There are 13 ways to get from Leeds to Santander by plane, train, bus, car, car ferry, train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe), or car train
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Fly Leeds Bradford International Airport to Santander Airport
best- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane LBA - SDR
8h€60–170Train, bus
- Take the train from Leeds to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
17h 50m€346–566Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Leeds to Plymouthcar
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
25h 36m€189–828Bus
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris to Santanderbus
27h 35m€118–212Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Santander Airport
- Take the train from Leeds to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane MAN - SDR
5h 28m€62–228Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Santander Airport
- Take the train from Leeds to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane BHX - SDR
6h 4m€126–343Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Leeds to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane MAN - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
8h 28m€85–207Fly Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane LBA - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
9h 40m€93–217Train, train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Santander Airport
- Take the train from Leeds to Peterboroughtrain
- Take the train from Peterborough to Stansted Airporttrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane STN - SDR
7h 16m€111–323Train
- Take the train from Leeds to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Santandertrain Alv / ...
24h 1m€507–827Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Leeds to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Santandercarferry
41h 15m€243–815Bus, train, car ferry
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 561 / ...
- Take the train from London Victoria to Portsmouth & Southseatrain
- Take the car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Santandercarferry
41h 29m€184–803Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Leeds to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Santandercar
17h 31m
Leeds to Santander by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leeds to Santander is to fly which costs €60 - €170 and takes 8h.
The fastest way to get from Leeds to Santander is to train and fly which takes 5h 28m and costs €60 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Leeds station to Santander. However, there are services departing from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station and arriving at Santander via London Victoria, Dover and Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Leeds to Santander. However, there are services departing from Leeds and arriving at Santander via London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Montpellier Saint-Roch, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías and Madrid Chamartín. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 1m.
The distance between Leeds and Santander is 1186 km.
The best way to get from Leeds to Santander without a car is to train and bus which takes 17h 50m and costs €340 - €600.
It takes approximately 8h to get from Leeds to Santander, including transfers.
Leeds to Santander bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station.
Leeds to Santander train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Leeds station.
The best way to get from Leeds to Santander is to fly which takes 8h and costs €60 - €170. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €220 and takes 27h 35m, you could also train, which costs €500 - €850 and takes 24h 1m.
What companies run services between Leeds, England and Santander, Spain?
Ryanair, Jet2.com, and three other airlines fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Santander Airport (SDR) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to Santander via London Victoria, Dover, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and Paris in around 27h 35m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Santander Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €27–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santander Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–130
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €27–210
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Santander Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Sunday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €27–210
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–180
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Santander Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–420
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–390
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Santander Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Santander Airport via Almeria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–300
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €30–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bilbao Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–390
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Leeds to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Flandres to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €170–270
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €200–320
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Leeds to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Peterborough to Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Portsmouth & Southsea
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Bordeaux to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–700
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €100–220
- Car Single Ticket
- €280–700
Car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €90–600
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- €210–600
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More Questions & Answers
Leeds to Santander bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Santander is 1h ahead of Leeds. It is currently 1:56 PM in Leeds and 2:56 PM in Santander.
Leeds to Santander train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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