There are more than 150 flights between UK and China every week. More than 10 Chinese cities have direct flights to London. And these English cities have direct flights to China: they are London, Manchester and Birmingham. We believe that more direct flights are coming soon. If you choose a stopover flight, most of the UK cities could fly to the main cities in China. As for a direct flight, the average flying time is from 11 hours to 14 hours. And for a one-stop flight, you may need to add another 3 to 4 hours for stopover.
Here are the flight times for some of the direct flights from several UK cities to various destinations in China.
Departure City | Arrival City | Flying time |
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London | Beijing | 10hrs 35mins |
Shanghai | 12hrs 5mins | |
Guangzhou | 12hrs 35mins | |
Hong Kong | 12hrs 35mins | |
Manchester | Beijing | 11hrs |
Shanghai | 14hrs 40mins | |
Hong Kong | 12hrs 50mins | |
Birmingham | Beijing | 15hrs |
Shanghai | 14hrs |
* The information above is for reference only. The actual flight time is based on the specific flight schedule on the travel date.
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The UK citizens always need a pre-arranged visa to visit China's mainland (HK and Macau offer visa-on-arrival). An L type visa is requested for those who intend to go to China as a tourist. The duration of each stay is 30 days. You can check out this page to apply online China Visa Application Service Center or this page for more information: http://www.chinese-embassy.org.uk/eng/visa/
The People’s Republic of China currently maintains one Embassy in London, but also maintains 3 consulates-general in the following UK cities: Manchester, Edinburgh and Belfast.
Visa Fees
Nationality | Regular service | Express service |
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British | £85(Except for 5 year/10 year multiple entry visa) | £104 |
£170(Multiple entries for 5 years) | £189 | |
£255(Multiple entries for 10 years) | £274 | |
American | £108 | £127 |
Canadian | £59 | £78 |
Israeli | £20 | £39 |
Argentina | £115 | £134 |
Brazilian | £100 | £119 |
Uruguayan | £32 | £51 |
Panamanian | £46 | £65 |
Serbian | £2 | £21 |
Romanian | £58(Single entry) | £77 |
£77(Double entries) | £96 | |
£115(Multiple entries) | £134 | |
Others | £28(Single entry) | £47 |
£42(Double entries) | £61 | |
£56(Multiple entries for 6 months) | £75 | |
£84(Multiple entries for 1 year and above) | £103 |
Note:
For more information on other, shorter duration visas and visa fee, click here: 144-hour and 72-hour visa-free transit..
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Cost | £4-£7 GBP | £20-£40 GBP | £4-£7 GBP | £1.5-£3 GBP | £5-£10 GBP | £0.4-£4 GBP | £4-£8 GBP | £0.5-£2 GBP | £1-£3 GBP | £2-£3 GBP |
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Hi Michael,
We would like to thank you very much for coming to meet up with us and also, for that lovely dinner treat and those beautiful gifts too. We did not expect anything at all and we will always treasure them. We also enjoyed your company very much last night Michael and we're glad you took us for a walk round the very beautiful Banyan Lake as we hate to think that we'd missed it.
China has exceeded our expectations truly. You and all your tour guides has given us first class service and we will definitely come back to you for our Tibet Trip when we're ready.
We would like to wish you and your family our very best wishes for the future. China Educational Tours will always remain very special in our hearts!!
Thank You and Kind Regards,
Pauline&Tom
Hi Leon,
Firstly please accept my apologies for the delay in getting back to you - since we returned from our holiday, our work / jobs have been incredibly busy and now we have just had Christmas!
Anyway we had a really great time in China - thank you so much - both you & Lee were so helpful, it was great! I have just written a review on Trip Advisor so I hope it is OK. If you would like me to write any other reviews for you, please just ask!
We are now planning to return to China in 2020 and probably we will visit Beijing and areas in the North of China...so I expect I will be in touch with you for further assistance.
Anyway have a good week and all the best for 2020 & the New Year!
thanks & regards