There are 13 ways to get from Crete to Southampton by plane, train, busferry, bus, or car ferry
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Fly Chania International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
best- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane CHQ - LHR
- Take the train from Woking to Southampton Centraltrain
8h 57m£127–368Fly 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 Barnhamtrain
- Take the train from Barnham to Southampton Centraltrain
8h 56m£82–300Bus and ferry, bus, train via Bucharest
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Birminghambus
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Southampton Centraltrain
2d 4h£157–307Fly 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 Barnhamtrain
- Take the train from Barnham to Southampton Centraltrain
9h 9m£116–387Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane HER - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Centraltrain
9h 9m£85–321Fly 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 West Hampstead Thameslinktrain
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Southampton Centraltrain
8h 44m£101–1,495Fly Chania International Airport to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane CHQ - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Centraltrain
9h 27m£109–418Fly 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 West Hampstead Thameslinktrain
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Southampton Centraltrain
9h 2m£110–382Fly Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CHQ - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Southampton Centraltrain
12h 18m£151–544Car ferry, train, bus
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the train from Piraeus to Korinthostrain Re
- Take the bus from Korinthos to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brightonbus
- Take the train from Brighton to Southampton Centraltrain
2d 11hBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nordbus
- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Coach Stationbus 032
2d 11hBus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brightonbus
- Take the train from Brighton to Southampton Centraltrain
2d 16hBus 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
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Coach Stationbus 032
3d 3h£256–454
Chania International Airport (CHQ) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Southampton is to fly and train which costs £80 - £300 and takes 8h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Southampton is to fly and train which takes 8h 44m and costs £100 - £1,500.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Southampton station. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at Coach Station via Ioannina, Munich central bus station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 3h.
The distance between Crete and Southampton is 1736 miles.
The best way to get from Crete to Southampton without a car is to bus and ferry and bus and train via Bucharest which takes 2 days 4h and costs £150 - £310.
It takes approximately 8h 57m to get from Crete to Southampton, including transfers.
Crete to Southampton bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Heraklion station.
Crete to Southampton bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Ioannina station.
Southampton is 2h behind Crete. It is currently 4:13 PM in Crete and 2:13 PM in Southampton.
There are 1866+ hotels available in Southampton.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Southampton, England?
There is no direct connection from Crete to Southampton. However, you can take the shuttle to Chania Airport, walk to Chania International Airport (CHQ) airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport (LHR), walk to Heathrow Terminal 2, take the bus to Woking Railway Station Southside, walk to Woking, then take the train to Southampton Central. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Heraklion to Southampton Central via Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Bucharest Obor, Birmingham, and Birmingham New Street in around 2d 4h.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £70–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–230
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £70–230
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–240
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £100–460
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–400
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–420
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–450
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £70–370
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £95–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £110–180
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–220
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–280
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Woking to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–40
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from London Waterloo to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–65
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–120
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–180
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to Barnham
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–24
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
Train from Barnham to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–25
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
Train from Brighton to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–40
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslink
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–20
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Piraeus to Korinthos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–7
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- 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
- £70–95
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–85
- 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
- £40–60
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Korinthos to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- 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
- 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
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £18–28
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–29
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- 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
- £45–130
- 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
- £78–79
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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