdorf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–19
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
Busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Alb Trans
- 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
- £109
- 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 Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Rajka Border
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £58
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £38
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £42
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- bluestarferries@bluestarferries.com
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Heraklion to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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