🇫🇷 Viaje transfronterizo · France → United Kingdom 🇬🇧
En coche de Marseille a Glasgow
Driving from Marseille to Glasgow? Plan your route via A7, A31, M6. Discover tolls, vignettes, and border crossing tips for this epic FR-GB journey.
- Tiempo de conducción
- 20h 6m
- Distancia
- 1.877 km
- ¿Mismo día?
- Divídelo
- 12 h+, planifica una parada
- Coste de combustible
- ≈ €264
- gasolina · diésel ≈ €221
- Peajes
- ≈ €89
- por km
- Carga de vehículo eléctrico
- Desconocido
- aún no encuestado
En esta página
Mapa de la ruta
Opciones de ruta
Otros caminos que OSRM encontró entre las dos ciudades — útil cuando el tráfico, los peajes o el paisaje importan más que la velocidad pura.
Alternativa
+2h 20m- Distancia:
- 2.051 km (+173 km)
- Duración:
- 22h 27m
Vía: A 31 · A 7 · A14 · A 6
¿Cómo más puedes hacer este viaje?
Conducir es el enfoque de esta guía; aquí se explica cómo se comparan la bicicleta y (pronto) el tren, el autobús y el avión para el mismo trayecto.
20h 6m
1.877 km · €264 de combustible
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No es realista
1.877 km está muy lejos de ser una cicloturismo típico de varios días. Prueba un tramo más corto, como una etapa de un día o de fin de semana.
No direct service
Our coach data (FlixBus + BlaBlaCar) doesn't list a direct service for this pair. National operators (e.g., National Express in the UK, Eurolines feeders) may still cover it — check their site directly.
Cómo es el viaje
Elaborado a partir de los datos calculados de la ruta el 24 de abril de 2026 y revisado en comparación con la tarjeta resumen de la ruta. Lee nuestra metodología.
Your journey from Marseille begins on the A55, quickly merging onto the A7 autoroute heading north out of Provence. You'll stay on the A7 for a significant stretch, passing through Lyon and then connecting to the M7 motorway in France. This initial leg is characterized by French autoroute tolls, so budget accordingly and be prepared for well-maintained but busy roads, especially around major cities.
The route then shifts onto the A6 autoroute, a major artery that will carry you towards the northeast. You'll transition to the A31, which leads you towards the Luxembourg border. While this specific OSRM route doesn't appear to enter Luxembourg, the A31 is a key conduit in this region. Keep an eye on fuel prices; they can vary significantly as you move north, often becoming cheaper in countries like Luxembourg and Belgium compared to France. You'll then pick up the M6 motorway in the United Kingdom, a main spine of the English motorway network that will take you a considerable distance north.
As you cross into the UK, remember that driving is on the left. Speed limits are posted in miles per hour (mph) rather than kilometers per hour (km/h). The M6 will lead you towards the Scottish border. Be aware of potential traffic congestion, particularly around Birmingham and Manchester. Finally, you'll navigate through Scotland on a combination of motorways and A-roads, ultimately arriving in Glasgow. Unlike the continent, the UK does not use vignettes or collect tolls on most of its motorways, though some specific bridges and tunnels have charges. Ensure your vehicle is prepared for varying weather conditions, as the UK climate can be unpredictable.
Puntos destacados de la ruta
- A7 autoroute through Provence
- Lyon's urban sprawl
- The transition to UK's M6
- Driving on the left in the UK
- Navigating the Scottish A-roads
- Potential for variable fuel prices
Plan de viaje
Cómo plantear el viaje: un día, dividido o con noche.
Se recomienda pasar la noche
Demasiado largo para un día de un solo conductor. Planifica 2 parada(s) de una noche para hacer este viaje correctamente.
Una parada natural para pasar la noche cerca del punto medio: Longuenesse (fr).
- Distancia:
- 1.877 km
- Duración:
- 20h 6m (flujo libre, sin tráfico)
Dónde parar
Lugares a lo largo de la ruta que sirven como paradas naturales para tomar un café, almorzar o pasar la noche.
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Tain-l'Hermitage 🇫🇷 fr
≈235 kmdesvío de ≈ 8.2 km de la ruta principal
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Nuits-Saint-Georges 🇫🇷 fr
≈469 kmdesvío de ≈ 8.8 km de la ruta principal
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Pont-Sainte-Marie 🇫🇷 fr
≈704 kmdesvío de ≈ 25.8 km de la ruta principal
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Cambrai 🇫🇷 fr
≈939 kmdesvío de ≈ 15.1 km de la ruta principal
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Rainham 🇬🇧 gb
≈1.173 kmdesvío de ≈ 11.8 km de la ruta principal
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Grantham 🇬🇧 gb
≈1.408 kmdesvío de ≈ 6.6 km de la ruta principal
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Barnard Castle 🇬🇧 gb
≈1.642 kmdesvío de ≈ 20.8 km de la ruta principal
Movimientos clave
Cosas que debes saber antes de salir: fronteras, lado de la carretera, peajes.
