There are 12 ways to get from Europe to Holyhead by train (Eurostar), train, bus, car, car train, plane, ferry, taxi, or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt50
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Euston to Holyhead
14h 55m£199–564Taxi, train, bus
cheapest- Take the taxi from Sontra-Blankenbach to Bebra Bahnhof250
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to FrankfurtRe5
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Newhall St
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Shrewsbury
- Take the train from Shrewsbury to Holyhead
30h 29m£103–256Train, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof WilhelmshöheRb5 / ...
- Take the bus from Kassel to Dortmund central bus station023 / ...
- Take the bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LILLE, Przystanek B - Rue des Canonniers
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Euston to Holyhead
18h 33m£151–503Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Europe to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Holyhead
13h 12mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Dublin Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Dublin Airport (DUB)FRA - DUB
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead
12h 43m£123–285Taxi, train
- Take the taxi from Sontra-Blankenbach to Bebra Bahnhof250
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Köln Hbf51
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Euston to Holyhead
17h 3m£220–550Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Europe to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Holyhead
14h 13m£197–296Train to Frankfurt, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)FRA - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Stafford
- Take the train from Stafford to Holyhead
11h 59m£136–328Train to Frankfurt, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)FRA - MAN
- Take the train from Crewe to Holyhead
12h£117–304Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Manchester Airport (MAN)DUS - MAN
- Take the train from Crewe to Holyhead
13h 56m£140–362Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Manchester Airport (MAN)CGN - MAN
- Take the train from Crewe to Holyhead
12h 52m£114–358Train to Frankfurt, fly to Liverpool, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Liverpool (LPL)FRA - LPL
- Take the train from Chester to Holyhead
12h 53m£150–303
Europe to Holyhead by bus, train, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Holyhead is to taxi and train and bus which costs £100 - £260 and takes 30h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Holyhead is to train and fly which takes 11h 59m and costs £130 - £330.
The distance between Europe and Holyhead is 855 miles.
The best way to get from Europe to Holyhead without a car is to train which takes 14h 55m and costs £190 - £600.
It takes approximately 14h 55m to get from Europe to Holyhead, including transfers.
Holyhead is 1h behind Europe. It is currently 10:21 PM in Europe and 9:21 PM in Holyhead.
There are 905+ hotels available in Holyhead.
What companies run services between Europe and Holyhead, Wales?
You can take a bus from Nentershausen Oderstraße to Holyhead via Bebra Bahnhof, Bebra Bahnhof, Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 14h 55m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Liverpool via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Liverpool via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Liverpool via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Liverpool via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–230
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Frankfurt to Liverpool via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Liverpool via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–310
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Liverpool via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–210
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £80–270
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–210
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £21–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £21–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
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
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 Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–24
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–65
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Crewe to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–50
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Chester to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–29
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- 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 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Birmingham New Street to Shrewsbury
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–25
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Shrewsbury to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Crewe to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £26–50
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Chester to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–30
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Shrewsbury
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–25
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–24
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Kassel to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LILLE, Przystanek B - Rue des Canonniers
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £26–55
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £165–175
- On Foot
- £35–45
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Estimated price
- £7–10
Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
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