There are 12 ways to get from Spain to Brighton by plane, train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, train, 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 from Barcelona–El Prat Airport
best- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane BCN - LGW
5h 28m£40–169Fly from Málaga Airport
cheapest- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane AGP - LGW
5h 35m£36–199Train
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brightontrain
12h 46m£338–587Bus, train
- Take the bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Lille - Europe Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the bus from London Stratford- Montfichet Road Stop U to Brighton Old Steine S4bus
23h 39m£168–301Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Barcelona to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Brightoncar
15h 19mFly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane MAD - LGW
5h 33m£53–221Fly from Son Sant Joan Airport
- Fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane PMI - LGW
5h 25m£43–171Fly from Valencia Airport
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane VLC - LGW
5h 35m£45–161Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Donostia / San Sebastián to Airport Loiu Bilbaobus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane BIO - LGW
5h 49m£50–192Fly from Seville Airport
- Fly from Seville Airport (SVQ) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane SVQ - LGW
5h 56m£52–202Bus
- Take the bus from Barcelona Airport El Prat T1 to Paris, Quai de Bercybus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to St Peter's Churchbus 025
30h 13m£77–269Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Barcelona to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Brightoncar
16h 19m£197–318
Spain to Brighton by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Spain to Brighton is to fly which costs £35 - £200 and takes 5h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Spain to Brighton is to fly which takes 5h 25m and costs £40 - £180.
No, there is no direct bus from Spain to Brighton. However, there are services departing from Pl. Catalunya - Andana Central and arriving at St Peter's Church via Barcelona Airport El Prat T1, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 13m.
No, there is no direct train from Spain to Brighton. However, there are services departing from Barcelona-Plaça De Catalunya and arriving at Brighton via Barcelona-Sants, Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord and London St Pancras Intl. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 46m.
The distance between Spain and Brighton is 728 miles.
The best way to get from Spain to Brighton without a car is to train which takes 12h 46m and costs £330 - £600.
It takes approximately 5h 28m to get from Spain to Brighton, including transfers.
Spain to Brighton bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Barcelona Airport El Prat T1 station.
Spain to Brighton train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Barcelona-Sants station.
The best way to get from Spain to Brighton is to fly which takes 5h 28m and costs £40 - £170. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £330 - £600 and takes 12h 46m, you could also bus, which costs £75 - £270 and takes 30h 13m.
What companies run services between Spain and Brighton, England?
Vueling Airlines, easyJet, and Air France fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW) hourly. Alternatively, you can take a train from Barcelona-Plaça De Catalunya to Brighton via Barcelona-Sants, Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord, and London St Pancras Intl in around 12h 46m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–90
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £24–90
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–260
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Asturias
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–260
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–220
Flights from Valencia Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26–130
Flights from Valencia Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–210
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–260
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £21–110
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–150
Flights from Seville Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–280
Flights from Seville Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–280
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–90
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £24–90
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–260
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Asturias
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–260
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–220
Flights from Valencia Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26–130
Flights from Valencia Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–210
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–260
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–150
Flights from Seville Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–280
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–90
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–260
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Asturias
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–260
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–220
Flights from Valencia Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26–130
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–260
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–150
Flights from Seville Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–150
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–180
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–120
Flights from Valencia Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–95
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Seville Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–150
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from Valencia Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Seville Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–190
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26–40
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Valencia Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £27–110
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £19–75
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £190–310
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £27–55
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.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
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £85–160
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Stratford- Montfichet Road Stop U to Brighton Old Steine S4
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Donostia / San Sebastián to Airport Loiu Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- https://gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Barcelona Airport El Prat T1 to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £29–170
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to St Peter's Church
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–27
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Spain to Brighton bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy station.
Spain to Brighton train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Gare De Lyon station.
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