There are 9 ways to get from Oxford to Doolin by train, plane, bus, car, or car ferry
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Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Shannon Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Oxford to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane LHR - SNN
- Take the bus from Ennis Station to Doolinbus
7h 57m€87–309Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Shannon Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Oxford to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane BHX - SNN
- Take the bus from Ennis Station to Doolinbus
7h 53m€56–228Bus via Brent
- Take the bus from Queens Lane to Marble Archbus
- Take the bus from London Colindale to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
- Take the bus from Liffey Valley to Oranmore Northbus
- Take the bus from Oranmore North to Doolinbus
3d 22h€119–462Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Oxford to Cairnryancar
- Take the car ferry from Cairnryan to Belfastcarferry
- Drive from Belfast to Doolincar
13h 16m€196–286Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Dublin Airport, bus
- Take the train from Oxford to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BHX - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Zone 13 to ATU Galwaybus
- Take the bus from ATU Galway to Doolinbus
9h 42m€66–213Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Shannon Airport, bus
- Take the train from Oxford to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane STN - SNN
- Take the bus from Ennis Station to Doolinbus
9h 5m€76–268Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Shannon Airport, bus
- Take the train from Oxford to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane LGW - SNN
- Take the bus from Ennis Station to Doolinbus
9h 11m€77–295Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Ireland West Airport Knock, bus
- Take the train from Oxford to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC)plane LTN - NOC
- Take the bus from Ireland West Airport to ATU Galwaybus
- Take the bus from ATU Galway to Doolinbus
10h 21m€81–272Bus
- Take the bus from Queens Lane to Green Line Coach Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
- Take the bus from Liffey Valley to Galway Coach Stationbus
- Take the bus from Galway Ceannt Station to Doolinbus
4d 2h€99–340
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Shannon Airport (SNN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Oxford to Doolin is to train and fly and bus which costs €65 - €220 and takes 9h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Oxford to Doolin is to train and fly and bus which takes 7h 53m and costs €55 - €230.
The distance between Oxford and Doolin is 792 km.
The best way to get from Oxford to Doolin without a car is to bus via Brent which takes 3 days 22h and costs €110 - €470.
It takes approximately 7h 57m to get from Oxford to Doolin, including transfers.
There are 364+ hotels available in Doolin.
What companies run services between Oxford, England and Doolin, Ireland?
You can take a bus from Queens Lane to Doolin via Marble Arch, Marble Arch Station / Park Lane, Colindale Avenue, London Colindale, Rădăuți, Dublin, Liffey Valley, and Oranmore North in around 3d 22h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–95
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €23–140
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–140
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–160
Flights from Luton Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–140
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–100
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Oxford to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–60
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Oxford to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Oxford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Oxford to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- Website
- buseireann.ie
Bus from Ennis Station to Doolin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
Bus from Oranmore North to Doolin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
Bus from ATU Galway to Doolin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
Bus from Galway Ceannt Station to Doolin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
- Phone
- +44 1865 772250
- customer.services@stagecoachbus.com
- Website
- stagecoachbus.com
Bus from Queens Lane to Marble Arch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com
Bus from Queens Lane to Green Line Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from London Colindale to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €28–180
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Liffey Valley to Oranmore North
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
Bus from Dublin Airport Zone 13 to ATU Galway
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
Bus from Liffey Valley to Galway Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- 069-62546
- limerickclare@locallink.ie
- Website
- locallinklc.ie
Bus from Oranmore North to Doolin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- https://www.locallinklc.ie/
Bus from ATU Galway to Doolin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- https://www.locallinklc.ie/
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Ireland West Airport to ATU Galway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €11–60
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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