The road
London to Bordeaux by car
963 km, about 11 h 30 on the fastest road, through the United Kingdom and France. Fuel from about €146 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €87 in tolls on the way.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-09-30. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
Distance
963 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
11 h 30
without stops
Countries
2
the United Kingdom and France
The road, country by country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 260 km
- 🇫🇷 France · 703 km
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-09-20 prices of the EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, per country crossed. Tolls are an estimate from published per-kilometre tariffs plus the crossings on this road. Beds and food are not here: they depend on how you travel.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €146 | €87 | €233 | 67 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €147 | €87 | €234 | 63 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €272 | €133 | €405 | 116 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇬🇧 petrol €2.00 · diesel €2.27 /l
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.22 · diesel €2.38 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €66 for a car over 703 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🌉 London Congestion Charge — €20.93 (Car) · unverified
- 🚫 London: ULEZ — £12.50/day if non-compliant (covers all Greater London) — Pre-Euro-6 diesel / pre-Euro-4 petrol pay £12.50/day; separate from the central Congestion Charge.
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — In England and Wales a large supermarket may open only six hours between 10:00 and 18:00 — usually closing at 16:00 or 17:00. Small shops and petrol stations are unrestricted, and Scotland has no Sunday limit.
Where to sleep beside the road
324 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Vicarage Farm Park · camper site · km 95, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 133, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Green Pastures Caravan Site · camper site · km 134, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Sunnyside park · camper site · km 157, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Shamba Holidays · campsite · km 160, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Forest Edge Holiday Park · camper site · km 160, 0.1 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Wembley Stadium · attraction · km 13, 7 km off the road
- ◆ Southampton Castle · ruins · km 124, 6.3 km off the road
- ◆ Allée couverte de Plate Roche · ruins · km 427, 4.8 km off the road
- ◆ Sud-Aviation SE 210 Caravelle · attraction · km 505, 3 km off the road
- ◆ Printing Museum · museum · km 606, 5.2 km off the road
- ◆ Marais Poitevin · attraction · km 739, 6.4 km off the road
- ◆ Château d'Olbreuse · castle · km 798, 7 km off the road
- ◆ Château de Saint-Seurin-de-Clerbise · castle · km 873, 4.4 km off the road
What this road is for
Counted within 10 km of the road between the two ends, from OpenStreetMap — the places a passion would stop for.
- 1121 castles — Kew Palace (km 13), Mur romain d'Alet (km 424), Hôtel de Blossac (km 493), Château de Benet (km 734)
- 408 viewpoints — Holton Lee Estate (km 178), Sémaphore de Roche-Maurice (km 593), Lanterne des morts (km 821)
- 406 swim spots — Studland Naturist Beach (km 186), Plage du Môle (km 424), Plage de Bon Secours (km 424), Plage des Bas-Sablons (km 425)
- 280 wineries — The Black Bottle (km 108), Château Haut Brion (km 949), Château Haut-Brion (km 949), Château Baret (km 949)
- 269 golf — Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club (km 14), Dinard Golf (km 424), Practice Golf de Saint-Grégoire (km 488), Golf Bluegreen Niort-Romagné (km 772)
- 161 farm shops
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.