There are 12 ways to get from Cumbria to Spain by train, plane, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
best- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane MAN - BCN
8h 8m€54–223Train, bus
- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Barcelona - North Bus Stationbus
26h 22m€138–608Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cumbria to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Barcelonacar
19h 31mTrain to Manchester Airport, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane MAN - MAD
8h 10m€54–273Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane MAN - PMI
7h 59m€66–253Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Málaga Airport
- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane MAN - AGP
8h 34m€58–650Train to Newcastle, fly to Málaga Airport
- Take the train from Carlisle to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane NCL - AGP
9h 2m€60–203Train, train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Málaga Airport
- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Bradford Interchangetrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane LBA - AGP
10h 31m€57–270Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport, bus
- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane MAN - ALC
- Take the bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
10h€57–327Train, train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Bradford Interchangetrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane LBA - PMI
9h 56m€60–263Bus
- Take the bus from Rail Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 590
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Barcelonabus
42h 3m€95–338Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cumbria to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Barcelonacar
20h 28m€337–482
Cumbria to Spain by bus, train, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cumbria to Spain is to train and fly which costs €50 - €230 and takes 8h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Cumbria to Spain is to train and fly which takes 7h 59m and costs €65 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Cumbria to Spain. However, there are services departing from Longthwaite road end and arriving at Barcelona via Rail Station, London Victoria and Brussels-North train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 3m.
The distance between Cumbria and Spain is 1589 km.
The best way to get from Cumbria to Spain without a car is to train and bus which takes 26h 22m and costs €130 - €650.
It takes approximately 8h 8m to get from Cumbria to Spain, including transfers.
Cumbria to Spain bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Rail Station.
Cumbria to Spain bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
There are 5502+ hotels available in Spain.
What companies run services between Cumbria, England and Spain?
You can take a bus from Longthwaite road end to Barcelona via Rail Station, London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Brussels-North train station in around 42h 3m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Manchester Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–110
Flights from Manchester Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–110
Flights from Manchester Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–110
Flights from Newcastle to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Newcastle to Málaga Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Málaga Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–200
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €26–100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €28–110
Flights from Manchester Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–600
Flights from Newcastle to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–110
Flights from Manchester Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from Newcastle to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–500
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Manchester Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–110
Flights from Manchester Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–85
Flights from Newcastle to Málaga Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–110
Flights from Manchester Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–110
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Manchester Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–250
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–90
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–50
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Penrith North Lakes to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–55
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Carlisle to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–27
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Bradford Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–55
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Rail Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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