There are 10 ways to get from Nice to Leicester by plane, train, train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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 Birmingham Airport, train
best- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane NCE - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Leicestertrain
6h 31m£65–200Fly to Luton Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane NCE - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Ketteringtrain
- Take the train from Kettering to Leicestertrain
6h 34m£54–191Train
- Take the train from Nice Ville to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicestertrain
10h 56m£114–440Bus
- Take the bus from Nice to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to St Margaret's Bus Stationbus 440 / ...
27h 3m£61–136Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Nice to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Leicestercar
16h 9mFly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane NCE - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicestertrain
6h 56m£86–289Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane NCE - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicestertrain
6h 36m£68–260Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane NCE - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Nuneatontrain
7h 55m£90–235Train via Lille
- Take the train from Nice Ville to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain Tgv
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicestertrain
11h 5m£157–581Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Nice to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Leicestercar
17h 33m£216–328
Nice to Leicester by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nice to Leicester is to bus which costs £60 - £140 and takes 27h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Nice to Leicester is to fly and train which takes 6h 31m and costs £65 - £200.
No, there is no direct bus from Nice to Leicester station. However, there are services departing from Nice and arriving at St Margaret's Bus Station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 3m.
No, there is no direct train from Nice to Leicester. However, there are services departing from Nice Ville and arriving at Leicester via Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy, Lille Europe and London St Pancras Intl. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 5m.
The distance between Nice and Leicester is 792 miles.
The best way to get from Nice to Leicester without a car is to train which takes 10h 56m and costs £110 - £440.
It takes approximately 6h 31m to get from Nice to Leicester, including transfers.
Nice to Leicester bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Nice station.
Nice to Leicester train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Nice Ville station.
The best way to get from Nice to Leicester is to train which takes 10h 56m and costs £110 - £440. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £60 - £140 and takes 27h 3m.
What companies run services between Nice, France and Leicester, England?
You can take a train from Nice Ville to Leicester via Paris Gare De Lyon, Gare de Lyon - Van Gogh, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, and London St Pancras Intl in around 10h 56m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Nice to St Margaret's Bus Station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and London Victoria in around 27h 3m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–150
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–150
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–150
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Luton Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Luton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Luton Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Luton Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–130
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–130
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £28–130
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–150
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–150
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–150
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–150
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport via Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–150
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–220
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–200
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–190
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–210
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–180
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Train from Birmingham New Street to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–21
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Nice Ville to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Nice Ville to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £80–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Nice Ville to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £29–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £29–45
- Rail 1st Class
- £45–65
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £45–65
- Comfort
- £50–75
- Premium
- £70–95
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–90
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Kettering
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–24
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Kettering to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–19
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–17
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Nuneaton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–65
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–120
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Nice to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to St Margaret's Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £4–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to St Margaret's Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £6–15
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
Want to know more about travelling around United Kingdom
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Travelling to the UK: What do I need to know?
Read the travel guide
5 delightfully under-the-radar French towns you need to visit
Read the travel guide
Train travel in France: A guide to SNCF
Read the travel guide
More Questions & Answers
Nice to Leicester bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Leicester is 1h behind Nice. It is currently 9:44 AM in Nice and 8:44 AM in Leicester.
Nice to Leicester train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy station.
Book your Nice to Leicester train tickets online with Omio.
Book your Nice to Leicester bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
There are 978+ hotels available in Leicester.































































