There are 11 ways to get from Santiago de Compostela to Manchester by plane, train (Renfe, TGV, Eurostar), bus, ferry, train, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Santiago De Compostela Airport to Manchester Airport
best- Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane SCQ - MAN
7h 11m£68–247Train, bus to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Vigo Urzaiztrain
- Take the bus from Vigo to Portobus
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane OPO - MAN
8h 19m£59–225Train
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Madrid Chamartíntrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
22h 29m£443–729Bus
- Take the bus from Santiago de Compostela to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Manchester, Shudehill Interchangebus
34h 56m£167–252Bus, ferry, train
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostela to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
- Take the ferry from Santander to Portsmouthferry
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Manchester Piccadillytrain
2d£344–422Fly Santiago De Compostela Airport to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Liverpool (LPL)plane SCQ - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadillytrain
8h 7m£85–283Fly Santiago De Compostela Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane SCQ - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoriatrain
9h 18m£89–225Fly Santiago De Compostela Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane SCQ - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadillytrain
9h 36m£126–331Bus via Ourense
- Take the bus from Santiago de Compostela Estación de Autobuses to Ourense Estación de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Orense to Paris Charentonbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Stationbus 541 / ...
41h 7m£148–246Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Santiago de Compostela to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Manchestercar
22h 58m£450–599Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Santiago de Compostela to Port de Roscoffcar
- Take the carferry from Port de Roscoff to Plymouthcarferry
- Drive from Plymouth to Manchestercar
26h 46m£341–771
Santiago de Compostela to Manchester by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Santiago de Compostela to Manchester is to train and bus and fly which costs £55 - £230 and takes 8h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Santiago de Compostela to Manchester is to fly which takes 7h 11m and costs £65 - £250.
No, there is no direct bus from Santiago de Compostela to Manchester. However, there are services departing from Santiago de Compostela and arriving at Manchester, Shudehill Interchange via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Santiago de Compostela to Manchester. However, there are services departing from Santiago De Compostela and arriving at Manchester Piccadilly via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Avignon Tgv, Lille Europe and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 29m.
The distance between Santiago de Compostela and Manchester is 798 miles.
The best way to get from Santiago de Compostela to Manchester without a car is to train which takes 22h 29m and costs £440 - £750.
It takes approximately 7h 11m to get from Santiago de Compostela to Manchester, including transfers.
Santiago de Compostela to Manchester bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Santiago de Compostela station.
Santiago de Compostela to Manchester train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Santiago De Compostela station.
The best way to get from Santiago de Compostela to Manchester is to fly which takes 7h 11m and costs £65 - £250. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £440 - £750 and takes 22h 29m, you could also bus, which costs £160 - £260 and takes 34h 56m.
What companies run services between Santiago de Compostela, Spain and Manchester, England?
KLM, Iberia, and three other airlines fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Manchester Airport (MAN) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Santiago De Compostela to Manchester Piccadilly via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Avignon Tgv, Lille Europe, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 22h 29m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Manchester Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Liverpool via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–160
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £110–220
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Birmingham Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Manchester Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–310
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Manchester Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–310
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–240
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Liverpool via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–290
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Liverpool via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–600
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Liverpool via Sevilla
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–290
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Manchester Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Birmingham Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–320
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–470
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–600
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–480
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–480
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–550
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £120–400
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–400
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Manchester Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £75–380
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Birmingham Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90–290
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Manchester Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £75–380
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Birmingham Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Vigo Urzaiz
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–19
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £110–160
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Vigo Urzaiz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £140–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £130–210
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Southampton Central to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £95–150
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–14
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £9–18
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–24
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Santiago de Compostela to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Manchester, Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vigo to Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostela to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Vigo to Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–16
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Vigo to Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- Phone
- +34 (0) 986 288 030
- [email protected]
- Website
- Autna S.L.
Bus from Vigo to Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £15–40
- Website
- Autna S.L.
- Phone
- +34 900 92 91 92
- [email protected]
- Website
- Monbus
Bus from Santiago de Compostela Estación de Autobuses to Ourense Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–8
- Website
- Monbus
- Phone
- (+34) 988 225 288
- [email protected]
- Website
- anpian.com
Bus from Orense to Paris Charenton
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–130
- Schedules at
- anpian.com
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- [email protected]
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Ferry from Santander to Portsmouth
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £203
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Port de Roscoff to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £39–320
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- £40–75
- Single Ticket Car
- £85–320
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Booking & Getting There
Santiago de Compostela to Manchester bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Manchester is 1h behind Santiago de Compostela. It is currently 1:09 AM in Santiago de Compostela and 12:09 AM in Manchester.
Santiago de Compostela to Manchester train services, operated by Renfe AVE, arrive at Madrid Chamartín station.
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