There are 13 ways to get from England to Belfast by plane, train, bus, car ferry, busferry, or car
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Fly Manchester Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane MAN - BHD
2h 42m£42–120Fly Manchester Airport to Belfast International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane MAN - BFS
3h 2m£32–109Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from London Euston to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Dumfriestrain
- Take the bus from Dumfries station to Port Rodiebus 500
- Take the carferry from Cairnryan to Larnecarferry
- Take the train from Larne Harbour to Belfast Lanyon Placetrain Re
13h 17mTrain, car ferry
- Take the train from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Streettrain London Euston - Liverpool Lime Street
- Take the carferry from Liverpool to Belfastcarferry
13h 47m£102–227Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Stationbus Ukn30 / ...
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
16h 48mFly Liverpool to Belfast International Airport
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane LPL - BFS
3h 8m£35–110Fly Leeds Bradford International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane LBA - BHD
2h 55m£45–121Fly Birmingham Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane BHX - BHD
2h 54m£46–160Fly Liverpool to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane LPL - BHD
2h 48m£40–116Fly Liverpool to Dublin Airport, bus
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane LPL - DUB
- Take the bus from Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centrebus
5h£35–131Train, car ferry via Chester
- Take the train from London Euston to Chestertrain London Euston - Chester / ...
- Take the carferry from Liverpool to Belfastcarferry
14h 36m£104–234Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Liverpool, Liverpool Onebus Uk021 / ...
- Take the carferry from Liverpool to Belfastcarferry
17h 24m£61–211Drive, car ferry
- Drive from London to Cairnryancar
- Take the carferry from Cairnryan to Larnecarferry
9h 40m£128–371
England to Belfast by subway, train, foot, car ferry, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from England to Belfast is to fly and bus which costs £35 - £140 and takes 5h.
The fastest way to get from England to Belfast is to fly which takes 2h 42m and costs £40 - £120.
No, there is no direct bus from England to Belfast. However, there are services departing from Whitehall / Trafalgar Square and arriving at Belfast, Europa Buscentre via London Victoria and Glasgow Buchanan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 48m.
The distance between England and Belfast is 185 miles.
The best way to get from England to Belfast without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 13h 17m and costs .
It takes approximately 2h 42m to get from England to Belfast, including transfers.
England to Belfast bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from London Victoria station.
England to Belfast bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
There are 1271+ hotels available in Belfast.
What companies run services between England and Belfast, Northern Ireland?
easyJet and Aer Lingus fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) 5 times a day.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from Liverpool to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–110
Flights from Birmingham Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from Liverpool to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Liverpool to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–90
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–110
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–120
Flights from Birmingham Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Liverpool to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £19–75
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £95–150
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Carlisle to Dumfries
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–26
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Larne Harbour to Belfast Lanyon Place
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- +44 1576 203874
- [email protected]
- Website
- Houstons Minicoaches
Bus from Dumfries station to Port Rodie
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Houstons Minicoaches
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–200
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- [email protected]
- Website
- Aircoach
Bus from Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- Aircoach
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- [email protected]
- Website
- P&O Ferries
Car ferry from Cairnryan to Larne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–220
- Website
- P&O Ferries
- Passenger Standard
- £25–45
- Passenger Car
- £130–220
Car ferry from Cairnryan to Larne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–220
- Website
- P&O Ferries
- Passenger Standard
- £25–45
- Passenger Car
- £130–220
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Stena Line
Car ferry from Liverpool to Belfast
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £36–100
- Website
- Stena Line
- Passenger
- £36
- Car Passenger
- £139
Car ferry from Liverpool to Belfast
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £36–100
- Website
- Stena Line
- Passenger
- £36
- Car Passenger
- £139
Car ferry from Liverpool to Belfast
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £36–100
- Website
- Stena Line
- Passenger
- £36
- Car Passenger
- £139
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