There are 5 ways to get from Longridge to Bluff by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly to King Shaka International Airport
best- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR)MAN - DUR
20h 40mR 9,546–16,009Train, train to Newcastle, fly to King Shaka International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Preston to Carlisle
- Take the train from Carlisle to Newcastle
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR)NCL - DUR
24h 1mR 6,401–23,034Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Pietermaritzburg, bus
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Pietermaritzburg (PZB)MAN - PZB
- Take the bus from Pietermaritzburg to Durban
22h 24mR 6,822–22,410Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to King Shaka International Airport
- Take the train from Preston to London Euston
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR)LHR - DUR
20h 38mR 9,991–25,774Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Pietermaritzburg, bus
- Take the train from Preston to London Euston
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Pietermaritzburg (PZB)LHR - PZB
- Take the bus from Pietermaritzburg to Durban
21h 38mR 8,767–29,175
Manchester Airport (MAN) to King Shaka International Airport (DUR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Longridge to Bluff is to train and fly which costs R 9 500 - R 16 000 and takes 20h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Longridge to Bluff is to train and fly which takes 20h 38m and costs R 10 000 - R 26 000.
The distance between Longridge and Bluff is 9899 km.
It takes approximately 20h 40m to get from Longridge to Bluff, including transfers.
Bluff is 2h ahead of Longridge. It is currently 5:45 PM in Longridge and 7:45 PM in Bluff.
There are 2014+ hotels available in Bluff.
What companies run services between Longridge, Lancashire, England and Bluff, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa?
There is no direct connection from Longridge to Bluff. However, you can take the line 1 bus to Bus Station, take the bus to Railway Station, walk to Preston, take the train to Manchester Airport, walk to Manchester Airport (MAN) airport, fly to King Shaka International Airport (DUR), walk to Durban Airport, take the bus to Durban Station, then take the taxi to Bluff. Alternatively, you can take the line 1 bus to Bus Station, take the bus to Railway Station, walk to Preston, take the train to Manchester Airport, walk to Manchester Airport (MAN) airport, fly to Pietermaritzburg (PZB), take the taxi to Pietermaritzburg, take the bus to Durban, then take the taxi to Bluff.
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- Website
- flysafair.co.za
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–22,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–25,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–29,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–19,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–28,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–32,000
Flights from Newcastle to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–27,000
Flights from Newcastle to King Shaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–24,000
Flights from Newcastle to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–31,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–25,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–30,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–21,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–27,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–28,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–33,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–23,000
Flights from Newcastle to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–27,000
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–21,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–27,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–30,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–33,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–23,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–19,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–23,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–30,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–33,000
Flights from Newcastle to King Shaka International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–20,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–21,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–27,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–25,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–23,000
Flights from Newcastle to King Shaka International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–31,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–24,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–21,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–27,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–23,000
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–25,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–17,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–28,000
- Website
- flycemair.co.za
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–29,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–24,000
Flights from Newcastle to King Shaka International Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–31,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–22,000
Flights from Newcastle to King Shaka International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–24,000
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Cairo, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–20,000
Flights from Newcastle to King Shaka International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–23,000
- Website
- g-airways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Cairo, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–20,000
Flights from Newcastle to King Shaka International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–23,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Amsterdam Schiphol, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–23,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Pietermaritzburg via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–25,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to King Shaka International Airport via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–17,000
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 180–550
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Carlisle to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 220–700
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 310–480
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 450–1,100
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 1,200–4,800
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 250–1,300
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- R 1,400–1,900
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- R 4,800–5,200
- Sleeper Seat
- R 1,400–1,900
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- R 6,000–7,000
Train from Preston to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- R 1,300–1,800
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- R 4,700–5,200
- Sleeper Seat
- R 1,300–1,800
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- R 5,500–6,500
- Phone
- +44 1524 732100
- bookings@westcoastrailways.net
- Website
- westcoastrailways.co.uk
Train from Preston to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- West Coast Railways
- Phone
- +27 11 611 8000
- bookings@greyhound.co.za
- Website
- greyhound.co.za
Bus from Pietermaritzburg to Durban
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- R 450–600
- Schedules at
- greyhound.co.za
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