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.

Positano to London

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Positano to London. From €129.58, fastest 7h 31m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Positano to London runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €129.58, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 7h 31m over 1,697 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 24 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €129.58, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€129.58

  • 189%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Positano

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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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 €348.48Fri25
  2. about €325.93Sat26
  3. about €339.13Sun27
  4. about €207.68Mon28
  5. about €266.53Tue29
  6. about €285.23Wed30
  7. about €253.88Thu1
  8. about €195.58Fri2
  9. about €233.53Sat3
  10. about €239.58Sun4
  11. about €167.53Mon5
  12. about €146.63Tue6
  13. about €217.03Wed7
  14. about €225.83Thu8
  15. about €205.48Fri9
  16. about €170.28Sat10
  17. about €202.73Sun11
  18. about €131.23Mon12
  19. about €129.58Tue13
  20. about €160.93Wed14
  21. about €174.68Thu15

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The ferry gets you into London. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in London for the night the ferry gets in

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Booking window

When to book Positano to London

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

  1. €166.4390 days
  2. €140.0360 days
  3. €120.7845 days
  4. €173.0330 days
  5. €174.6821 days
  6. €225.8314 days
  7. €253.887 days
  8. €339.133 days
  9. €348.481 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €120.78.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 189 percent. The dearest point is €348.48, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€348.48€120.78137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

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

Clocks

1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

1,697 km

1,648 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

2,334 → 8,961,989

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

The route

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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
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,697 km against 1,648 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Naples. The gap between arriving and leaving is 86 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

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 Positano 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 Positano to London?

The fastest journey from Positano to London takes 7h 31m door to door, of which 3h 52m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 7h 45m, 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 Positano to London?

The cheapest fare from Positano to London is €129.58, as of 24 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €207.68. 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 Positano to London?

The cheapest way from Positano to London is by ferry, at €129.58 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 7h 38m 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 Positano to London?

Fares from Positano to London bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €120.78. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 189 percent, measured on 24 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Positano to London, at €146.63. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 24 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Positano to London?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Positano to London, at €107.03 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 Positano to London?

2 operators sell services from Positano to London across 1 mode: British Airways, NLG. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Positano to London?

0 percent of the services we sell from Positano to London are direct. The rest connect at Naples, with about 86 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 Positano to London use?

Services from Positano to London by ferry leave from POSITANO and arrive at London Heathrow Airport LHR. Allow about 2h 20m 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 Positano to London?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Positano 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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Positano to London on 24 September 2026: 1697 km of route against 1648 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €129.58, and 7h 31m 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.

A guided tour group

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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

Positano reaches 40 places in 9 countries on services we hold, over distances from 8 to 8,667 km. London reaches 659 places in 119 countries, from 17 to 14,479 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Positano

  • 40Places you can leave for
  • 9Countries
  • 11Operators

Arriving in London

Leaving London

  • 659Places you can leave for
  • 119Countries
  • 197Operators

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