There are 13 ways to get from Budapest to Cheltenham by plane, train, bus, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly to Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane BUD - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cheltenham Spatrain
6h 28m£71–180Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Oradeabus
- Take the bus from Oradea to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Royal Wellbus 444 / ...
39h 16m£35–89Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Praguebus 260 / ...
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Royal Wellbus 444 / ...
30h 55m£123–200Train, night train
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- 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 Paddington to Cheltenham Spatrain
23h 55m£222–477Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Budapest to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cheltenhamcar
18h 4m£362–473Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane BUD - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cheltenham Spatrain
6h 26m£72–189Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane BUD - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cheltenham Spatrain
8h 22m£147–367Fly to East Midlands Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to East Midlands Airport (EMA)plane BUD - EMA
- Take the train from Derby to Cheltenham Spatrain
7h 47m£118–445Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BUD - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cheltenham Spatrain
8h 23m£90–223Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane BUD - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cheltenham Spatrain
9h 4m£98–286Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane BUD - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cheltenham Spatrain
9h£100–244Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane BUD - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cheltenham Spatrain
9h 22m£83–257Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Budapest to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cheltenhamcar
19h 6m£270–436
Budapest to Cheltenham by bus and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to Cheltenham is to bus which costs £35 - £90 and takes 39h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Cheltenham is to fly and train which takes 6h 26m and costs £70 - £190.
No, there is no direct bus from Budapest to Cheltenham. However, there are services departing from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar and arriving at Royal Well via Prague Florenc Central Bus Station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Budapest to Cheltenham. However, there are services departing from Budapest-Kelenfoeld and arriving at Cheltenham Spa via Wien Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 55m.
The distance between Budapest and Cheltenham is 1089 miles.
The best way to get from Budapest to Cheltenham without a car is to bus via Prague which takes 30h 55m and costs £120 - £200.
It takes approximately 6h 28m to get from Budapest to Cheltenham, including transfers.
Budapest to Cheltenham bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Budapest to Cheltenham train services, operated by Hungarian Railways (MÁV), depart from Budapest-Kelenfoeld station.
Budapest to Cheltenham bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Prague station.
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Cheltenham, England?
You can take a bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Royal Well via Prague, Praha Hlavní nádraží, Florenc, Prague Florenc Central Bus Station, London Victoria Green Line Station, and London Victoria in around 30h 55m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Bristol Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–120
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to East Midlands Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–380
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to East Midlands Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–380
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Manchester Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–140
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £27–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Bristol Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–250
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–240
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–280
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–250
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–220
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–110
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–130
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to East Midlands Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–240
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–240
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–290
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–280
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cheltenham Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–29
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cheltenham Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–30
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Derby to Cheltenham Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cheltenham Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–30
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cheltenham Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Cheltenham Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–11
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–17
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 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
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
- 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)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–21
- Website
- Thameslink
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Royal Well
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Royal Well
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 0720 008899
- [email protected]
- Website
- President Tour
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Oradea
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £7–9
- Website
- President Tour
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- [email protected]
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Oradea to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £9–50
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- 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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Cheltenham is 1h behind Budapest. It is currently 4:53 AM in Budapest and 3:53 AM in Cheltenham.
Budapest to Cheltenham train services, operated by Hungarian Railways (MÁV), arrive at Wien Hbf station.
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