There are 6 ways to get from Skiathos to Formby by plane, train, car ferry, bus, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Manchester Airport, train
best- Fly from Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane JSI - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
8h 7m£116–299Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane JSI - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
9h 1m£107–315Car ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Skiathos to Port of Thessalonikicarferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Liverpool, Liverpool Onebus
38h 43m£138–275Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane JSI - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoriatrain
- Take the train from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
10h 7m£181–487Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the car ferry from Skiathos to Port of Voloscarferry
- Take the bus from Volos to Larissabus
- Take the bus from Larissa to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sheffieldbus
- Take the train from Sheffield to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
2d 13h£191–361Car ferry, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the car ferry from Skiathos to Port of Thessalonikicarferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nordbus
- Take the busferry from Timisoara to Liverpool Elmway closebusferry
2d 16h£173–440
Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI) to Manchester Airport (MAN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Skiathos to Formby is to car ferry and bus which costs £130 - £280 and takes 38h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Skiathos to Formby is to fly and train which takes 8h 7m and costs £110 - £300.
The distance between Skiathos and Formby is 1626 miles.
The best way to get from Skiathos to Formby without a car is to car ferry and bus which takes 38h 43m and costs £130 - £280.
It takes approximately 8h 7m to get from Skiathos to Formby, including transfers.
Formby is 2h behind Skiathos. It is currently 9:12 AM in Skiathos and 7:12 AM in Formby.
There are 2188+ hotels available in Formby.
What companies run services between Skiathos, Greece and Formby, England?
There is no direct connection from Skiathos to Formby. However, you can take the bus to Skiathos Airport, walk to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI) airport, fly to Manchester Airport (MAN), walk to Manchester Airport, take the train to Manchester Piccadilly, take the train to Liverpool Lime Street, walk to Liverpool Central, then take the train to Formby. Alternatively, you can take a car ferry from Skiathos to Formby via Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Bucharest Obor, Liverpool, Liverpool One, Adelphi Hotel, and Liverpool Central in around 38h 43m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–290
Flights from Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £110–290
Flights from Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £110–290
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
Flights from Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
Flights from Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £80–220
Flights from Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–210
Flights from Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' to London Gatwick Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–210
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–50
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–26
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–75
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–27
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–30
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
Bus from Thessaloniki to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £50–120
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Bus from Volos to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £2–4
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Larissa to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £79
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–160
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Timisoara to Liverpool Elmway close
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Skiathos to Port of Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–160
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Skiathos to Port of Volos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £17–45
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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