There are 12 ways to get from Dublin to Donington by car ferry, car, ferry, train, plane, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Car ferry, drive
best- Take the carferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Isle of Man Douglascarferry
- Take the carferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Liverpoolcarferry
- Drive from Liverpool to Doningtoncar
9h 52m£58–338Fly to East Midlands Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to East Midlands Airport (EMA)plane DUB - EMA
- Take the train from Nottingham to Bostontrain
7h 39m£53–180Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry 0
- Take the train from Holyhead to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Nottinghamtrain
- Take the train from Nottingham to Bostontrain
12h 48m£120–188Ferry, train via Holyhead
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyheadferry
- Take the train from Holyhead to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Nottinghamtrain
- Take the train from Nottingham to Bostontrain
12h 55m£157–331Ferry, train via Manchester
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry 0
- Take the train from Holyhead to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Nottinghamtrain
- Take the train from Nottingham to Bostontrain
13h 17m£130–208Fly to London Stansted Airport, train, line 37 bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane DUB - STN
- Take the train from Stansted Airport to Peterboroughtrain
- Take the bus from Queensgate Bus Stn to Bus Stationbus
8h 18m£55–202Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane DUB - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Nottinghamtrain
- Take the train from Nottingham to Bostontrain
8h 53m£73–200Fly to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Liverpool (LPL)plane DUB - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Doncastertrain
- Take the train from Doncaster to Granthamtrain
- Take the train from Grantham to Bostontrain
9h 13m£76–217Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane DUB - LHR
- Take the train from King's Cross to Granthamtrain
- Take the train from Grantham to Bostontrain
8h 51m£88–255Fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane DUB - LBA
- Take the train from Leeds to Granthamtrain
- Take the train from Grantham to Bostontrain
9h£67–172Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane DUB - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from King's Cross to Granthamtrain
- Take the train from Grantham to Bostontrain
8h 29m£77–240Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane DUB - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Doncastertrain
- Take the train from Doncaster to Granthamtrain
- Take the train from Grantham to Bostontrain
9h 33m£67–204
Dublin to Donington by ferry, train, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Dublin to Donington is to car ferry and drive which costs £55 - £340 and takes 9h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Dublin to Donington is to fly and train which takes 7h 39m and costs £50 - £180.
The distance between Dublin and Donington is 318 miles.
The best way to get from Dublin to Donington without a car is to ferry and train which takes 12h 48m and costs £120 - £190.
It takes approximately 9h 52m to get from Dublin to Donington, including transfers.
There are 504+ hotels available in Donington.
What companies run services between Dublin, Ireland and Donington, England?
There is no direct connection from Dublin to Donington. However, you can take the car ferry to Isle of Man Douglas, take the car ferry to Liverpool, then drive to Donington. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Malting Lane via Holyhead Ferry, Holyhead, Crewe, Nottingham, Boston, and Bus Station in around 12h 48m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to East Midlands Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–120
Flights from Dublin Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £18–90
Flights from Dublin Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–95
Flights from Dublin Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–80
Flights from Dublin Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to Luton Airport via Kerry
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £21–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–110
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £16–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–130
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £16–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to London Stansted Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £28–110
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Holyhead to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Holyhead to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Holyhead to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Holyhead to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Holyhead to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Crewe to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Nottingham to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Nottingham to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Crewe to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Nottingham to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Nottingham to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Nottingham to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Grantham to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Grantham to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Grantham to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Grantham to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Grantham to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Stansted Airport to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–29
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Doncaster to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–24
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–50
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Leeds to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–50
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Doncaster to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–24
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 345 071 0222
- Website
- Hull Trains
Train from Doncaster to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Website
- Hull Trains
Train from King's Cross to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- Hull Trains
Train from King's Cross to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- Hull Trains
Train from Doncaster to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Website
- Hull Trains
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–20
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 01733207860
- [email protected]
- Website
- Stagecoach East
Bus from Queensgate Bus Stn to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £2–4
- Website
- Stagecoach East
- Phone
- +44 8722 992 992
- [email protected]
- Website
- steam-packet.com
Car ferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Isle of Man Douglas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £15–273
- Schedules at
- steam-packet.com
- Foot Passanger
- £39
- Motorcycle&Adult
- £140
- Car&Adult
- £273
Car ferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £13–16
- Schedules at
- steam-packet.com
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Stena Line
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Stena Line
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Stena Line
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–190
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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