The road
London to Interlaken by car
1073 km, about 12 h 12 on the fastest road, through the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Switzerland. Fuel from about €155 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €119 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
1073 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
12 h 12
without stops
Countries
4
the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Switzerland
The road, country by country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 186 km
- 🇫🇷 France · 541 km
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 9 km
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland · 337 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 | €155 | €119 | €274 | 75 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €155 | €119 | €274 | 70 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €286 | €152 | €438 | 129 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇬🇧 petrol €2.00 · diesel €2.27 /l
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.22 · diesel €2.38 /l
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.46 /l
- 🇨🇭 petrol €1.85 · diesel €1.95 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €51 for a car over 541 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- ⛴ Dover–Dunkirk ferry — price not held · unverified
- 🎫 Swiss motorway vignette — €42.51 (Vehicle or trailer up to 3.5 t) · unverified
- 🌉 Dartford Crossing — €4.07 (Car) · unverified
- 🌉 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.
- 🇩🇪 Germany — Supermarkets are shut on Sundays by law — the exceptions are stations, airports and petrol stations. Shop on Saturday.
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland — Sunday trading is restricted almost everywhere — station and petrol-station shops are the reliable exceptions.
Where to sleep beside the road
668 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 53, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Les Reflets de St Pierre ** · campsite · km 817, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping de l'Ill · campsite · km 856, 0.2 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: dogs welcome (0.95) · motorhomes can come (0.94) · showers and toilets (0.98) · not open all year (0.23) · tents welcome (0.98) · electric hook-ups (0.96) · a dump station (0.96) · water within walking distance (0.94)
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 1011, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Insula dulcamara · camper site · km 1017, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 1027, 0 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Lullingstone Roman Villa · attraction · km 29, 7.2 km off the road
- ◆ Cap Blanc-Nez · attraction · km 160, 4.9 km off the road
- ◆ Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Arras · museum · km 275, 5.4 km off the road
- ◆ Borne Vauthier Demarcation Stone · memorial · km 438, 4 km off the road
- ◆ Mémorial de Verdun · memorial · km 563, 8.6 km off the road
- ◆ Ouvrage du Haut-Poirier · attraction · km 699, 7.7 km off the road
- ◆ Unterlinden Museum · museum · km 855, 2.1 km off the road
The Unterlinden Museum (French: Musée Unterlinden) is located in Colmar, in the Alsace region of France. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: not cheap (0.29) · a café on site (0.93)
- ◆ Hinteri Egg · attraction · km 955, 7.9 km off the road
The Hinteri Egg is a mountain of the Jura, located south of Reigoldswil in the Swiss canton of Basel-Landschaft, close to the border with the canton of Solothurn. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: nature and landscape (0.88)
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.
- 1193 castles — Gatehouse of Abbey of St Mary Stratford Langthorne (km 12), Château de Sancourt (km 297), Castle (km 552), Château de Grünstein (km 806)
- 881 viewpoints — Nécropole nationale de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette (km 261), Monument Commémoratif du Canada à Vimy (km 264), Bastberg (km 736), La petite Venise (km 843)
- 568 farm shops
- 384 wineries — Dickens House Wine Emporium (km 48), Champagne Charles Cazanove (km 428), Winery (km 845)
- 277 swim spots — Plage de Calais (km 164), Naturbad Riehen (km 907), Gartenbad Eglisee (km 909)
- 186 climbing — mur d'escalade (km 903)
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.