There are 13 ways to get from London to León by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe), train, bus, car, car ferry, or ferry
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Fly London Heathrow Airport to León Airport
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to León Airport (LEN)plane LHR - LEN
9h 12m€373–789Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane LGW - BIO
- Take the bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Bilbao to Vitoria-Gasteiz - Estación de Autobusesbus
- Take the train from Vitoria/Gasteiz to Leontrain
11h 5m€95–239Train
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendayetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Pasajes to Burgos Rosa De Limatrain
- Take the train from Burgos Rosa De Lima to Leontrain Alv
16h 14m€311–560Train, bus
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the bus from Lille to Leonbus FlixBus N1153
23h 12m€187–306Drive, car ferry
- Drive from London to Plymouthcar
- Take the carferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Drive from Santander to Leóncar
26h 56m€200–847Fly London Heathrow Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane LHR - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Leontrain
7h 56m€103–360Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Asturias Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Asturias Airport (OVD)plane LGW - OVD
- Take the bus from [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Salidas [CTA 20118] to [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo FL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 01549]bus
- Take the train from Oviedo to Leontrain
7h 46m€105–267Fly London Heathrow Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ)plane LHR - SCQ
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Leontrain
11h 23m€118–384Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Santiago De Compostela Airport, train
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ)plane LGW - SCQ
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Leontrain
11h 41m€117–323Fly London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport, bus, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane LHR - BIO
- Take the bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Bilbao to Vitoria-Gasteiz - Estación de Autobusesbus
- Take the train from Vitoria/Gasteiz to Leontrain
10h 52m€103–310Fly London Stansted Airport to Santander Airport, train
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane STN - SDR
- Take the train from Santander to Palenciatrain
- Take the train from Palencia to Leontrain
10h 45m€100–330Bus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Santanderbus
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Leonbus
29h 14m€147–263Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbourtrain
- Take the ferry from Portsmouth to Santanderferry
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Leonbus
40h 16m€261–498
London to León by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to León is to train and fly and bus which costs €95 - €240 and takes 11h 5m.
The fastest way to get from London to León is to train and fly and bus which takes 7h 46m and costs €100 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from London to León. However, there are services departing from London Victoria and arriving at Leon via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and Estación de autobuses de Santander. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 14m.
No, there is no direct train from London to León. However, there are services departing from London St Pancras Intl and arriving at Leon via Gare du Nord, Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Hendaia, Pasajes and Burgos Rosa De Lima. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 14m.
The distance between London and León is 1094 km.
The best way to get from London to León without a car is to train which takes 16h 14m and costs €310 - €600.
It takes approximately 9h 12m to get from London to León, including transfers.
London to León bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from London Victoria station.
London to León train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from London St Pancras Intl station.
The best way to get from London to León is to fly which takes 9h 12m and costs €370 - €800. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €310 - €600 and takes 16h 14m, you could also bus, which costs €140 - €270 and takes 29h 14m.
What companies run services between London, England and León, Spain?
British Airways and Iberia fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to León Airport (LEN) 6 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a train from London St Pancras Intl to Leon via Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Hendaye, Hendaia, Pasaia, Pasajes, and Burgos Rosa De Lima in around 16h 14m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to León Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Asturias Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–110
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €28–110
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to León Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Asturias Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–110
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €28–110
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Asturias Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–110
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–210
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Pasajes to Burgos Rosa De Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Burgos Rosa De Lima to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Oviedo to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Vitoria/Gasteiz to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Vitoria/Gasteiz to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santander to Palencia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Palencia to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Oviedo to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Palencia to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Gatwick Express
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- South Western Railway
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lille to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Salidas [CTA 20118] to [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo FL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 01549]
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
Bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Bilbao to Vitoria-Gasteiz - Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
Bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Bilbao to Vitoria-Gasteiz - Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- [email protected]
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–700
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €100–230
- Car Single Ticket
- €290–700
Ferry from Portsmouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €200–380
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
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London to León bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
León is 1h ahead of London. It is currently 8:29 AM in London and 9:29 AM in León.
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