Se requiere cruce del Canal — reserva con antelación
OSRM trata el Canal como si fuera tierra. La realidad: necesitas el Eurotúnel (Folkestone-Calais, 35 minutos, ~90-250 £ según la fecha) o el ferry Dover-Calais (90 minutos, ~80-200 £). Ambos añaden una hora o medio día al viaje además de la reserva, la cola y la aduana. Reserva tu plaza antes de comprometerte con una fecha.
Cadena de varios países · FR → BE → GB
Cruzarás 3 países en este viaje, cada uno con su propio sistema de peajes, precios de combustible y normas de autopista. Lee la sección de información esencial a continuación antes de salir, y ten la documentación del vehículo y la tarjeta de seguro en el bolsillo de la puerta para cualquier control en carretera.
Conducir por la izquierda en GB
Reino Unido, Irlanda, Malta y Chipre conducen por la izquierda. Si cruzas desde el continente en ferry o en el Eurotúnel, tómate un respiro antes de incorporarte a la autopista; el cerebro se adapta más rápido de lo que la gente espera.
Peajes en autopistas en FR
Presupuesta los peajes de autopista: Francia, Italia, España y Portugal cobran por kilómetro, Croacia y Grecia por tramo. Las tarjetas contactless funcionan casi en todas partes; ten una cargada.
Largo tramo rural en Le Shuttle
Planifica unos 58 km de carreteras secundarias de dos carriles. Más lentas que la autopista, pero a menudo son la parte bonita; menos adelantamientos al anochecer.
Imprescindible antes de partir
Cosas que un conductor de otro país no se le ocurriría preguntar — multas, pegatinas, tarjetas de pago, horarios.
Acceso a ciudades & zonas de bajas emisiones
Brussels Low Emission Zone covers all 19 communes
ImprescindibleBrussels LEZ runs 24/7 across the entire city; foreign plates must register online before arrival. Diesel pre-Euro 4 and petrol pre-Euro 1 are banned outright. The fine for unregistered entry is €350. Antwerp and Ghent have their own LEZs with different sticker requirements.
Order your Crit'Air sticker before the trip
ImprescindibleParis, Lyon, Strasbourg, Marseille, Toulouse and a growing list of cities require a Crit'Air air-quality sticker visible on your windscreen — even for a single drive-through. It's €4.51 from the official site and ships by post (allow 2–6 weeks abroad). Without it, expect on-the-spot fines from €68. Your registration document tells the issuer your emission class.
Fronteras & documentos
EU drivers don't need an International Driving Permit
ConsejoA common piece of post-Brexit confusion: EU and UK driving licences are still mutually recognised for short visits. You don't need an IDP for a holiday or business trip. You also no longer need a Green Card — the UK rejoined the unified motor-insurance system in 2021. Bring your registration document and insurance certificate.
Peajes, viñetas & pago de carretera
Contactless works at every autoroute booth
ÚtilFrench autoroutes use a ticket system: take a card on entry, pay on exit. Every barrier accepts contactless tap-to-pay — pull into the "CB / bank card" lane (orange "t" logo means Liber-T transponder only, avoid those). For frequent EU travellers a Bip&Go transponder pays itself off in two trips by skipping the queue.
Vieux-Port and Prado tunnels charge separate tolls
ÚtilMarseille
Marseille has three tolled urban tunnels not covered by the autoroute network: Vieux-Port (~€3.50), Prado-Carénage (~€3), Prado-Sud (~€3). Each is paid at a barrier with contactless. They save 10–20 minutes vs surface streets, but tally up if you cross the city twice.
Qué debe llevar tu coche
Hi-vis vest in the cabin, triangle in the boot
ImprescindibleA reflective vest must be reachable without leaving the vehicle (in the door pocket or under your seat — boot is too late). One warning triangle is also mandatory. The 2012 breathalyzer rule was scrapped in 2020 but is still nice to keep. No spare-bulb requirement.
Headlight deflectors required for continental cars
ImprescindibleContinental left-hand-drive headlight beams cut up-and-right — point them straight at oncoming British traffic at night. €15 stick-on deflectors in the right pattern fix this. Many newer cars have a software "tourist mode" in the headlight menu instead. Without one, you'll dazzle every car you pass after dark and risk an MOT-style stop.
