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Distance: 1720 km·Drive time: 18 h 35 min

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Driving from London to Madrid takes about via A 28. The distance is 1720 km. The straight-line distance is 1264 km. EV charging is available along the route, including in Churchill, Greater London, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, Talence, San Sebastián, Alcaláde Henares. Driving directions

Driving directions

125 · 1720 km

From London, you'll be heading south on the A1 to get to Madrid.

  1. 1 Depart right onto King Charles I Island 10 m
  2. 2 Keep slightly right onto Charing Cross 60 m
  3. 3 Turn left onto Whitehall 526 m
  4. 4 Continue straight onto Parliament Street 137 m
  5. 5 Keep slightly left onto Parliament Street 49 m
  6. 6 Turn left onto Bridge Street 143 m
  7. 7 Continue straight onto Westminster Bridge 495 m
  8. 8 Keep slightly left onto Westminster Bridge Road 101 m
  9. 9 Continue right onto Westminster Bridge Road 890 m
  10. 10 Turn right onto London Road 445 m
  11. 11 Turn left onto Elephant and Castle 98 m
  12. 12 Continue straight onto New Kent Road 769 m
  13. 13 Keep slightly right onto Bricklayers Arms Flyover 530 m
  1. 14 Merge slightly left onto Old Kent Road 3 km
  2. 15 Continue straight onto New Cross Road 2 km
  3. 16 Turn right onto Amersham Road 330 m
  4. 17 Take exit slightly left 45 m
  5. 18 Turn left onto Lewisham Way 888 m
  6. 19 Continue straight onto Loampit Hill 382 m
  7. 20 Continue straight onto Loampit Vale 530 m
  8. 21 Turn slightly left onto Rennell Street 142 m
  9. 22 At end of road, turn right onto Lewisham High Street 200 m
  10. 23 Continue straight onto Lee High Road 2 km
  11. 24 Continue straight onto Eltham Road 2 km
  12. 25 Keep slightly right onto Sidcup Road 431 m
  13. 26 Enter rotary left onto Sidcup Road 40 m
  14. 27 Exit rotary slightly left onto Sidcup Road 5 km
  15. 28 Continue straight onto Sidcup By-pass 10 km
  16. 29 Continue straight 77 km
  17. 30 Take exit slightly left 361 m
  18. 31 Keep slightly right 2 km
  19. 32 Turn straight onto FlexiPlus 337 m
  20. 33 Keep slightly left onto Boulevard d'Erlanger 671 m
  21. 34 Keep slightly right 14 m
  22. 35 Keep slightly right 906 m
  23. 36 Continue straight onto Over Bridge 2 187 m
  24. 37 Turn left 93 m
  25. 38 Turn slightly right 19 m
  26. 39 Turn slightly left onto Le Shuttle 60 km
  27. 40 Turn slightly right 127 m
  28. 41 At end of road, turn right 2 km
  29. 42 Keep slightly left onto Avenue de France 394 m
  30. 43 Keep slightly right onto Avenue de France 405 m
  31. 44 Keep slightly left 2 km
  32. 45 Continue straight 162 m
  33. 46 Merge slightly left onto L'Européenne 33 km
  34. 47 Continue straight onto Viaduc d'Echinghen (1301 M) 2 km
  35. 48 Continue straight onto L'Européenne 68 km
  36. 49 Take exit slightly right 2 km
  37. 50 Keep slightly right 388 m
  38. 51 Merge slightly left 74 km
  39. 52 Keep slightly left 23 km
  40. 53 Continue straight onto Rocade Nord-Est de Rouen 6 km
  41. 54 Continue straight onto Tunnel de la Grand'Mare 4 km
  42. 55 Continue straight onto Trémie Saint-Paul 115 m
  43. 56 Continue straight onto Pont Mathilde 470 m
  44. 57 Continue slightly right onto Pont Mathilde 169 m
  45. 58 Turn left onto Quai Jacques Anquetil 221 m
  46. 59 Continue straight onto Avenue du Grand Cours 4 km
  47. 60 Continue straight onto Boulevard Lénine 5 km
  48. 61 Enter rotary straight 82 m
  49. 62 Exit rotary right 4 km
  50. 63 Enter rotary slightly right 50 m
  51. 64 Exit rotary slightly right 585 m
  52. 65 Keep slightly right 517 m
  53. 66 Merge slightly left onto Autoroute de Normandie 2 km
  54. 67 Keep slightly left onto Autoroute de Normandie 17 km
  55. 68 Take exit slightly right 458 m
  56. 69 Continue straight 174 km
  57. 70 Keep slightly left 821 m
