There are 12 ways to get from Crete to Oxford by plane, train, busferry, or bus
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport, train
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane HER - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Oxfordtrain
8h 30m£96–280Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane HER - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Oxfordtrain
8h 12m£81–181Bus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Liege Gare des Guilleminsbus
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Oxfordtrain
2d 4hFly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane HER - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Oxfordtrain
7h 47m£149–341Fly Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane CHQ - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Oxfordtrain
8h 53m£134–285Fly Chania International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane CHQ - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Oxfordtrain
8h 15m£177–436Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane HER - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Oxfordtrain
8h 47m£100–276Fly Chania International Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane CHQ - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Oxfordtrain
8h 53m£110–326Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane HER - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Oxfordtrain
8h 35m£97–261Bus and ferry, bus, train via Bucharest
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London Paddington to Oxfordtrain
2d 12h£262–349Bus and ferry, bus, train #2
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Paris Nordbus
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Oxfordtrain
2d 13hBus and ferry, Bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Ioanninabusferry
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Münchenbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from Green Line Coach Station to St Aldatesbus
3d 1h£283–443
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Oxford is to fly and train which costs £80 - £190 and takes 8h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Oxford is to fly and train which takes 7h 47m and costs £140 - £350.
No, there is no direct bus from Crete to Oxford. However, there are services departing from Heraklion and arriving at St Aldates via Ioannina, Munich central bus station and Green Line Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 1h.
The distance between Crete and Oxford is 1755 miles.
The best way to get from Crete to Oxford without a car is to bus and ferry and bus and train which takes 2 days 4h and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 30m to get from Crete to Oxford, including transfers.
Crete to Oxford bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, depart from Heraklion station.
Crete to Oxford bus services, operated by KTEL Irakleiou - Lasithiou S.A, arrive at Ioannina station.
Oxford is 2h behind Crete. It is currently 4:46 AM in Crete and 2:46 AM in Oxford.
There are 1493+ hotels available in Oxford.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Oxford, England?
There is no direct connection from Crete to Oxford. However, you can take the line 6 bus to Irakleion Airport, walk to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport (LGW), walk to Gatwick Airport, take the train to Reading, then take the train to Oxford. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Heraklion Port to Oxford via Tirana, Tirana, Liege Gare des Guillemins, Liege-Guillemins, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 2d 4h.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–90
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–210
Flights from Chania International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–310
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–370
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–360
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–430
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–330
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £80–360
Flights from Chania International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £100–430
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Luton Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Oxford
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Oxford
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Oxford
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Oxford
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Oxford
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Oxford
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Oxford
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Oxford
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Oxford
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Oxford
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Reading to Oxford
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–21
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Oxford
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Reading to Oxford
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–21
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £100–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
Busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Liege Gare des Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £112
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–100
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–90
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- [email protected]
- 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/
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- [email protected]
- 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
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from Ioannina to München
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £130–200
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0345 241 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- stagecoachbus.com
Bus from Green Line Coach Station to St Aldates
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3–4
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/
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