There are 8 ways to get from Shanghai to England by plane or train
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Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane SHA - LHR
17h 20m£182–831Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Manchester Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane SHA - MAN
18h 6m£161–606Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane PVG - MAN
15h 38m£276–812Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane PVG - LHR
15h 52m£247–637Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane PVG - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridgetrain
16h 1m£274–791Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane SHA - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridgetrain
18h 14m£189–585Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London City Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to London City Airport (LCY)plane PVG - LCY
18h 16m£219–663Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane PVG - BRU
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain
18h 38m£304–728
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to England is to fly which costs £240 - £650 and takes 15h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to England is to fly which takes 15h 38m and costs £270 - £850.
The distance between Shanghai and England is 5783 miles.
It takes approximately 17h 20m to get from Shanghai to England, including transfers.
England is 8h behind Shanghai. It is currently 10:21 AM in Shanghai and 2:21 AM in England.
There are 20783+ hotels available in England.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and England?
Air China, China Southern Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) every 4 hours.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–800
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–430
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–550
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–600
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–650
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Manchester Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £270–440
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London City Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London City Airport via Beijing Daxing, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London City Airport via Brussels Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–700
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–460
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–400
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–420
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–500
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–650
- Website
- intl.jdair.net
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £270–600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–850
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–650
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
- 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/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–16
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
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