There are 8 ways to get from Prestatyn to Reading by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Shrewsbury
best- Take the train from Prestatyn to Shrewsburytrain
- Take the train from Shrewsbury to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Readingtrain
4h 50m£75–136Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Chester Bus Interchange to Gloucester Green Bus Stationbus 830
- Take the bus from Westgate to Forbury Roadbus X40 / ...
7h 57m£32–58Drive 197.9 mi
- Drive from Prestatyn to Readingcar 197.9 mi
3h 57m£49–71Train to Manchester Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Prestatyn to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane MAN - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
4h 55m£93–307Train
- Take the train from Prestatyn to Chestertrain
- Take the train from Chester to Staffordtrain
- Take the train from Stafford to Readingtrain
5h 11m£79–123Train to Liverpool, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Prestatyn to Liverpool South Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane LPL - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
6h 25m£129–524Train to Liverpool, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the train from Prestatyn to Liverpool South Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane LPL - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
7h 1m£98–208Train to Liverpool, fly to Luton Airport, train
- Take the train from Prestatyn to Liverpool South Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane LPL - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
6h 40m£105–285
Prestatyn to Reading by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Prestatyn to Reading is to bus which costs £30 - £60 and takes 7h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Prestatyn to Reading is to drive which takes 3h 57m and costs £45 - £75.
No, there is no direct bus from Prestatyn to Reading. However, there are services departing from Chester Rd West and arriving at Forbury Road via Chester Bus Interchange and Westgate. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 57m.
No, there is no direct train from Prestatyn to Reading. However, there are services departing from Prestatyn and arriving at Reading via Shrewsbury and Birmingham New Street. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4h 50m.
The distance between Prestatyn and Reading is 210 miles. The road distance is 199.1 miles.
The best way to get from Prestatyn to Reading without a car is to train via Shrewsbury which takes 4h 50m and costs £75 - £140.
It takes approximately 4h 50m to get from Prestatyn to Reading, including transfers.
Prestatyn to Reading bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Chester Bus Interchange station.
Prestatyn to Reading train services, operated by Transport for Wales, depart from Prestatyn station.
The best way to get from Prestatyn to Reading is to train via Shrewsbury which takes 4h 50m and costs £75 - £140. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £30 - £60 and takes 7h 57m.
What companies run services between Prestatyn, Wales and Reading, England?
You can take a train from Prestatyn to Reading via Shrewsbury and Birmingham New Street in around 4h 50m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Prestatyn to Forbury Road via Shotton, Chester Rd West, Chester Bus Interchange, Gloucester Green Bus Station, and Westgate in around 7h 57m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Liverpool to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–490
Flights from Liverpool to London Heathrow Airport via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–430
Flights from Liverpool to London Heathrow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–490
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Liverpool to London Gatwick Airport via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Sunday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £100–190
Flights from Liverpool to London Gatwick Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–190
Flights from Liverpool to London Gatwick Airport via Jersey
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–190
Flights from Liverpool to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–190
Flights from Liverpool to London Gatwick Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–190
Flights from Liverpool to London Gatwick Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–190
Flights from Liverpool to Luton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–220
Flights from Liverpool to Luton Airport via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90–220
Flights from Liverpool to Luton Airport via Jersey
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–220
Flights from Liverpool to Luton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–220
Flights from Liverpool to Luton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Liverpool to London Gatwick Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Wednesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Liverpool to Luton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Sunday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Liverpool to Luton Airport via Knock
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Liverpool to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–490
Flights from Liverpool to London Heathrow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–490
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Liverpool to London Heathrow Airport via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–430
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Prestatyn to Shrewsbury
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Shrewsbury to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–23
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Prestatyn to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Prestatyn to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–15
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Prestatyn to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–26
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Prestatyn to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–26
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Prestatyn to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–26
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Shrewsbury to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–35
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Birmingham New Street to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Stafford to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–55
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–19
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–19
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Prestatyn to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Chester to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–24
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–21
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Chester Bus Interchange to Gloucester Green Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 1865 785400
- Website
- Thames Travel
Bus from Westgate to Forbury Road
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Website
- Thames Travel
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Booking & Getting There
Prestatyn to Reading bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Gloucester Green Bus Station.
Prestatyn to Reading train services, operated by Transport for Wales, arrive at Shrewsbury station.
Yes, the driving distance between Prestatyn to Reading is 199 miles. It takes approximately 3h 57m to drive from Prestatyn to Reading.
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