There are 12 ways to get from Barcelona to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) by plane, train, bus, taxi, night bus, 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.
Recommended option
Fly Barcelona to London Heathrow • 4h 42m
Cheapest option
Fly Barcelona to London Luton, bus • 6h 47m
10 alternative options
Fly Barcelona to London City • 5h 40m
Train • 10h 50m
Train via Lagny-sur-Marne • 11h 46m
Bus • 23h 19m
Bus, night bus • 31h 26m
Drive, Eurotunnel • 14h 28m
Drive, car ferry • 16h 11m
Barcelona to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) by train and subway
The journey time between Barcelona and London Heathrow Airport (LHR) is around 10h 50m and covers a distance of around 977 miles. This includes an average layover time of around 1h 14m. Operated by Renfe SNCF, Paris RER, Eurostar and others, the Barcelona to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) service departs from Barcelona-Sants and arrives in Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3. Typically 17 services run weekly, although weekend and holiday schedules can vary so check in advance.
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Barcelona to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) is to bus which costs €45 - €95 and takes 23h 19m.
The quickest way to get from Barcelona to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) is to fly which costs €80 - €340 and takes 4h 42m.
No, there is no direct bus from Barcelona to London Heathrow Airport (LHR). However, there are services departing from Barcelona and arriving at London Heathrow Airport T2 and T3 via Paris and London Victoria Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 19m.
No, there is no direct train from Barcelona to London Heathrow Airport (LHR). However, there are services departing from Barcelona-Sants and arriving at Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 via Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 50m.
The distance between Barcelona and London Heathrow Airport (LHR) is 712 miles.
The best way to get from Barcelona to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) without a car is to train which takes 10h 50m and costs €200 - €550.
It takes approximately 4h 42m to get from Barcelona to London Heathrow Airport (LHR), including transfers.
Barcelona to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Barcelona station.
Barcelona to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) train services, operated by Renfe SNCF, depart from Barcelona-Sants station.
The best way to get from Barcelona to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) is to fly which takes 4h 42m and costs €80 - €340. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €200 - €550 and takes 10h 50m, you could also bus, which costs €45 - €95 and takes 23h 19m.
- Distance: 712 miles
- Duration: 4h 42m
What companies run services between Barcelona, Spain and London Heathrow Airport (LHR), England?
British Airways, Air France and six other airlines fly from Barcelona to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) hourly. Alternatively, you can take a train from Barcelona to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) via Paris Gare De Lyon, Gare de Lyon, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 10h 50m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Barcelona to London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26 - £240
Flights from Barcelona to London Stansted via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26 - £240
Flights from Barcelona to London Stansted via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £26 - £240
Flights from Barcelona to London Stansted via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £26 - £240
Flights from Barcelona to London Stansted via Billund
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £26 - £240
Flights from Barcelona to London Stansted via Hahn
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £26 - £240
Flights from Barcelona to London Stansted via Santiago de Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £26 - £240
Flights from Barcelona to London Stansted via Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £26 - £240
Flights from Barcelona to London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45 - £290
Flights from Barcelona to London Luton via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45 - £290
Flights from Girona to London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35 - £230
Flights from Girona to London Stansted via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35 - £230
Flights from Girona to London Stansted via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £35 - £230
Flights from Girona to London Stansted via Knock
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35 - £230
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Barcelona to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95 - £700
Flights from Barcelona to London Heathrow via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80 - £420
Flights from Barcelona to London City via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130 - £800
Flights from Barcelona to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40 - £240
Flights from Barcelona to London Gatwick via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £40 - £240
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Barcelona to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95 - £700
Flights from Barcelona to London City
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130 - £800
Flights from Barcelona to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40 - £240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Barcelona to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55 - £340
Flights from Barcelona to London Gatwick via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £340
Flights from Barcelona to London Gatwick via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £340
Flights from Barcelona to London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70 - £280
Flights from Barcelona to London Luton via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70 - £280
Flights from Barcelona to London Luton via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70 - £280
Flights from Barcelona to London Luton via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70 - £280
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona to London Heathrow via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80 - £420
Flights from Barcelona to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40 - £240
Flights from Barcelona to London Gatwick via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £40 - £240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Barcelona to London Heathrow via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110 - £650
Flights from Barcelona to London City via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110 - £900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Barcelona to London Heathrow via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130 - £700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Barcelona to London Heathrow via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120 - £600
