There are 10 ways to get from Madrid to British Museum by plane, train, bus, car, car ferry or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Fly to London Gatwick, train
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Fly from Madrid (MAD) to London Gatwick (LGW)
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Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Farringdon
Fly to London City
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Fly from Madrid (MAD) to London City (LCY)
Fly to London Luton, train
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Fly from Madrid (MAD) to London Luton (LTN)
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Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras International
Train
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Take the train from Madrid-Puerta De Atocha to Barcelona-Sants
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Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyon
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Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
Bus via Paris
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Take the bus from Madrid to Paris
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Take the bus from Paris City Centre - Bercy Seine to London - Victoria Coach Station
Bus
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Take the bus from Madrid to Bilbao
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Take the bus from Bilbao to Londres Victoria Coach Station
Drive, car ferry
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Drive from Madrid to Santander
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Take the car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
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Drive from Plymouth to British Museum
Drive, Eurotunnel
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Drive from Madrid to Calais-Fréthun
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Take the Eurotunnel from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
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Drive from Folkestone to British Museum
Travel safe during COVID-19
International entry into United Kingdom from Spain
- Entry is fully open for citizens and permanent residents of Spain
Conditions of entry into United Kingdom from Spain
- There are no current restrictions
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Considerations leaving from Spain
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The national COVID-19 helpline number in British Museum is 111.
Wearing a face mask on public transport in British Museum is subject to regional advice.
Make yourself known to an official member of staff and/or call the national coronavirus helpline number on 111.
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Last updated: 8 Aug 2022
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Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to British Museum is to bus via Paris which costs €75 - €110 and takes 27h 13m.
The quickest way to get from Madrid to British Museum is to fly which costs €60 - €400 and takes 5h 25m.
No, there is no direct bus from Madrid to British Museum. However, there are services departing from Madrid and arriving at Holborn, Museum Street via Paris City Centre - Bercy Seine and Victoria Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 13m.
No, there is no direct train from Madrid to British Museum. However, there are services departing from Madrid-Puerta De Atocha and arriving at London St Pancras Intl via Barcelona-Sants, Gare de Lyon and Paris Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 55m.
The distance between Madrid and British Museum is 790 miles.
The best way to get from Madrid to British Museum without a car is to train which takes 13h 55m and costs €250 - €600.
It takes approximately 5h 25m to get from Madrid to British Museum, including transfers.
Madrid to British Museum bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Madrid station.
Madrid to British Museum train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Madrid-Puerta De Atocha station.
The best way to get from Madrid to British Museum is to fly which takes 5h 25m and costs €60 - €400. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €250 - €600 and takes 13h 55m, you could also bus via Paris, which costs €75 - €110 and takes 27h 13m.
- Distance: 790.5 miles
- Duration: 5h 25m
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and British Museum, England?
British Airways, Iberia and six other airlines fly from Madrid to British Museum hourly. Alternatively, you can take a train from Madrid to British Museum via Barcelona-Sants, Paris Gare De Lyon, Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord, and London St Pancras Intl in around 13h 55m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Madrid to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45 - £430
Flights from Madrid to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70 - £440
Flights from Madrid to London Gatwick via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90 - £370
Flights from Madrid to London Gatwick via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65 - £400
Flights from Madrid to London City via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180 - £1,100
Flights from Madrid to London City via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180 - £1,100
Flights from Madrid to London City via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £180 - £1,100
Flights from Madrid to London City via Mahon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180 - £1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Madrid to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45 - £430
Flights from Madrid to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70 - £440
Flights from Madrid to London Gatwick via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90 - £370
Flights from Madrid to London City via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180 - £1,100
Flights from Madrid to London City via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £180 - £1,100
Flights from Madrid to London City via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £300 - £1,600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Madrid to London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27 - £270
Flights from Madrid to London Stansted via Santiago de Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £27 - £270
Flights from Madrid to London Stansted via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £27 - £270
Flights from Madrid to London Stansted via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £27 - £270
Flights from Madrid to London Stansted via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27 - £270
Flights from Madrid to London Stansted via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £27 - £270
Flights from Madrid to London Stansted via Mahon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £27 - £270
Flights from Madrid to London Stansted via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £27 - £270
