There are 11 ways to get from Barcelona to Chelmsford 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 Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Stansted Airport
best- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane BCN - STN
5h 31m£27–136Train
- 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 Liverpool Street to Chelmsfordtrain
11h 7m£338–531Bus, train via Lille
- 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 train from London Liverpool Street to Chelmsfordtrain
20h 58m£179–299Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Barcelona to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Chelmsfordcar
15h£309–395Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane BCN - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridgetrain
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Chelmsfordtrain
6h 6m£53–177Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane BCN - LHR
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Chelmsfordtrain
6h 20m£65–227Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane BCN - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Liverpool Street to Chelmsfordtrain
6h 28m£58–162Bus to Girona–Costa Brava Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Girona Costa Brava Airportbus
- Fly from Girona–Costa Brava Airport (GRO) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane GRO - STN
6h 7m£45–144Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane BCN - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London Liverpool Street to Chelmsfordtrain
7h 13m£70–222Bus, train
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the train from London Liverpool Street to Chelmsfordtrain
26h 58m£126–192Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Barcelona to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Chelmsfordcar
15h 51m£221–363
Barcelona to Chelmsford by train and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Barcelona to Chelmsford is to fly which costs £27 - £140 and takes 5h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Barcelona to Chelmsford is to fly which takes 5h 31m and costs £27 - £140.
No, there is no direct train from Barcelona to Chelmsford. However, there are services departing from Barcelona-Sants and arriving at Chelmsford via Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Liverpool Street. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 7m.
The distance between Barcelona and Chelmsford is 770 miles.
The best way to get from Barcelona to Chelmsford without a car is to train which takes 11h 7m and costs £330 - £550.
It takes approximately 5h 31m to get from Barcelona to Chelmsford, including transfers.
Barcelona to Chelmsford train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Barcelona-Sants station.
The best way to get from Barcelona to Chelmsford is to fly which takes 5h 31m and costs £27 - £140. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £330 - £550 and takes 11h 7m.
Chelmsford is 1h behind Barcelona. It is currently 12:08 AM in Barcelona and 11:08 PM in Chelmsford.
Barcelona to Chelmsford train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Gare De Lyon station.
What companies run services between Barcelona, Spain and Chelmsford, England?
Ryanair, Ryanair UK, and Transavia Holland fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to London Stansted Airport (STN) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Barcelona-Sants to Chelmsford via Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross St. Pancras station, Liverpool Street station, and London Liverpool Street in around 11h 7m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–95
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £23–95
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–210
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £26–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–150
Flights from Girona–Costa Brava Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £29–130
Flights from Girona–Costa Brava Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £29–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £29–110
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Birmingham Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £29–110
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–95
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–210
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £26–120
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–90
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Birmingham Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–90
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Girona–Costa Brava Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £16–110
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Girona–Costa Brava Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £28–90
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–100
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to London Stansted Airport via Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–230
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £180–270
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 345 600 7245
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from London Liverpool Street to Chelmsford
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from London Liverpool Street to Chelmsford
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Stratford (London) to Chelmsford
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–19
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Stratford (London) to Chelmsford
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–19
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from London Liverpool Street to Chelmsford
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from London Liverpool Street to Chelmsford
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from London Liverpool Street to Chelmsford
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- Greater Anglia
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–19
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–21
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–85
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +34 902 13 00 14
- [email protected]
- Website
- sagales.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Girona Costa Brava Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Schedules at
- sagales.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- 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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