There are 14 ways to get from Santander to Highfields by plane, train, bus, car ferry, car, train (Renfe, TGV, Eurostar), or car train
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Fly Santander Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
best- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to London Stansted Airport (STN)SDR - STN
- Take the train from Stansted Airport to Leicester
7h 15m£80–313Car ferry, train
cheapest- Take the car ferry from Santander to Portsmouth International Port
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Birmingham New Street
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Leicester
35h 55m£69–353Bus, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Take the train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
15h 16m£158–574Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Drive from Plymouth to Highfields
24h 2m£123–678Bus
- Take the bus from Santander to Paris
- Take the bus from Paris to Calais700
- Take the bus from Calais to London Victoria700 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to St Margaret's Bus Station
24h 14m£75–162Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)BIO - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
8h 15m£86–292Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)BIO - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
8h£71–263Fly Santander Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)SDR - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Leicester
5h 49m£80–350Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Luton Airport, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Luton Airport (LTN)BIO - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Kettering
- Take the train from Kettering to Leicester
7h 56m£84–255Fly Santander Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Manchester Airport (MAN)SDR - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Nuneaton
7h 10m£112–372Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Bristol Airport (BRS)BIO - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Leicester
9h 28m£90–287Train
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid ChamartínAlv / ...
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Lille EuropeTgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
21h 50m£240–708Car ferry, train via London
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Portsmouth International Port
- Take the train from Portsmouth Harbour to London Waterloo
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
33h 14m£75–343Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Santander to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Highfields
16h 28m
Santander to Highfields by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Highfields is to bus which costs £70 - £170 and takes 24h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Highfields is to fly and train which takes 5h 49m and costs £80 - £350.
No, there is no direct bus from Santander to Highfields station. However, there are services departing from Santander and arriving at St Margaret's Bus Station via Paris, Calais and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 14m.
No, there is no direct train from Santander to Highfields. However, there are services departing from Santander and arriving at Leicester via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Avignon Tgv, Lille Europe and London St Pancras Intl. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 50m.
The distance between Santander and Highfields is 745 miles.
The best way to get from Santander to Highfields without a car is to bus and train which takes 15h 16m and costs £150 - £600.
It takes approximately 7h 15m to get from Santander to Highfields, including transfers.
Santander to Highfields bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Santander station.
Santander to Highfields train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Santander station.
The best way to get from Santander to Highfields is to bus which takes 24h 14m and costs £70 - £170. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £240 - £750 and takes 21h 50m.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Highfields, Leicester, England?
You can take a bus from Santander to St Margaret's Bus Station via Paris, Calais, and London Victoria in around 24h 14m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Santander to Leicester via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Avignon Tgv, Lille Europe, and London St Pancras Intl in around 21h 50m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Flights from Santander Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Flights from Santander Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–160
Flights from Santander Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–160
Flights from Santander Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
Flights from Santander Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–250
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £60–180
Flights from Santander Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–260
- 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
- £40–250
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Bristol Airport via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Train from Stansted Airport to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–80
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–26
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–80
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Southampton Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £80–200
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £85–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–85
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Kettering
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–40
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Kettering to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–19
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–17
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Nuneaton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–65
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–100
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–130
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Portsmouth Harbour to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–55
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- 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
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–35
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–20
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £15–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Santander to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Calais to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to St Margaret's Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £4–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to St Margaret's Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £6–20
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- 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
- Book at
- Brittany Ferries
- 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
- £35–200
- Book at
- Brittany Ferries
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More Questions & Answers
Santander to Highfields bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Santander to Highfields train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Madrid Chamartín station.
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