There are 10 ways to get from Santander to Cheltenham by plane, train, car ferry, car, bus, or car train
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Fly Santander Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
best- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane SDR - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cheltenham Spatrain
3h 20m£65–218Car ferry, train
cheapest- Take the car ferry from Santander to Portsmouth International Portcarferry
- Take the train from Portsmouth Harbour to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cheltenham Spatrain
33h 52m£61–301Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Plymouthcarferry
- Drive from Plymouth to Cheltenhamcar
22h 38m£103–653Bus
- Take the bus from Santander to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris to Calaisbus 700
- Take the bus from Calais to London Victoriabus 700 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Royal Well Bus Stationbus 444 / ...
24h 54mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Santander to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cheltenhamcar
16h 39mFly 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 Paddington to Cheltenham Spatrain
5h 59m£116–370Fly Santander Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane SDR - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cheltenham Spatrain
5h 16m£105–269Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane BIO - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cheltenham Spatrain
9h 16m£108–381Car ferry, train via Plymouth
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Plymouthcarferry
- Take the train from Plymouth to Cheltenham Spatrain Plymouth - Sheffield / ...
24h 9m£93–706Train, bus
- Take the train from Santander to Basurto Hospitaltrain
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Lillebus
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cheltenham Spatrain
25h 54m£120–555
Santander to Cheltenham by car ferry, bus, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Cheltenham is to fly and train which costs £65 - £220 and takes 3h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Cheltenham is to fly and train which takes 3h 20m and costs £65 - £220.
No, there is no direct bus from Santander to Cheltenham station. However, there are services departing from Santander and arriving at Royal Well Bus Station via Paris, Calais and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 54m.
The distance between Santander and Cheltenham is 689 miles.
The best way to get from Santander to Cheltenham without a car is to bus which takes 24h 54m and costs .
It takes approximately 3h 20m to get from Santander to Cheltenham, including transfers.
Santander to Cheltenham bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Santander station.
Santander to Cheltenham bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Cheltenham is 1h behind Santander. It is currently 12:41 PM in Santander and 11:41 AM in Cheltenham.
There are 1661+ hotels available in Cheltenham.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Cheltenham, England?
You can take a bus from Santander to Royal Well Bus Station via Paris, Calais, and London Victoria in around 24h 54m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Santander Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Santander Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–190
Flights from Santander Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–190
Flights from Santander Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–160
Flights from Santander Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Santander Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–170
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cheltenham Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Plymouth to Cheltenham Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cheltenham Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–13
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.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
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Portsmouth Harbour to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–70
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cheltenham Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–13
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £50–65
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santander to Basurto Hospital
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–120
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Santander to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Calais to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
Bus from Calais to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Royal Well Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–29
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £65–600
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Adult
- £65–85
- Car
- £200–290
- Single Ticket
- £90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- £240–600
Car ferry from Santander to Portsmouth International Port
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £30–220
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
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