There are 6 ways to get from London to Nelson by plane, train, bus, or shuttle
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Fly London Heathrow Airport to Nelson Airport
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Nelson Airport (NSN)plane LHR - NSN
28h 41m$1,511–5,572Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Woodbourne Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Woodbourne Airport (BHE)plane LGW - BHE
- Take the bus from Woodbourne to Nelsonbus
32h 17m$778–3,103Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Nelson Airport
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Nelson Airport (NSN)plane LGW - NSN
30h 44m$873–3,448Fly London Heathrow Airport to Woodbourne Airport, bus
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Woodbourne Airport (BHE)plane LHR - BHE
- Take the bus from Woodbourne to Nelsonbus
32h 59m$966–3,927Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Christchurch International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Christchurch International Airport (CHC)plane LGW - CHC
- Take a shuttle bus from Christchurch to Nelson
34h 47m$1,128–3,753Fly London Heathrow Airport to Christchurch International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Christchurch International Airport (CHC)plane LHR - CHC
- Take a shuttle bus from Christchurch to Nelson
32h 49m$1,316–3,977
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Nelson Airport (NSN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Nelson is to train and fly and bus which costs $750 - $3,100 and takes 32h 17m.
The fastest way to get from London to Nelson is to fly which takes 28h 41m and costs $1,500 - $6,000.
The distance between London and Nelson is 18812 km.
It takes approximately 28h 41m to get from London to Nelson, including transfers.
Nelson is 13h ahead of London. It is currently 12:16 AM in London and 1:16 PM in Nelson.
There are 375+ hotels available in Nelson.
What companies run services between London, England and Nelson, New Zealand?
Singapore Airlines, Air New Zealand, and two other airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Nelson Airport (NSN) every 4 hours.
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nelson Airport via Singapore Changi, Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–9,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nelson Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–9,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nelson Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nelson Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–8,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nelson Airport via Singapore Changi, Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–8,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nelson Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–9,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–8,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–7,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–7,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–8,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nelson Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–9,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nelson Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–8,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–9,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–8,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–7,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–7,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–8,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nelson Airport via Perth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Perth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Singapore Changi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–7,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nelson Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nelson Airport via Beijing Capital, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Beijing Capital, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 35m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Beijing Capital, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,000
- Website
- soundsair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nelson Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Singapore Changi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–7,500
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Singapore Changi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–7,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,500
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- $22–35
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- info@intercity.co.nz
- Website
- intercity.co.nz
Bus from Woodbourne to Nelson
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Shuttle from Christchurch to Nelson
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
- Schedules at
- nelsonlakesshuttles.co.nz
- Minimum charge per vehicle
- $1,000
- Per person
- $200
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