There are 8 ways to get from Melbourne to Leicester by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Birmingham Airport, bus
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane MEL - BHX
- Take the bus from Birmingham Airport Bus Terminal to St Margaret's Bus Stationbus
26h 53m£521–931Fly to East Midlands Airport
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to East Midlands Airport (EMA)plane MEL - EMA
29h 24m£348–869Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane MEL - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicestertrain
27h 5m£460–1,050Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane MEL - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicestertrain
27h 13m£490–975Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane MEL - STN
- Take the train from Stansted Airport to Leicestertrain
28h 12m£580–1,310Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane MEL - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Nuneatontrain
27h 59m£518–943Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Newcastle (NCL)plane MEL - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Leicestertrain
30h 33m£717–1,269Fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MEL - EDI
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Peterboroughtrain
- Take the train from Peterborough to Leicestertrain
32h 33m£641–1,115
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Birmingham Airport (BHX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Leicester is to fly which costs £340 - £900 and takes 29h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Leicester is to fly and bus which takes 26h 53m and costs £500 - £950.
The distance between Melbourne and Leicester is 10648 miles.
It takes approximately 26h 53m to get from Melbourne to Leicester, including transfers.
Leicester is 9h behind Melbourne. It is currently 12:19 PM in Melbourne and 3:19 AM in Leicester.
There are 1020+ hotels available in Leicester.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Leicester, England?
Etihad, Ryanair, and five other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to East Midlands Airport (EMA) twice daily.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £440–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £430–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Newcastle via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £490–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £430–1,200
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £480–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–900
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £480–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–900
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to East Midlands Airport via Abu Dhabi, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £330–850
Flights from Melbourne Airport to East Midlands Airport via Dubai, Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £470–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to East Midlands Airport via Doha, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,000
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to East Midlands Airport via Doha, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £430–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to East Midlands Airport via Dubai, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £470–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to East Midlands Airport via Dubai, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £470–1,300
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £410–700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £380–700
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,300
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £300–750
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Peterborough to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Stansted Airport to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–100
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Peterborough to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Nuneaton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- [email protected]
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £100–150
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Birmingham Airport Bus Terminal to St Margaret's Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–16
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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