There are 12 ways to get from Rome to Colchester by plane, train, 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 Roma Ciampino Airport to London Stansted Airport
best- Fly from Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA) to London Stansted Airport (STN)CIA - STN
6h 22m£43–199Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Milano CentraleFr / ...
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon-Saint Exupery TgvFr
- Take the train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Tourcoing
- Take the train from Tourcoing to Gand-DampoortIc / ...
- Take the bus from Gent-Dampoort to Chatham
- Drive from Chatham to Colchester
20h 43m£176–403Train, bus
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Milano CentraleFr / ...
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria
- Take the train from London Liverpool Street to Colchester
26h 28m£110–285Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Rome to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Colchester
18h 32mFly Fiumicino International Airport to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to London City Airport (LCY)FCO - LCY
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Colchester
6h 16m£87–373Fly Fiumicino International Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)FCO - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Colchester
6h 52m£73–253Fly Fiumicino International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)FCO - LHR
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Colchester
7h 6m£102–330Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Luton Airport (LTN)FCO - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Take the train from London Liverpool Street to Colchester
6h 56m£57–257Fly Fiumicino International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to London Stansted Airport (STN)FCO - STN
6h 20m£63–209Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)FCO - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Take the train from London Liverpool Street to Colchester
8h 2m£80–338Bus, train
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Take the bus from Paris to London Victoria700
- Take the train from London Liverpool Street to Colchester
32h 3m£97–271Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Rome to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Colchester
19h 28m£265–382
Rome to Colchester by train, foot, subway, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rome to Colchester is to fly which costs £60 - £210 and takes 6h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Rome to Colchester is to fly and train which takes 6h 16m and costs £85 - £380.
The distance between Rome and Colchester is 962 miles.
The best way to get from Rome to Colchester without a car is to train and bus which takes 26h 28m and costs £110 - £290.
It takes approximately 6h 22m to get from Rome to Colchester, including transfers.
Colchester is 1h behind Rome. It is currently 3:42 PM in Rome and 2:42 PM in Colchester.
There are 1016+ hotels available in Colchester.
What companies run services between Rome, Italy and Colchester, England?
Ryanair and Ryanair UK fly from Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA) to London Stansted Airport (STN) every 4 hours.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–170
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to London Stansted Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–170
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to London Stansted Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–170
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–170
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–140
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Luton Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–140
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Luton Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–140
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–290
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to London City Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–290
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–160
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–300
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–160
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–140
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–150
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–180
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to London City Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £110–400
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £29–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £21–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Tourcoing
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £95–220
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £95–150
- Rail 1st Class
- £150–220
Train from Tourcoing to Gand-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–21
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £9–14
- Rail 1st Class
- £14–21
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Tourcoing to Gand-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–10
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £6–10
- 1st Class
- £10–15
Train from London Liverpool Street to Colchester
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–45
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Stratford (London) to Colchester
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–40
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.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 Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £27–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £14–65
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–280
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Gent-Dampoort to Chatham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £9–11
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £24–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £13–20
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.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
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