Flights from Barcelona to London City via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160 - £800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Barcelona to London City via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150 - £750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Barcelona to London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £35 - £240
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Girona to London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70 - £170
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9 - £23
- Website
- Southern Service
- Schedules at
- Southern Service
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk
- Anytime Standard
- £9 - £13
- Anytime 1st Class
- £17 - £23
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- customerservices@gatwickexpress.com
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12 - £18
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
- Anytime Standard
- £12 - £18
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1515
- socialmedia@heathrowexpress.com
- Website
- heathrowexpress.com
Train from London Paddington to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3
- Ave. Duration
- 14 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21 - £35
- Website
- heathrowexpress.com
- Off Peak Standard Ticket
- £22
- Peak Standard Ticket
- £25
- Business First Ticket
- £32
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Train from London Paddington to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £4 - £7
- Website
- Elizabeth Line
- Offpeak (Contactless or Oyster)
- £4 - £7
- Peak (Contactless or Oyster)
- £6 - £11
- Phone
- +34 902 320 320
- comunicacion@renfe.es
- Website
- renfe-sncf.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £70 - £100
- Website
- renfe-sncf.com
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £95 - £290
- Website
- Eurostar
- Business Premier
- £260 - £290
- Standard
- £95 - £120
- Standard Premier
- £130 - £180
Train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £100 - £290
- Website
- Eurostar
- Business Premier
- £260 - £290
- Standard
- £100 - £120
- Standard Premier
- £140 - £180
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- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- eurotunnel.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Eurotunnel
National Express Coaches are a quick and convenient way of travelling around the UK. Over 550 National Express coaches run on Britain's roads every day, serving over 900 destinations across the UK. National Express Coaches carry around 19 million passenger journeys every year. For added convenience, National Express operate coach services to all major UK airports 24 hours per day, and is on its way to being 100% wheelchair accessible. The company also has a 24-hour control centre that receives a GPS signal to update on location, speed and the temperature inside coaches, ensuring the smoothest journey possible.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 08717 818178
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Luton Airport London to Heathrow Airport London T2,3
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £4 - £7
- Website
- National Express
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One of Europe’s leading bus companies, Flixbus serves 2000+ destinations in 29 countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands and Croatia and into Scandinavia and eastern Europe, as well as some US cities. Coaches have toilets, free WiFi and power outlets, plus snacks and drinks for purchase on board. Flixbus is a good choice for the budget-conscious traveller; purchase tickets in advance for the cheapest fares (note: there is no option to reserve a seat in advance).
Rome2rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Barcelona to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35 - £50
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to London Victoria Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £21 - £26
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
Frequently asked questions
As the bus subsidiary of French railway SNCF, Ouibus offers eco-friendly coaches serving 35 French cities and 10 European cities at affordable fares. Ouibus journeys are safe and comfortable, with the four-star coaches offering power outlets, restrooms and WiFi. All Ouibus stations are located close to town centres for easy access to public transport. Getting on one of the 130 daily journeys is easy - electronic travel documents include your ticket and a personalised mini-guide with handy information.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 71 53 01 80
- Website
- blablacar.fr
Bus from Barcelona Nord - Bus Station to Paris City Centre - Bercy Seine
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £22 - £28
- Website
- Blablabus
Bus from Paris City Centre - Bercy Seine to London - Victoria Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13 - £17
- Website
- Blablabus
A Spanish subsidiary of National Express, ALSA provides bus and coach services across Spain and neighbouring countries including Portugal, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Poland and Malta. Founded in 1923, ALSA values service and the customer experience. Buses are equipped with communal TV screens showing movies, individual behind-seat screens, ALSA radio, app for books and music, and free WiFi. ALSA services are accessible to people with disabilities, and guide dogs are welcome on all journeys. There are three types of tickets on offer (Frequent Traveller Pass, Share Pass and ALSA Pass), along with discounts for senior citizens, students and children.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 902 42 22 42
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Barcelona to Zaragoza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £21 - £29
- Website
- alsa.com
Night bus from Zaragoza to Londres Victoria Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £110 - £160
- Website
- alsa.com
- Phone
- +45 33 42 30 10
- incoming@dfdsseaways.dk
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Dunkirk to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £80 - £140
- Website
- dfds.co.uk
- Standard Car - Economy
- £84
- Standard Car - Premium
- £134
Taxi from Barcelona to Girona Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Schedules at
- taxisaeropuertogirona.com
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The quickest flight from Barcelona Airport to London Heathrow Airport is the direct flight which takes 2h 15m.
Barcelona to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station.
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) is 1h behind Barcelona. It is currently 11:40 in Barcelona and 10:40 in London Heathrow Airport (LHR).
Barcelona to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
Iberia, Lufthansa, Air France and two other airlines offer flights from Barcelona Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
Book your Barcelona to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) bus tickets online with FlixBus.
There are 4753+ hotels available in London Heathrow Airport (LHR). Prices start at £75 per night.
The best way to get from Barcelona to Barcelona Airport is to bus which takes 20 min and costs €6.