--- title: "London to Brussels – 3 ways by plane, car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "London to Brussels is 320 km. Fastest: fly in 4h 51m. Cheapest: drive from £108. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-brussels" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-brussels.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Ancien_Institut_national_de_Radiodiffusion_-_vue_d%27ensemble.JPG/1920px-Ancien_Institut_national_de_Radiodiffusion_-_vue_d%27ensemble.JPG" --- ![Brussels](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Ancien_Institut_national_de_Radiodiffusion_-_vue_d%27ensemble.JPG/1920px-Ancien_Institut_national_de_Radiodiffusion_-_vue_d%27ensemble.JPG) # How to get from London to Brussels [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Brussels) [Brussels to London](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/brussels-to-london) [Busoni (CC BY-SA 3.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancien_Institut_national_de_Radiodiffusion_-_vue_d'ensemble.JPG) **Fastest:** 4h 51m\ by plane, door to door\ **Cheapest:** £108\ by car\ **Distance:** 320 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** –\ none timetabled\ ## 3 ways to travel 320 km apart. Times are the timetables for Wed 4 Nov, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best 45 min quicker than driving for £12 more; for most people the time is worth more. No bus, train or ferry timetable came up for this trip. - [**Fly** best fastest 4h 51m£120–180 Estimated Likely no visa needed for Belgium LHR → BRU · non-stop · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Brussels) - [**Drive** cheapest 5h 35m£108–175 Estimated Likely no visa needed for France Includes Le Shuttle · 371 km · fuel and the crossing](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Brussels) - [**Taxi** 5h 35m£595–870 Estimated Likely no visa needed for France Includes Le Shuttle · one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Brussels) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Typical flight routes from OpenFlights (ODbL), a 2014 snapshot](https://openflights.org/data) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from United Kingdom; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Likely no visa needed for Belgium** · United Kingdom passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/belgium/entry-requirements) - **Likely no visa needed for France** · United Kingdom passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/france/entry-requirements) - **Exercise increased caution in United Kingdom** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.gbr.html) - **Exercise increased caution in Belgium** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.bel.html) - **Exercise increased caution in France** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.fra.html) Travel advice: US State Department. Visa rules: [Passport Index data](https://github.com/imorte/passport-index-data) (MIT, 17 Feb 2026); always check the official entry rules. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from London to Brussels? The fastest way is by plane: about 4h 51m door to door, including the ride to the airport and check-in. The straight-line distance is 320 km. What is the cheapest way from London to Brussels? Driving is the cheapest, from £108. That figure is a fuel estimate, not counting tolls or parking. How long is the flight from London to Brussels? About 1h 7m in the air (LHR → BRU); about 4h 51m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run £120–180; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Brussels from London by road? About 371 km, roughly 5h 35m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel and the Le Shuttle crossing cost around £108–175; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Brussels Federal region of Belgium including the capital Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country. It is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community, and is separate from the Flemish Region (Flanders), within which it forms an enclave, and the Walloon Region (Wallonia), located less than 4 km (2.5 mi) south. 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