There are 11 ways to get from Crete to Manchester by plane, busferry, bus, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
best- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Manchester Airport (MAN)CHQ - MAN
7h 9m£117–384Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Manchester Airport (MAN)HER - MAN
6h 47m£48–217Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharest
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Station
2d 2h£117–166Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)HER - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
9h 8m£126–276Fly Chania International Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)CHQ - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
9h 26m£145–303Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Liverpool (LPL)HER - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
7h 52m£88–286Fly Chania International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)CHQ - LBA
- Take the train from Leeds to Manchester Victoria
8h 27m£112–373Bus and ferry, bus, train via Montpellier
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellier
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Lille EuropeTgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
2d 5hBus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nord
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
2d 6hBus and ferry, bus, train #2
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road London
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
2d 17hBus and ferry, bus via Timișoara
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord
- Take the busferry from Timisoara to Manchester Piccadilly
3d 3h£159–321
Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Manchester Airport (MAN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Manchester is to fly which costs £45 - £220 and takes 6h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Manchester is to fly which takes 6h 47m and costs £45 - £220.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Manchester station. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Manchester, Coach Station via Thessaloniki and Bucharest Obor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 2h.
The distance between Crete and Manchester is 1810 miles.
The best way to get from Crete to Manchester without a car is to bus and ferry and bus which takes 2 days 2h and costs £110 - £170.
It takes approximately 7h 9m to get from Crete to Manchester, including transfers.
Crete to Manchester bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Heraklion station.
Crete to Manchester bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Thessaloniki station.
Manchester is 2h behind Crete. It is currently 9:57 AM in Crete and 7:57 AM in Manchester.
There are 3473+ hotels available in Manchester.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Manchester, England?
Jet2.com, Ryanair, and five other airlines fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Manchester Airport (MAN) once daily.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–260
Flights from Chania International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £85–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £85–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–270
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–340
Flights from Chania International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–280
Flights from Chania International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–250
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Chania International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £260–550
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–50
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Anytime Day Single
- £35–50
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–21
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Manchester Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–22
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £6–21
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Manchester Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–19
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £75–190
- 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 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £90–300
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–290
- 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 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–120
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–190
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- 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
- £50–75
- 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
- £40–65
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £23–30
- 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
- info@anumitravel.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
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Timisoara to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
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