There are 13 ways to get from Sofia to Nottingham by plane, train, bus, night train, busferry, car, car train, or car ferry
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 Birmingham Airport, train
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane SOF - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Nottinghamtrain
7h 55m£63–295Fly to East Midlands Airport
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to East Midlands Airport (EMA)plane SOF - EMA
9h 26m£57–199Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Wien Hbfbus
- Take the nighttrain from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Nottinghamtrain
34h 21m£260–469Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Broad Marsh Bus Stationbus
40h 17m£160–180Train, night train
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsatrain Ic / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Nottinghamtrain
46h 26m£287–482Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane SOF - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Ketteringtrain
- Take the train from Kettering to Nottinghamtrain
8h 20m£97–280Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane SOF - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Nottinghamtrain
8h 41m£158–368Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane SOF - STN
- Take the train from Stansted Airport to Elytrain
- Take the train from Ely to Nottinghamtrain
9h 44m£87–372Fly to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Liverpool (LPL)plane SOF - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Nottinghamtrain
9h 41m£117–236Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Wien Hbfbus
- Take the train from Wien HBF to Bruxelles-Miditrain Nj / ...
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Nottinghamtrain
35h 23m£390–629Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Sofia to Drobeta-Turnu Severinbus
- Take the bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Motrubus
- Take the busferry from Motru to Lutonbusferry
- Take the bus from Luton Station Interchange to Broad Marsh Bus Stationbus 230 / ...
2d 3hDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Nottinghamcar
24h 29m£466–631Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Nottinghamcar
25h 30m£378–588
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Nottingham is to fly which costs £55 - £200 and takes 9h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Nottingham is to fly and train which takes 7h 55m and costs £60 - £300.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia station to Nottingham station. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at Broad Marsh Bus Station via Bucharest and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 17m.
No, there is no direct train from Sofia to Nottingham. However, there are services departing from Sofia Sever and arriving at Nottingham via Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London St Pancras Intl. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 46h 26m.
The distance between Sofia and Nottingham is 1424 miles.
The best way to get from Sofia to Nottingham without a car is to bus and night train and train which takes 34h 21m and costs £260 - £470.
It takes approximately 7h 55m to get from Sofia to Nottingham, including transfers.
Sofia to Nottingham bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
Sofia to Nottingham train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Sofia Sever station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Nottingham is to bus which takes 40h 17m and costs £160 - £180. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs £55 - £200 and takes 9h 26m.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Nottingham, England?
You can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Broad Marsh Bus Station via Bucharest and London Victoria in around 40h 17m. Alternatively, Ryanair and Wizz Air fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to East Midlands Airport (EMA) 6 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £30–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to East Midlands Airport via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to East Midlands Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to East Midlands Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Karlsruhe/Baden Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–300
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–320
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–360
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–340
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–370
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–300
Train from Birmingham New Street to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Stansted Airport to Ely
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–26
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £95–130
- Couchette Carriage
- £75–90
- Seating Carriage
- £50–65
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £95–130
- Couchette Carriage
- £75–90
- Seating Carriage
- £50–65
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Kettering
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–27
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Kettering to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Ely to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £3–5
- 1st Class
- £4–5
Night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £2–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £2–4
- 1st Class
- £3–4
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £67–73
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +44 345 600 7245
- contactcentre@greateranglia.co.uk
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Stansted Airport to Ely
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £18–29
- Website
- Greater Anglia
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Wien HBF to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £180–290
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- operations@eurolines.bg
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Sofia to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
Bus from Sofia to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–60
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–60
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- callcenter@likebus.ua
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £25
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Broad Marsh Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–23
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Sofia to Drobeta-Turnu Severin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Broad Marsh Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Luton Station Interchange to Broad Marsh Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +4-0745-779.908
- Website
- dikeltour.autogari.ro
Bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Motru
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- dikeltour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Motru to Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Sofia to Nottingham bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, arrive at Bucharest station.
Nottingham is 2h behind Sofia. It is currently 2:19 PM in Sofia and 12:19 PM in Nottingham.
Sofia to Nottingham train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Gorna Oryahovitsa station.
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