There are 13 ways to get from Stockholm to Leicester by plane, train, train (Eurostar), bus, night 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 to Birmingham Airport, train
best- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ARN - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Leicestertrain
8h 14m£91–260Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg Hbftrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicestertrain
22h 35m£408–623Bus
- Take the bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to St Margaret's Bus Stationbus 440 / ...
38h 52m£163–260Night train, bus, train
- Take the nighttrain from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg-Altonanighttrain En
- Take the bus from Hamburg to Amsterdam Centraal Stationbus
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicestertrain
27h 58mFly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ARN - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicestertrain
6h 58m£130–319Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane ARN - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicestertrain
6h 59m£117–282Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane ARN - STN
- Take the train from Stansted Airport to Leicestertrain
7h 57m£122–357Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ARN - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Nuneatontrain
7h 42m£111–250Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane ARN - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Ketteringtrain
- Take the train from Kettering to Leicestertrain
8h 18m£138–306Fly to Norwich International Airport, train
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Norwich International Airport (NWI)plane ARN - NWI
- Take the train from Norwich to Elytrain
- Take the train from Ely to Leicestertrain
10h 13m£168–498Train
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg-Harburgtrain 345
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Amsterdam Centraaltrain 77
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicestertrain
25h 15m£401–655Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Stockholm to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Leicestercar
21h 25m£448–603Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Stockholm to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Leicestercar
22h 26m£361–565
Stockholm to Leicester by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Stockholm to Leicester is to fly and train which costs £90 - £260 and takes 8h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Stockholm to Leicester is to fly and train which takes 6h 58m and costs £130 - £320.
No, there is no direct bus from Stockholm to Leicester station. However, there are services departing from Stockholm, Cityterminalen and arriving at St Margaret's Bus Station via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 52m.
No, there is no direct train from Stockholm station to Leicester. However, there are services departing from Stockholm Centralstation and arriving at Leicester via Hamburg Hbf, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London St Pancras Intl. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 35m.
The distance between Stockholm and Leicester is 979 miles.
The best way to get from Stockholm to Leicester without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 22h 35m and costs £400 - £650.
It takes approximately 8h 14m to get from Stockholm to Leicester, including transfers.
Stockholm to Leicester bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Stockholm, Cityterminalen station.
Stockholm to Leicester train services, operated by Snälltåget, depart from Stockholm Centralstation.
The best way to get from Stockholm to Leicester is to train via Cologne which takes 22h 35m and costs £400 - £650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £160 - £260 and takes 38h 52m.
What companies run services between Stockholm, Sweden and Leicester, England?
You can take a train from Stockholm Centralstation to Leicester via Hamburg Hbf, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, and London St Pancras Intl in around 22h 35m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to St Margaret's Bus Station via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and London Victoria in around 38h 52m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Birmingham Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Manchester Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Manchester Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–220
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–220
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Luton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Norwich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–500
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £29–140
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £29–140
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Birmingham Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–190
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Luton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–260
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Luton Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Luton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–280
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–130
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Birmingham Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Birmingham Airport via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
- 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 Stansted Airport to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Ely to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £119
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £60–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £190–310
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Kettering
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–27
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Kettering to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–17
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Norwich to Ely
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +49 (0) 911 / 240 388 – 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- BahnTouristikExpress GmbH
Night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- BahnTouristikExpress GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Nuneaton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–45
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 345 600 7245
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Norwich to Ely
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- Greater Anglia
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 51m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £110–160
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- 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 Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to St Margaret's Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–19
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to St Margaret's Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–28
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Hamburg to Amsterdam Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £46–50
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Stockholm to Leicester bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Leicester is 1h behind Stockholm. It is currently 1:07 PM in Stockholm and 12:07 PM in Leicester.
Stockholm to Leicester train services, operated by Snälltåget, arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
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