There are 10 ways to get from Santander to Brighton by plane, bus, train, car ferry, car, train (Renfe, TGV, Eurostar), 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 Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport
best- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane SDR - LGW
5h 39m£103–368Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane BIO - LGW
6h 59m£42–156Bus, train
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
- Take the train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brightontrain
14h 41m£322–501Car ferry, drive
- Take the carferry from Santander to Plymouthcarferry
- Drive from Plymouth to Brightoncar
24h 19m£143–673Bus
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to St Peter's Churchbus 025
26h 19m£119–183Fly Santander Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane SDR - LHR
- Take the train from Farringdon to Brightontrain
6h 25m£221–425Fly Santander Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane SDR - STN
- Take the train from London Victoria to Brightontrain
4h 15m£74–255Train
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid Chamartíntrain Alv / ...
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv 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 Brightontrain
22h 2m£413–633Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Santander to Portsmouthferry Es Sdr-Gb Pme
- Take the train from Chichester to Brightontrain Southampton Central - Brighton / ...
33h 31m£218–229Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Santander to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Brightoncar
15h 2m£329–424
Santander to Brighton by bus, foot, and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Brighton is to bus and fly which costs £40 - £160 and takes 6h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Brighton is to fly and train which takes 4h 15m and costs £70 - £260.
No, there is no direct bus from Santander to Brighton. However, there are services departing from Estación de autobuses de Santander and arriving at St Peter's Church via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 19m.
No, there is no direct train from Santander to Brighton. However, there are services departing from Santander and arriving at Brighton via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Avignon Tgv, Lille Europe and London St Pancras Intl. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 2m.
The distance between Santander and Brighton is 588 miles.
The best way to get from Santander to Brighton without a car is to bus and train which takes 14h 41m and costs £320 - £500.
It takes approximately 5h 39m to get from Santander to Brighton, including transfers.
Santander to Brighton bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Estación de autobuses de Santander station.
Santander to Brighton train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Santander station.
The best way to get from Santander to Brighton is to fly which takes 5h 39m and costs £100 - £370. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £110 - £190 and takes 26h 19m, you could also train, which costs £410 - £650 and takes 22h 2m.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Brighton, England?
Ryanair, Iberia, and three other airlines fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to St Peter's Church via Paris, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, and London Victoria in around 26h 19m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–310
Flights from Santander Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–440
Flights from Santander Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–270
Flights from Santander Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–270
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–120
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–310
Flights from Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–250
Flights from Santander Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–450
Flights from Santander Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–440
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–120
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–310
Flights from Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–250
Flights from Santander Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–450
Flights from Santander Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–440
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–120
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–230
Flights from Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–260
Flights from Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
Flights from Santander Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £28–190
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Santander Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £30–160
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–220
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £130–200
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £140–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £150–240
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–150
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £36
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £36
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from London Victoria to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Gatwick Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- Southern
Train from Chichester to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £110–160
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £130–210
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–12
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to St Peter's Church
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–23
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £90–600
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- £90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- £240–600
Ferry from Santander to Portsmouth
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £203
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
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Booking & Getting There
Santander to Brighton bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Brighton is 1h behind Santander. It is currently 1:51 PM in Santander and 12:51 PM in Brighton.
Santander to Brighton train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Madrid Chamartín station.
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