There are 7 ways to get from Manchester to Isle of Man by taxi, car ferry, plane, train, 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.
Taxi, car ferry
best- Take the taxi from Manchester to Liverpooltaxi
- Take the car ferry from Liverpool to Isle of Man Douglascarferry
3h 29m$123–146Bus, car ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Liverpool, Liverpool Onebus 170 / ...
- Take the car ferry from Liverpool to Isle of Man Douglascarferry
5h 34m$29–48Fly from Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Isle Of Man Airport (IOM)plane MAN - IOM
2h 21m$67–204Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Manchester Victoria to Liverpool Lime Streettrain Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street / ...
- Take the car ferry from Liverpool to Isle of Man Douglascarferry
4h 40m$34–53Train, car ferry via Manchester Piccadilly
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool Lime Streettrain Cleethorpes - Liverpool Lime Street / ...
- Take the car ferry from Liverpool to Isle of Man Douglascarferry
4h 55m$36–58Train to Liverpool, fly
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Isle Of Man Airport (IOM)plane LPL - IOM
2h 49m$58–219Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Isle Of Man Airport (IOM)plane BHX - IOM
4h 1m$146–336
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Isle Of Man Airport (IOM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Isle of Man is to bus and car ferry which costs $28 - $50 and takes 5h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Isle of Man is to fly which takes 2h 21m and costs $65 - $210.
The distance between Manchester and Isle of Man is 187 km.
The best way to get from Manchester to Isle of Man without a car is to taxi and car ferry which takes 3h 29m and costs $120 - $150.
It takes approximately 3h 29m to get from Manchester to Isle of Man, including transfers.
There are 145+ hotels available in Isle of Man.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Isle of Man?
easyJet and Loganair fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Isle Of Man Airport (IOM) twice daily.
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Manchester Airport to Isle Of Man Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–200
Flights from Liverpool to Isle Of Man Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–250
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Isle Of Man Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Isle Of Man Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–150
Flights from Liverpool to Isle Of Man Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–140
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Victoria to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–29
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–24
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Victoria to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–30
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–30
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–21
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 8722 992 992
- [email protected]
- Website
- steam-packet.com
Car ferry from Liverpool to Isle of Man Douglas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–22
- Schedules at
- steam-packet.com
Car ferry from Liverpool to Isle of Man Douglas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–22
- Schedules at
- steam-packet.com
Car ferry from Liverpool to Isle of Man Douglas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–22
- Schedules at
- steam-packet.com
Car ferry from Liverpool to Isle of Man Douglas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–22
- Schedules at
- steam-packet.com
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Estimated price
- $100–130
Intime Taxis
- Phone
- +44 161 256 1222
- Website
- intime.taxi
Manchester Taxi Service
- Phone
- +44 161 270 8701
- Website
- manchestertaxiservice.co.uk
Mantax
- Phone
- +44 161 230 3333
- Website
- mantax.co.uk
StreetCars Manchester
- Phone
- +44 161 228 7878
- Website
- streetcarsmanchester.co.uk
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