There are 11 ways to get from Nantes to Birmingham by train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, ferry, train, car, car ferry, car train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Nantes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Birmingham New Streettrain
7h 16m£229–418Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Birmingham - Jennens Roadbus
18h 49m£60–101Bus, ferry, train
- Take the bus from Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub to Caen - Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Caen - Ouistreham to Portsmouthferry
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
17h 31m£119–169Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Nantes to Port of Cherbourgcar
- Take the carferry from Port of Cherbourg to Poolecarferry
- Drive from Poole to Birminghamcar
11h 34m£102–446Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Nantes to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Birminghamcar
9h 25m£241–301Fly Nantes Atlantique Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane NTE - BHX
6h 31m£63–188Fly Nantes Atlantique Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane NTE - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Streettrain
6h 8m£81–263Fly Nantes Atlantique Airport to East Midlands Airport, train
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to East Midlands Airport (EMA)plane NTE - EMA
- Take the train from Derby to Birmingham New Streettrain
8h£106–231Fly Nantes Atlantique Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane NTE - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoriatrain
- Take the train from London Euston to Birmingham New Streettrain
5h 59m£80–248Train, train to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport
- Take the train from Nantes to Redontrain
- Take the train from Redon to Rennestrain
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane RNS - BHX
8h 25m£128–359Fly Nantes Atlantique Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane NTE - STN
- Take the train from London Euston to Birmingham New Streettrain
6h 15m£77–298
Nantes to Birmingham by train, foot, and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Nantes to Birmingham is to bus which costs £60 - £110 and takes 18h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Nantes to Birmingham is to fly and train which takes 5h 59m and costs £75 - £250.
No, there is no direct bus from Nantes to Birmingham. However, there are services departing from Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub and arriving at Birmingham - Jennens Road via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 49m.
No, there is no direct train from Nantes to Birmingham. However, there are services departing from Nantes and arriving at Birmingham New Street via Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Nord and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 16m.
The distance between Nantes and Birmingham is 639 miles.
The best way to get from Nantes to Birmingham without a car is to train which takes 7h 16m and costs £220 - £420.
It takes approximately 7h 16m to get from Nantes to Birmingham, including transfers.
Nantes to Birmingham bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub station.
Nantes to Birmingham train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Nantes station.
The best way to get from Nantes to Birmingham is to train which takes 7h 16m and costs £220 - £420. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £60 - £110 and takes 18h 49m, you could also fly, which costs £60 - £190 and takes 6h 31m.
What companies run services between Nantes, France and Birmingham, England?
You can take a train from Nantes to Birmingham New Street via Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 7h 16m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub to Birmingham - Jennens Road via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and London Victoria in around 18h 49m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to East Midlands Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–250
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to East Midlands Airport via Menorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £27–150
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–370
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–260
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Birmingham Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–220
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to East Midlands Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to East Midlands Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £27–130
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Nantes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £60–95
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Nantes to Redon
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £13–20
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Redon to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–18
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to Redon
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–20
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Redon to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–230
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from London Euston to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–90
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from London Euston to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–90
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from London Euston to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–90
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Southampton Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–95
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Derby to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–27
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- Gatwick Express
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub to Caen - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £16–27
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub to Caen - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Birmingham - Jennens Road
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–20
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Ferry from Caen - Ouistreham to Portsmouth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £38
- Book at
- 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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Nantes to Birmingham bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Birmingham is 1h behind Nantes. It is currently 07:44 in Nantes and 06:44 in Birmingham.
Nantes to Birmingham train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 station.
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