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.

Leiden to London

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Leiden to London. From $54.97, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays $54.97, every fee included. Services cover 417 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked October 7, 2026Priced for October 21, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at $54.97, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 21, 2026

$54.97

  • 192%Moves across the booking window

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 $160.53Thu8
  2. about $127.16Fri9
  3. about $102.90Sat10
  4. about $93.19Sun11
  5. about $86.51Mon12
  6. about $94.39Tue13
  7. about $61.63Wed14
  8. about $91.36Thu15
  9. about $78.01Fri16
  10. about $86.51Sat17
  11. about $79.83Sun18
  12. about $64.66Mon19
  13. about $60.42Tue20
  14. about $54.97Wed21
  15. about $66.48Thu22
  16. about $78.01Fri23
  17. about $71.95Sat24
  18. about $62.85Sun25
  19. about $67.70Mon26
  20. about $66.48Tue27
  21. about $57.39Wed28

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

The train 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 train 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 Leiden to London

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

  1. $55.5790 days
  2. $68.3060 days
  3. $59.8245 days
  4. $66.4830 days
  5. $57.3921 days
  6. $54.9714 days
  7. $61.637 days
  8. $102.903 days
  9. $160.531 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 14 days ahead, at $54.97.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 192 percent. The most expensive point is $160.53, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 14 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
$160.53$54.97137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 14 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Leiden 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

417 km

325 km as the crow flies, 28% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

119,713 → 8,961,989

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

The route

United KingdomGermanyNetherlandsBelgiumFranceEnglish ChannelBirminghamBirminghamCologneCologneDüsseldorfDüsseldorfEssenEssenAntwerpAntwerpDuisburgDuisburgBristolBristolUtrechtUtrechtLeicesterLeicesterBonnBonnNottinghamNottinghamReadingReadingMünsterMünsterBrightonBrightonDerbyDerbySouthamptonSouthamptonLeidenLeidenLondonLondonMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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 417 km against 325 km in a straight line, a detour of 28 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Utrecht. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 stand 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 cab stand says.

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Who runs this route

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

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near London St Pancras International

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

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Questions about Leiden to London

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Leiden to London?

Leiden to London covers 417 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

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

The cheapest fare from Leiden to London is $54.97, as of October 7, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $78.01. 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 Leiden to London?

The cheapest way from Leiden to London is by train, at $54.97 for one passenger on October 21, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Leiden to London?

Fares from Leiden to London bottom out around 14 days before departure, at $54.97. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 192 percent, measured on October 7, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Leiden to London, at $57.39. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 7, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Leiden to London?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Leiden to London, at $54.97 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 service from Leiden to London?

2 operators sell services from Leiden to London across 1 mode: Eurostar, Nederlandse Spoorwegen. 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 Leiden to London?

0 percent of the services we sell from Leiden to London are direct. The rest connect at Utrecht, with about 54 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 Leiden to London use?

Services from Leiden to London by train leave from Leiden Centraal and arrive at London St Pancras International. Allow about 44m 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 Leiden to London?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from Leiden to London allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. 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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

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The two ends, compared

Leiden reaches 9 places in 5 countries on services we hold, over distances from 21 to 607 km. London reaches 359 places in 71 countries, from 34 to 14,479 km.

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