By Air
If you are flying to the UK - and most non-European visitors do - you have a bigger choice of airports than you might imagine. Most visitors choose Heathrow or Gatwick but, if you are able to fly into one of the UK's other International Airports, you could save money or land more conveniently for your ultimate destination.Check out the UK's international airports before you make up your mind.
By Sea
If you are lucky enough to cruise to the UK, you'll likely arrive at Southampton, Harwich or the new luxury cruise port in Liverpool. You can give yourself the experience of arriving in the UK by sea and, for example, seeing the White Cliffs of Dover, without the committment of an ocean cruise. Fly into a European city - Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels, Dublin, Belfast - and take a ferry. Ferries from Ireland come into the UK at Fishguard in southwest Wales, Holyhead in northwest Wales and Liverpool. Ferries from Continental Europe arrive at a range of English Channel and North Sea ports.Find links to Cross Channel and North Sea ferries to the UK
By Train
The Channel Tunnel has made a world of difference to traveling to the UK from Continental Europe. It is much easy to combine a European touring vacation with a trip to the UK, with or without a car.- If you are driving, take the Eurotunnel Car Transport Shuttle, also known as The Chunnel, from near Calais to Folkestone.
- Touring without a car? Take the Eurostar from Paris and other continental points, direct to London in about 2 hours and 15 minutes.BritRail Pass holders can book Eurostar tickets at a discount.
