There are 10 ways to get from Liverpool to Poole by train, bus, car ferry, car, or plane
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Train via London
best- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Eustontrain Liverpool Lime Street - London Euston
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Pooletrain London Waterloo - Weymouth / ...
5h 10m£108–194Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Heathrow Terminal 5bus 802
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Seldown Coach Stationbus 035 / ...
7h 33m£45–84Car ferry
- Take the carferry from Liverpool to Isle of Man Douglascarferry
- Take the carferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Dublin Terminal 1carferry
- Take the carferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
- Take the carferry from Port of Cherbourg to Poolecarferry
33h 10m£483–1,926Drive 226.6 mi
- Drive from Liverpool to Poolecar 226.6 mi
4h 56m£57–82Train
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Wolverhamptontrain Liverpool Lime Street - Birmingham New Street / ...
- Take the train from Wolverhampton to Bournemouthtrain Manchester Piccadilly - Bournemouth / ...
6h 47m£105–191Train, bus
- Take the train from Chester to Newport (S Wales)train
- Take the train from Newport (S Wales) to Salisburytrain
- Take the bus from Meeting House Lane to Bus Stationbus X6
10h 21m£91–160Fly Liverpool to Southampton Airport, train
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane LPL - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Pooletrain
6h 14m£107–247Train to Manchester Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane MAN - LHR
- Take the train from Woking to Pooletrain
6h 42m£100–309Train to Newcastle, fly to Southampton Airport, train
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane NCL - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Pooletrain
7h 18m£146–320Fly Liverpool to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane LPL - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Pooletrain
8h 17m£97–237
Liverpool to Poole by train and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Liverpool to Poole is to bus which costs £45 - £85 and takes 7h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Liverpool to Poole is to drive which takes 4h 56m and costs £55 - £85.
No, there is no direct bus from Liverpool to Poole station. However, there are services departing from Liverpool, Liverpool One and arriving at Seldown Coach Station via Heathrow Terminal 5. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 33m.
No, there is no direct ferry from Liverpool to Poole. However, there are services departing from Liverpool and arriving at Poole via Isle of Man Douglas, Dublin Terminal 1 and Port of Cherbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Liverpool to Poole. However, there are services departing from Liverpool Lime Street and arriving at Poole via Euston station and London Waterloo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 10m.
The distance between Liverpool and Poole is 309 miles. The road distance is 228 miles.
The best way to get from Liverpool to Poole without a car is to train via London which takes 5h 10m and costs £100 - £200.
It takes approximately 5h 10m to get from Liverpool to Poole, including transfers.
Liverpool to Poole bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Liverpool, Liverpool One station.
Liverpool to Poole train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Liverpool Lime Street station.
What companies run services between Liverpool, England and Poole, England?
You can take a train from Liverpool Lime Street to Poole via London Euston, Euston station, Waterloo Station, and London Waterloo in around 5h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Seldown Coach Station via Heathrow Terminal 5 in around 7h 33m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Liverpool to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–200
Flights from Liverpool to Southampton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Newcastle to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Liverpool to Southampton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £100–210
Flights from Newcastle to Southampton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
Flights from Liverpool to Bristol Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Liverpool to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Liverpool to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–200
Flights from Liverpool to Southampton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Liverpool to Bristol Airport via Knock
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Liverpool to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Liverpool to Southampton Airport via Jersey
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–210
Flights from Newcastle to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Wolverhampton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from London Waterloo to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–90
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–30
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Woking to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–30
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Southampton Central to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–27
- Website
- South Western Railway
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Wolverhampton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–60
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Wolverhampton to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £80–130
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Chester to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Newport (S Wales) to Salisbury
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–26
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Heathrow Terminal 5
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Seldown Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Seldown Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–17
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 1202 338420
- enquiries@morebus.co.uk
- Website
- More Bus
Bus from Meeting House Lane to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3
- Website
- More Bus
- Phone
- +44 8722 992 992
- IOM.Reservations@steam-packet.com
- Website
- steam-packet.com
Car ferry from Liverpool to Isle of Man Douglas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £13–16
- Schedules at
- steam-packet.com
Car ferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Dublin Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £15–275
- Schedules at
- steam-packet.com
- Foot Passanger
- £39
- Motorcycle&Adult
- £141
- Car&Adult
- £275
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £430–1,300
- Website
- Irish Ferries
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £26–330
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- £45–85
- Car Single Ticket
- £120–330
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The best way to get from Liverpool to Poole is to train via London which takes 5h 10m and costs £100 - £200. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £45 - £85 and takes 7h 33m.
Liverpool to Poole bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Heathrow Terminal 5 station.
Liverpool to Poole train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
Yes, the driving distance between Liverpool to Poole is 228 miles. It takes approximately 4h 56m to drive from Liverpool to Poole.
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