There are 9 ways to get from Liverpool to Poole by train, bus, car ferry, car, or plane
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Train via London
best- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Eustontrain Liverpool Lime Street - London Euston
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Pooletrain London Waterloo - Weymouth / ...
5h 9m£107–193Bus via Slough
cheapest- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5bus Uk920
- Take the bus from London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 to Poole Seldown Coach Stationbus Uk061
8h 19m£36–81Car ferry
- Take the carferry from Liverpool to Isle of Man Douglascarferry
- Take the carferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Dublin Terminal 1carferry
- Take the carferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
- Take the carferry from Port of Cherbourg to Poolecarferry
33h 10m£483–1,926Drive 225.6 mi
- Drive from Liverpool to Poolecar 225.6 mi
4h 59m£56–81Train
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Wolverhamptontrain Liverpool Lime Street - Birmingham New Street / ...
- Take the train from Wolverhampton to Bournemouthtrain Manchester Piccadilly - Bournemouth / ...
6h 49m£105–181Bus
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Birmingham Coach Stationbus 541 / ...
- Take the bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Bournemouth Stationbus 160
10h 38m£50–79Fly Liverpool to Southampton Airport, train
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane LPL - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Pooletrain
6h 2m£112–236Train to Manchester Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane MAN - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Bournemouthtrain
6h 58m£125–420Fly Liverpool to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane LPL - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Pooletrain
8h 25m£97–246
Liverpool to Poole by train and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Liverpool to Poole is to bus via Slough which costs £35 - £85 and takes 8h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Liverpool to Poole is to drive which takes 4h 59m and costs £55 - £85.
No, there is no direct bus from Liverpool to Poole station. However, there are services departing from Liverpool, Liverpool One and arriving at Poole Seldown Coach Station via London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 19m.
No, there is no direct ferry from Liverpool to Poole. However, there are services departing from Liverpool and arriving at Poole via Isle of Man Douglas, Dublin Terminal 1 and Port of Cherbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Liverpool to Poole. However, there are services departing from Liverpool Lime Street and arriving at Poole via Euston station and London Waterloo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 9m.
The distance between Liverpool and Poole is 309 miles. The road distance is 226.9 miles.
The best way to get from Liverpool to Poole without a car is to train via London which takes 5h 9m and costs £100 - £200.
It takes approximately 5h 9m to get from Liverpool to Poole, including transfers.
Liverpool to Poole bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Liverpool, Liverpool One station.
Liverpool to Poole train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Liverpool Lime Street station.
What companies run services between Liverpool, England and Poole, England?
You can take a train from Liverpool Lime Street to Poole via London Euston, Euston station, Waterloo Station, and London Waterloo in around 5h 9m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Poole Seldown Coach Station via London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 in around 8h 19m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Liverpool to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from Liverpool to Southampton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–250
Flights from Liverpool to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Liverpool to Southampton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from Liverpool to Southampton Airport via Isle Of Man, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from Liverpool to Bristol Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Liverpool to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Liverpool to Bristol Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Liverpool to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from Liverpool to Southampton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from Liverpool to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Liverpool to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Sunday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Wolverhampton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from London Waterloo to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–90
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–29
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Southampton Central to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–26
- Website
- South Western Railway
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Wolverhampton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–60
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Wolverhampton to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £80–120
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Reading to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–55
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 to Poole Seldown Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 to Poole Seldown Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–26
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Bournemouth Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 8722 992 992
- [email protected]
- Website
- steam-packet.com
Car ferry from Liverpool to Isle of Man Douglas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £13–16
- Schedules at
- steam-packet.com
Car ferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Dublin Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £15–272
- Schedules at
- steam-packet.com
- Foot Passanger
- £39
- Motorcycle&Adult
- £139
- Car&Adult
- £272
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £430–1,300
- Website
- Irish Ferries
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- [email protected]
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £26–330
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- £45–85
- Car Single Ticket
- £120–330
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Booking & Getting There
The best way to get from Liverpool to Poole is to train via London which takes 5h 9m and costs £100 - £200. Alternatively, you can bus via Slough, which costs £35 - £85 and takes 8h 19m.
Liverpool to Poole bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 station.
Liverpool to Poole train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
Yes, the driving distance between Liverpool to Poole is 227 miles. It takes approximately 4h 59m to drive from Liverpool to Poole.
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