How to get from London to Bruges?

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You want to know the easiest way to get to Bruges? How to get to Bruges in one piece? Travelling from London to Bruges but haven’t got a clue how? Then stay here, we’ll explain you all about how to get to Bruges from London in an easy, cheap and fast way. Important if travelling from London to Bruges is to remember when looking at timings that there is an hour’s time difference between the UK and the continent, UK is one hour behind so you put your watch forward one hour when you go from London to Bruges.

How to get from London to Bruges BY CAR

If you feel like driving from London to Bruges, there are several ferry options between the UK and Belgium (for more information on how to get from London to Bruges by car and ferry, visit Car ferries). The most common used ferry is via Ramsgate to Ostend, which takes about 4 hours. Dover-Calais (in France) is a lot faster and takes about 1 hour and 10 minutes. From Calais you can easily hop on a train to Lille and from Lille to Bruges. (see section ‘London to Bruges by train’)

How to get from London to Bruges BY TRAIN

The most convenient way to travel from London to Bruges is by train. Take the Eurostar to Brussels Gare du Midi (3 hours) and change there for Brugge (+/- 1 hour). Another way to get from London to Bruges by train is to take the Eurostar train to Lille (France) first and then hop on one of the local trains directly to Bruges. If you want to get cheap tickets, be sure to act fast enough: there are discount tickets in limited numbers if you book early so be quickly. Another option is to take the Eurostar to Brussels and then use the “All-Belgian-Stations”-system to get to Bruges. This takes a little longer than via Lille but it’s bound to be cheaper. Check the website of Eurostar for information on schedules and tickets to get from London to Bruges.

How to get from London to Bruges BY BUS

The most economical (from 15 GBP), but obviously somewhat time-consuming way to get from London to Bruges is by bus. The entire journey London to Bruges by bus will take you around 9 hours. Buses to Brussels (stop in Bruges) leave Victoria Coach Station at 08.15 (arr. Brussels 16.45), 09:30 (arr. 17.31), 14.30 (arr. 22.45) and there’s an overnight service leaving at 21.00, arr. 05.30. Visit this page for more information.

London to Bruges: what next?

You’ve completed the journey from London to Bruges and would like to know some more about the city of Bruges? Visit the following interesting pages:

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