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Madrid to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45 - £420
Flights from Madrid to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65 - £400
Flights from Madrid to London Gatwick via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90 - £370
Flights from Madrid to London Gatwick via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65 - £400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Madrid to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40 - £290
Flights from Madrid to London Gatwick via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40 - £290
Flights from Madrid to London Gatwick via Lisbon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40 - £290
Flights from Madrid to London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £90 - £340
Flights from Madrid to London Luton via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £90 - £340
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Madrid to London Heathrow via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110 - £650
Flights from Madrid to London Heathrow via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120 - £600
Flights from Madrid to London City via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140 - £700
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Madrid to London Heathrow via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110 - £650
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Madrid to London Heathrow via Lisbon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110 - £440
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Madrid to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50 - £370
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Madrid to London City via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100 - £650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Madrid to London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40 - £270
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13 - £17
- Website
- Thameslink
- Anytime
- £13 - £17
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras International LL
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13 - £17
- Website
- Thameslink
- Anytime
- £13 - £17
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- getintouch@eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras International
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15 - £23
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
- Advance Single
- £7 - £20
- Off-Peak Single
- £11 - £17
- Anytime Day Single/Anytime Single
- £15 - £23
Rome2rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- comunicacion@renfe.es
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta De Atocha to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50 - £100
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Promo
- £50 - £70
- Promo+
- £58 - £62
- Flexible
- £75 - £100
- Phone
- +34 902 320 320
- comunicacion@renfe.es
- Website
- renfe-sncf.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta De Atocha to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50 - £70
- Website
- renfe-sncf.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £70 - £100
- Website
- renfe-sncf.com
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Rome2rio's guide to Eurostar
Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £95 - £300
- Website
- Eurostar
- Business Premier
- £260 - £300
- Standard
- £95 - £120
- Standard Premier
- £130 - £180
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- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- eurotunnel.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Eurotunnel
One of Europe’s leading bus companies, Flixbus serves 2000+ destinations in 29 countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands and Croatia and into Scandinavia and eastern Europe, as well as some US cities. Coaches have toilets, free WiFi and power outlets, plus snacks and drinks for purchase on board. Flixbus is a good choice for the budget-conscious traveller; purchase tickets in advance for the cheapest fares (note: there is no option to reserve a seat in advance).
Rome2rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Madrid to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45 - £60
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to London Victoria Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £21 - £26
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
Frequently asked questions
As the bus subsidiary of French railway SNCF, Ouibus offers eco-friendly coaches serving 35 French cities and 10 European cities at affordable fares. Ouibus journeys are safe and comfortable, with the four-star coaches offering power outlets, restrooms and WiFi. All Ouibus stations are located close to town centres for easy access to public transport. Getting on one of the 130 daily journeys is easy - electronic travel documents include your ticket and a personalised mini-guide with handy information.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 71 53 01 80
- Website
- blablacar.fr
Bus from Paris City Centre - Bercy Seine to London - Victoria Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13 - £17
- Website
- Blablabus
A Spanish subsidiary of National Express, ALSA provides bus and coach services across Spain and neighbouring countries including Portugal, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Poland and Malta. Founded in 1923, ALSA values service and the customer experience. Buses are equipped with communal TV screens showing movies, individual behind-seat screens, ALSA radio, app for books and music, and free WiFi. ALSA services are accessible to people with disabilities, and guide dogs are welcome on all journeys. There are three types of tickets on offer (Frequent Traveller Pass, Share Pass and ALSA Pass), along with discounts for senior citizens, students and children.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 902 42 22 42
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Madrid to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £26 - £40
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Bilbao to Londres Victoria Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £85 - £130
- Website
- alsa.com
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £65 - £280
- Book at
- Brittany Ferries
- Adult
- £65 - £85
- Car
- £190 - £280
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The quickest flight from Madrid Airport to London Heathrow Airport is the direct flight which takes 2h 10m.
Madrid to British Museum bus services, operated by Blablabus, arrive at London - Victoria Coach Station.
British Museum is 1h behind Madrid. It is currently 5:57 AM in Madrid and 4:57 AM in British Museum.
Madrid to British Museum train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
Lufthansa, Brussels Airlines, TAP Portugal and two other airlines offer flights from Madrid Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
There are 2011+ hotels available in British Museum. Prices start at £75 per night.