  58. 71 Continue straight 193 m
  59. 72 Keep slightly left 994 m
  60. 73 Merge slightly left onto L’Océane 8 km
  61. 74 Take exit slightly right 104 m
  62. 75 Continue straight 86 km
  63. 76 Keep slightly right 490 m
  64. 77 Merge slightly left onto L'Aquitaine 40 km
  65. 78 Keep slightly left onto L'Aquitaine 307 km
  66. 79 Take exit slightly right 892 m
  67. 80 Merge slightly left onto Rocade Intérieure 19 km
  68. 81 Take exit slightly right 2 km
  69. 82 Continue straight onto Autoroute des Landes 25 km
  70. 83 Keep slightly left onto Autoroute des Landes 150 km
  71. 84 Continue straight onto Autoroute de la Côte Basque 32 km
  72. 85 Continue straight onto Zubi Nazioartekoa 110 m
  73. 86 Continue straight onto AP-1 / AP-8 8 km
  74. 87 Continue straight onto Bizkaiko Golkoko Autobidea 4 km
  75. 88 Continue straight onto AP-1 / AP-8 2 km
  76. 89 Keep slightly right onto AP-1 / AP-8 716 m
  77. 90 Continue straight onto Bizkaiko Golkoko Autobidea 3 km
  78. 91 Continue straight onto Aginaztegi tunela 528 m
  79. 92 Continue straight onto AP-1 / AP-8 3 km
  80. 93 Continue straight onto Urumea Zubia 2 km
  81. 94 Continue straight onto Kantauriko autobidea 6 km
  82. 95 Keep slightly left onto Kantauriko autobidea 45 km
  83. 96 Take exit slightly right onto Iparraldeko autobidea 4 km
  84. 97 Continue straight onto Eibar-Gasteiz autobidea 10 km
  85. 98 Continue straight onto Iparraldeko autobidea 2 km
  86. 99 Continue straight onto Eibar-Gasteiz autobidea 4 km
  87. 100 Continue straight onto Iparraldeko autobidea 3 km
  88. 101 Continue straight onto Gasteiz-Eibar autobidea 2 km
  89. 102 Continue straight onto Iparraldeko autobidea 8 km
  90. 103 Continue straight onto Gasteiz-Eibar autobidea 11 km
  91. 104 Take exit slightly right 622 m
  92. 105 Enter roundabout straight 6 m
  93. 106 Exit roundabout straight 440 m
  94. 107 Merge slightly left 5 km
  95. 108 Take exit slightly right 329 m
  96. 109 Keep slightly right 515 m
  97. 110 Merge slightly left 27 km
  98. 111 Keep slightly right 91 km
  99. 112 Keep slightly left onto Autovía del Norte 115 km
  100. 113 Continue straight onto Autovía Madrid - Burgos 7 km
  101. 114 Continue straight onto Autovía del Norte 108 km
  102. 115 Continue straight onto Avenida de la Paz 2 km
  103. 116 Take exit slightly right onto Calzada lateral M-30 4 km
  104. 117 Keep slightly right onto Calzada lateral M-30 409 m
  105. 118 Take exit slightly right 487 m
  106. 119 Turn right onto Calle de Alcalá 3 km
  107. 120 Keep slightly right onto Calle de Alcalá 596 m
  108. 121 Keep slightly left onto Calle de Alcalá 286 m
  109. 122 Turn slightly right onto Calle de la Virgen de los Peligros 83 m
  110. 123 Turn left onto Calle de la Aduana 333 m
  111. 124 Turn left onto Calle de Tetuán 105 m
  112. 125 Arrive left onto Calle de Tetuán

The return trip from Madrid to London covers roughly the same distance, 1720 km.

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Places along this route

Driving from London to Madrid you pass near Westminster Millennium Pier, Greenwich Pier, Gravesend town pier, Newhaven Ferry Port, Wandsworth Riverside Quarter Pier.

Questions and answers

Madrid lies roughly to the south of London.

How far is it from London to Madrid?

The distance between London and Madrid is 1720 km by road.

How long does it take to drive from London to Madrid?

The drive from London to Madrid takes approximately 18 h 35 min by car.

What is the best route from London to Madrid?

The fastest route from London to Madrid covers 1720 km with a driving time of approximately 18 h 35 min.

What is the shortest route from London to Madrid?

The shortest driving route from London to Madrid is about 1720 km by road.

Sources

Distance and drive time are computed from OpenStreetMap road data with the OSRM routing engine. Updated .