There are 8 ways to get from Melbourne to Bristol by plane or train
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Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane MEL - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
28h 12m£552–1,032Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane MEL - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
29h 1m£426–870Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane MEL - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
27h 56m£431–990Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane MEL - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
28h 23m£580–1,239Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane MEL - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
29h 46m£553–981Fly to Bristol Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane MEL - BRS
29h 12m£617–818Fly to Cardiff Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane MEL - CWL
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
30h 32m£442–1,252Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Newcastle (NCL)plane MEL - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
32h 50m£639–1,720
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Birmingham Airport (BHX) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Bristol is to fly and train which costs £420 - £900 and takes 29h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Bristol is to fly and train which takes 27h 56m and costs £430 - £1,000.
The distance between Melbourne and Bristol is 10711 miles.
It takes approximately 28h 12m to get from Melbourne to Bristol, including transfers.
Bristol is 11h behind Melbourne. It is currently 4:38 PM in Melbourne and 5:38 AM in Bristol.
There are 2536+ hotels available in Bristol.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Bristol, England?
Etihad, easyJet, and four other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Bristol Airport (BRS) once daily.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £440–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Newcastle via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £490–1,500
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £440–1,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–850
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,100
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £440–950
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–850
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–750
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Doha, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Abu Dhabi, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Doha, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 12m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dubai, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £700–2,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £600–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dubai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650–2,000
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–750
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £340–750
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–750
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–750
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Doha, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–800
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £440–1,200
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–800
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Abu Dhabi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £260–750
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £130–200
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- Transport for Wales
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