There are 13 ways to get from Londonderry to Leicester by train, plane, ferry, bus, car ferry, busferry, or car
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Train to George Best Belfast City Airport, fly to East Midlands Airport
best- Take the train from Londonderry to Belfast Lanyon Placetrain
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to East Midlands Airport (EMA)plane BHD - EMA
5h 59m£56–168Train, ferry
- Take the train from Londonderry to Belfast Grand Centraltrain Re
- Take the train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connollytrain Ic
- 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 Nuneatontrain
14h 52m£121–219Bus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from Foyle Street Bus Station to Nelson Street Bus Lanebus 212
- Take the carferry from Belfast to Liverpoolcarferry
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Nottinghamtrain
- Take the train from Nottingham to Leicestertrain
16h 34m£130–232Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Foyle Street Bus Station to Nelson Street Bus Lanebus 212
- Take the busferry from Belfast Stena Line Terminus to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to St Margaret's Bus Stationbus 180 / ...
19h 21m£66–106Train to Belfast International Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Londonderry to Antrimtrain
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane BFS - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Leicestertrain
6h 18m£60–159Train to George Best Belfast City Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Londonderry to Belfast Lanyon Placetrain
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane BHD - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Leicestertrain
6h 32m£72–187Fly City Of Derry Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from City Of Derry Airport (LDY) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane LDY - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Leicestertrain
4h 9m£92–276Train to Belfast International Airport, fly to East Midlands Airport
- Take the train from Londonderry to Antrimtrain
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to East Midlands Airport (EMA)plane BFS - EMA
5h 44m£86–150Fly City Of Derry Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from City Of Derry Airport (LDY) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane LDY - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Nuneatontrain
5h 22m£66–381Train to Belfast International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Londonderry to Antrimtrain
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BFS - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Nuneatontrain
7h 26m£79–179Train to Belfast International Airport, fly to Liverpool, train
- Take the train from Londonderry to Antrimtrain
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Liverpool (LPL)plane BFS - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Nuneatontrain
7h 56m£66–209Train, ferry via Shrewsbury
- Take the train from Londonderry to Belfast Grand Centraltrain Re
- Take the train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connollytrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry 0
- Take the train from Holyhead to Shrewsburytrain
- Take the train from Shrewsbury to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Leicestertrain
15h 51m£137–228Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Londonderry to Larnecar
- Take the carferry from Larne to Cairnryancarferry
- Drive from Cairnryan to Leicestercar
9h 2m£117–365
Londonderry to Leicester by bus and busferry
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Londonderry to Leicester is to bus and bus and ferry which costs £65 - £110 and takes 19h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Londonderry to Leicester is to fly and train which takes 4h 9m and costs £90 - £280.
No, there is no direct bus from Londonderry station to Leicester station. However, there are services departing from Foyle Street Bus Station and arriving at St Margaret's Bus Station via Nelson Street, Belfast Stena Line Terminus and Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 21m.
The distance between Londonderry and Leicester is 342 miles.
The best way to get from Londonderry to Leicester without a car is to train and ferry which takes 14h 52m and costs £120 - £220.
It takes approximately 5h 59m to get from Londonderry to Leicester, including transfers.
Londonderry to Leicester bus services, operated by Translink, depart from Foyle Street Bus Station.
Londonderry to Leicester bus services, operated by Translink, arrive at Nelson Street Bus Lane station.
There are 1005+ hotels available in Leicester.
What companies run services between Londonderry, Northern Ireland and Leicester, England?
There is no direct connection from Londonderry to Leicester. However, you can take the train to Belfast Lanyon Place, walk to Station Street, take the line 600 bus to George Best Belfast City Airport, walk to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) airport, fly to East Midlands Airport (EMA), walk to Coach Park, then take the bus to St Margaret's Bus Station. Alternatively, you can take a train from Londonderry to Leicester via Belfast Grand Central, Dublin Connolly, Dublin Ferryport B+I, Holyhead Ferry, Holyhead, Crewe, and Nuneaton in around 14h 52m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–100
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £23–100
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £23–100
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Birmingham Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Friday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £35–200
Flights from City Of Derry Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–120
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–95
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–95
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to East Midlands Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to East Midlands Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–150
Flights from City Of Derry Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £22–190
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–60
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Birmingham Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–460
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Londonderry to Belfast Lanyon Place
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- Translink
Train from Londonderry to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- Translink
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- Translink
Train from Londonderry to Antrim
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- Translink
Train from Londonderry to Belfast Lanyon Place
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- Translink
Train from Londonderry to Antrim
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- Translink
Train from Londonderry to Antrim
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- Translink
Train from Londonderry to Antrim
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- Translink
Train from Londonderry to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- Translink
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- £13–19
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- £13–19
- 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 Crewe to Nuneaton
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Nuneaton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Nuneaton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Crewe to Nuneaton
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- 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 Shrewsbury
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Shrewsbury to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–23
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Crewe to Nuneaton
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–50
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–23
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Crewe to Nuneaton
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–50
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Shrewsbury to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–35
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Crewe to Nuneaton
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £10–17
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Crewe to Nuneaton
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £10–17
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Nottingham to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–26
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–26
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–26
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–26
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Bus from Foyle Street Bus Station to Nelson Street Bus Lane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- £4
Bus from Foyle Street Bus Station to Nelson Street Bus Lane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- £4
Busferry from Belfast Stena Line Terminus to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- £4
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to St Margaret's Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Stena Line
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Stena Line
Car ferry from Belfast to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £36–100
- Website
- Stena Line
- Passenger
- £36
- Car Passenger
- £139
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Stena Line
- Phone
- +44 01304 44 88 88
- [email protected]
- Website
- P&O Ferries
Car ferry from Larne to Cairnryan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–220
- Website
- P&O Ferries
- Passenger Standard
- £25–45
- Passenger Car
- £130–220
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