The City of London skyline as viewed toward the north-west from the top floor viewing platform of London City Hall on the southern side of the Thames. In the foreground: Dixie Queen and Millennium Time at Tower Millennium Pier. This is a 5 segment panoramic image taken by myself with a Canon 5D and 24-105mm f/4L IS lens.

Paignton to London

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Paignton to London. From €19.04, fastest 9h 47m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Paignton to London runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:26 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €19.04, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 9h 47m over 282 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 17 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €19.04, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026

€19.04

  • 199%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Paignton

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:26First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

Brittany Ferries runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.

Buying this journey

AFerry holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €42.14Fri18
  2. about €50.94Sat19
  3. about €39.39Sun20
  4. about €31.69Mon21
  5. about €31.69Tue22
  6. about €32.79Wed23
  7. about €27.84Thu24
  8. about €34.99Fri25
  9. about €33.89Sat26
  10. about €27.29Sun27
  11. about €28.94Mon28
  12. about €26.74Tue29
  13. about €31.14Wed30
  14. about €26.19Thu1
  15. about €24.54Fri2
  16. about €25.09Sat3
  17. about €25.09Sun4
  18. about €19.04Mon5
  19. about €19.04Tue6
  20. about €22.34Wed7
  21. about €26.74Thu8

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The ferry gets you into London. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in London for the night the ferry gets in

Sort by distance from London St Pancras International and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Paignton to London

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €24.5490 days
  2. €14.0960 days
  3. €18.4945 days
  4. €19.5930 days
  5. €26.7421 days
  6. €26.1914 days
  7. €27.847 days
  8. €39.393 days
  9. €42.141 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €14.09.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 199 percent. The dearest point is €42.14, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€42.14€14.09137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Paignton to London and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

282 km

269 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

67,5208,961,989

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

PaigntonPaigntonLondonLondon
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 282 km against 269 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Weybridge, East Molesey, Staines, Hounslow. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

London is large, and the road in from LHR can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in London

Settled in advance, so the ride into London costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near London St Pancras International

Most of the points near London St Pancras International open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Paignton to London

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Paignton to London?

The fastest journey from Paignton to London takes 9h 47m door to door, of which 8h 46m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 10h 13m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Paignton to London?

The cheapest fare from Paignton to London is €19.04, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €27.84. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Paignton to London?

The cheapest way from Paignton to London is by ferry, at €19.04 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 10h 16m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Paignton to London?

Fares from Paignton to London bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €14.09. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 199 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Paignton to London?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Paignton to London, at €26.74. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Paignton to London?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Paignton to London, at €15.74 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Paignton to London?

No operator record names Paignton to London directly. Brittany Ferries publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Paignton to London?

20 percent of the services we sell from Paignton to London are direct. The rest connect at Weybridge, East Molesey, Staines, Hounslow, with about 68 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Paignton to London use?

Services from Paignton to London by ferry leave from Dittisham and arrive at London Bridge City Pier. Allow about 1h 30m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Paignton to London?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Paignton to London allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Paignton to London on 17 September 2026: 282 km of route against 269 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €19.04, and 9h 47m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives London a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of London and across United Kingdom

Day trips that leave London in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Paignton reaches 44 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 23 to 801 km. London reaches 526 places in 110 countries, from 17 to 11,718 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Paignton

  • 44Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 2Operators

Arriving in London

Leaving London

  • 526Places you can leave for
  • 110Countries
  • 195Operators

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