There are 11 ways to get from England to Rennes by train (Eurostar, TGV), train, car ferry, ferry, bus, car, car train, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Rennestrain Tgv
5h 38m€110–396Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700 / ...
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Rennesbus 792
14h 27m€53–95Train, car ferry, ferry, bus
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbourtrain
- Take the car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to St Malo Ferry Portcarferry
- Take the ferry from St Malo Ferry Port to Dinard Cale Corsaireferry
- Take the bus from Office du Tourisme to Républiquebus 507
14h 8m€55–167Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from London to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Rennescar
6h 53mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from London to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Rennescar
8h 21m€125–196Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport
- Take the train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS)plane LGW - RNS
4h 32m€74–295Fly Birmingham Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS)plane BHX - RNS
6h 14m€134–363Fly Bristol Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS)plane BRS - RNS
6h 52m€121–364Fly London Heathrow Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS)plane LHR - RNS
7h 13m€206–440Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane LGW - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to Rennestrain
7h 1m€74–230Fly London Stansted Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane STN - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to Rennestrain
7h 33m€84–255
England to Rennes by subway, train, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from England to Rennes is to bus which costs €50 - €100 and takes 14h 27m.
The fastest way to get from England to Rennes is to train and fly which takes 4h 32m and costs €70 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from England to Rennes. However, there are services departing from Whitehall / Trafalgar Square and arriving at Rennes via London Victoria, Dover and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 27m.
No, there is no direct train from England station to Rennes. However, there are services departing from Leicester Square station and arriving at Rennes via London St Pancras Intl, Gare du Nord and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 38m.
The distance between England and Rennes is 815 km.
The best way to get from England to Rennes without a car is to train which takes 5h 38m and costs €110 - €400.
It takes approximately 5h 38m to get from England to Rennes, including transfers.
England to Rennes bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from London Victoria station.
England to Rennes train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from London St Pancras Intl station.
The best way to get from England to Rennes is to train which takes 5h 38m and costs €110 - €400. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €50 - €100 and takes 14h 27m, you could also fly, which costs €130 - €370 and takes 6h 14m.
What companies run services between England and Rennes, France?
You can take a subway from Leicester Square station to Rennes via King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 5h 38m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Whitehall / Trafalgar Square to Rennes via Victoria Coach Station, London Victoria, Dover, and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) in around 14h 27m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–120
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–460
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–500
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–550
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–500
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–390
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–450
- Website
- twinjet.fr
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Nantes to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Nantes to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- 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
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–18
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–18
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- 02 99 300 300
- communication@bretagne.bzh
- Website
- breizhgo.bzh
Bus from Office du Tourisme to République
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- breizhgo.bzh
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to St Malo Ferry Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €19–95
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Phone
- 0825 138 100
- Website
- compagniecorsaire.com
Ferry from St Malo Ferry Port to Dinard Cale Corsaire
- Ave. Duration
- 10 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9
- Schedules at
- compagniecorsaire.com
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- 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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More Questions & Answers
England to Rennes bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Dover station.
Rennes is 1h ahead of England. It is currently 12:48 AM in England and 1:48 AM in Rennes.
England to Rennes train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at Paris Nord station.
There are 924+ hotels available in Rennes.

















































