There are 8 ways to get from Shanghai to Exeter by plane or train
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Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
best- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane SHA - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Exeter St Davidstrain
19h 4m£415–1,485Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane PVG - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davidstrain
18h 56m£214–880Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane PVG - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Exeter St Davidstrain
18h 11m£340–1,141Fly 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 Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Exeter St Davidstrain
19h 5m£247–921Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Exeter
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Exeter (EXT)plane SHA - EXT
20h 40m£342–1,904Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane PVG - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Exeter St Davidstrain
20h 39m£402–1,209Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Exeter
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Exeter (EXT)plane PVG - EXT
18h 2m£387–1,710Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Southampton Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane PVG - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Salisburytrain
- Take the train from Salisbury to Exeter Centraltrain
21h 51m£291–1,212
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Exeter is to fly and train which costs £340 - £1,200 and takes 18h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Exeter is to fly which takes 18h 2m and costs £380 - £1,800.
The distance between Shanghai and Exeter is 5954 miles.
It takes approximately 19h 4m to get from Shanghai to Exeter, including transfers.
Exeter is 7h behind Shanghai. It is currently 7:23 PM in Shanghai and 12:23 PM in Exeter.
There are 1163+ hotels available in Exeter.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Exeter, England?
Hainan, Loganair, and four other airlines fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Exeter (EXT) 4 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Exeter via Beijing Capital, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £340–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Exeter via Beijing Capital, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 57m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Exeter via Beijing Capital, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £350–2,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Exeter via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Southampton Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,400
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Exeter via Beijing Capital, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £340–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Exeter via Beijing Capital, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 57m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Exeter via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Southampton Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bristol Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bristol Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bristol Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Southampton Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,100
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Exeter via Guangzhou Baiyun, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £320–2,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Southampton Airport via Brussels, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 57m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,400
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–1,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–1,000
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Exeter via Beijing Capital, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £350–2,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bristol Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–800
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–950
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–150
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Salisbury
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £12–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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
- £29–50
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Salisbury
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–26
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Salisbury to Exeter Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–80
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
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