There are 11 ways to get from Ireland to England by tram, plane, ferry, train, car, or car ferry
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Tram to Dublin Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
best- Take the tram from Tallaght to Red Cowtram
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane DUB - MAN
2h 58m£30–112Fly Cork Airport to Manchester Airport
cheapest- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ORK - MAN
3h 54m£25–131Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyheadferry Dublin Ferryport B+I-Holyhead
- Take the train from Holyhead to London Eustontrain Holyhead - London Euston
9h 46m£83–149Ferry, train via Burlington Road
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry 0
- Take the train from Holyhead to London Eustontrain Holyhead - London Euston
10h 13m£104–185Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Dublin to Belfastcar
- Take the car ferry from Belfast to Cairnryancarferry
- Drive from Cairnryan to Londoncar
11h 29m£151–222Tram to Dublin Airport, fly to Liverpool, train
- Take the tram from Tallaght to Red Cowtram
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Liverpool (LPL)plane DUB - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
3h 10m£35–169Fly Cork Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ORK - LHR
4h 8m£70–236Tram to Dublin Airport, fly to Bristol Airport
- Take the tram from Tallaght to Red Cowtram
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane DUB - BRS
4h 23m£28–121Tram to Dublin Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport
- Take the tram from Tallaght to Red Cowtram
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane DUB - BHX
4h 11m£29–113Tram to Dublin Airport, fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Take the tram from Tallaght to Red Cowtram
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane DUB - LBA
4h 53m£28–121Ferry, train via Birmingham Airport (BHX)
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry 0
- Take the train from Holyhead to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Bletchleytrain
- Take the train from Bletchley to London Eustontrain
13h 48m£139–275
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Manchester Airport (MAN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to England is to tram and fly which costs £28 - £130 and takes 4h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to England is to tram and fly which takes 2h 58m and costs £30 - £120.
The distance between Ireland and England is 191 miles.
The best way to get from Ireland to England without a car is to ferry and train which takes 9h 46m and costs £80 - £150.
It takes approximately 2h 58m to get from Ireland to England, including transfers.
There are 20778+ hotels available in England.
What companies run services between Ireland and England?
Ryanair, Ryanair UK, and two other airlines fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Manchester Airport (MAN) 3 times a day.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–85
Flights from Dublin Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–100
Flights from Cork Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £21–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–95
Flights from Dublin Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–95
Flights from Dublin Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–95
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Cork Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
Flights from Cork Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £29–100
Flights from Dublin Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–90
Flights from Dublin Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–120
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Cork Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £29–100
Flights from Dublin Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–90
Flights from Dublin Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £19–85
Flights from Cork Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £21–180
- Phone
- 00353 1 4614911
- info@luas.ie
- Website
- luas.ie
Tram from Tallaght to Red Cow
- Ave. Duration
- 11 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £1–2
- Website
- Luas
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Holyhead to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–100
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 10 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £2–45
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- £2–3
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- £29–45
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 10 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–5
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Bletchley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–35
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Bletchley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–55
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 10 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–5
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 16 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £1–4
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 12 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £2–4
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Holyhead to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £65–100
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Anytime Day Single
- £65–100
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 11 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–5
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £160–175
- On Foot
- £35–45
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
Car ferry from Belfast to Cairnryan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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