Normas & costumbres de conducción
Drive on the left — give yourself a buffer day
ImprescindibleSwitching sides isn't the danger people imagine for the first hour — it's the moment you're tired in week 2 and pull into a quiet petrol station. Park, then think. Roundabouts go clockwise; entering one feels backwards. The first 30 minutes after the ferry/Eurotunnel are the highest-risk: take a coffee at a service area before joining the M20.
Priorité à droite still applies in towns
ÚtilOn urban streets without signs, traffic from your right has priority — even from a side street that looks subordinate. Outside cities the rule is mostly retired, but in residential French villages it survives. Slow at every right-hand junction unless a yellow diamond on your road tells you you're on the priority road.
Plan your stops, not just your finish time
ÚtilOSRM gives you free-flow drive time. Realistic add: 10% on motorway-heavy routes, 25% if you're crossing two cities. Eat at off-peak hours (11:30 lunch, 18:00 dinner) — service-area queues at noon kill 20 minutes. EU fatigue research is consistent: 15-minute break every 2 hours, full 45-minute break before 6 hours. The drive between hours 7 and 9 is where avoidable accidents cluster.
Town names switch language across the border
ConsejoBelgium signs towns in the local language: Mons becomes Bergen in Flanders, Liège becomes Luik, Brussels becomes Bruxelles/Brussel. SatNav usually handles both, but printed maps and exit signs can throw you. If you're looking for "Mons" on a Flemish-side motorway, you'll see "Bergen" on the gantry.
Gasolineras
Contactless cards work at virtually every motorway pump
ConsejoMajor brand stations (Shell, Total, BP, Repsol, Cepsa, OMV, Eni, Esso) take Visa and Mastercard contactless without an issue. American Express and Diners are spotty south of the Alps. A €100 pre-authorisation hold is normal — it releases within 5 days. Carry €50 cash for the rare independent station.
Smaller stations close on Sundays
ConsejoMotorway service areas (aires) run 24/7 with a fuel-price premium of about €0.15/L. Off-motorway stations in towns under 20k people often close Sunday afternoons and overnight Mon–Sat. If you're fuelling on a Sunday route, plan around motorway stops — supermarket pumps (Carrefour, E.Leclerc) are your cheapest option but typically 9:00–12:30 / 14:30–19:00 on a Sunday, where open at all.
Dinero & conectividad
Fuel sold in litres but priced in pence
ÚtilPumps quote pence per litre (e.g., 145.9p). Multiply by 100 then divide by 100 to get £/L. Card payments at the pump are universal. Most stations are pay-after-fill — you fuel first, then walk inside. Contactless on a foreign card works almost everywhere; American Express is sometimes refused at smaller stations.
Reglas, tarifas y umbrales cambian. Verifica siempre la fuente oficial el día antes de conducir — esta página es una lista de control, no una referencia legal.
Carreteras principales
Las autopistas en las que esta ruta pasa la mayor parte de los kilómetros.
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A 26 Autoroute des Anglais359 km
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A 7 Autoroute du Soleil293 km
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A14 Huntingdon Road203 km
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A 6 Autoroute du Soleil133 km
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A 31 Autoroute de Lorraine-Bourgogne114 km
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A1(M) —93 km
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A 5 —91 km
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A74(M) —79 km
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A66 —78 km
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M11 —68 km
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M20 —48 km
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M74 —47 km
Carácter de la ruta
Cuánto del viaje es autopista frente a secundaria frente a rural.
Viaje por autopista — rápido, predecible, sin incidentes.
- Autopista
- 96%
- Secundaria
- 0%
- Otro / rural
- 4%
Dificultad de conducción
Percepción rápida: ¿qué tan exigente es este viaje para un conductor?
General
Exigente
Viaje duro: múltiples factores complicantes se suman a la fatiga. Se recomienda encarecidamente dividirlo en varios días.
- Viaje largo: 20h 6m al volante a velocidades de flujo libre.
- Transfronterizo: FR → GB. Ten los documentos a mano y consulta las normativas fronterizas.
- Cambio de lado de la carretera: adaptarse de la conducción por la derecha a la izquierda (o viceversa) requiere concentración.
Combustible y peajes
Estimación aproximada del coste para un coche de pasajeros típico de la UE. Trátalo como una estimación: los precios en surtidor cambian semanalmente.
Gasolina (RON 95)
≈ €264
140.8 L × €1.87 / L · 7.5 L/100 km
Diésel
≈ €221
112.6 L × €1.97 / L · 6 L/100 km
Eléctrico (carga rápida DC)
≈ €230
328 kWh × €0.70 / kWh · 17.5 kWh/100 km
Carga rápida DC pública — la carga AC en casa o en hotel suele costar la mitad.
Peajes de autopista y viñetas
≈ €89
- FR — €0.10/km en la red de autopistas (≈ 888 km en el país ≈ €89)
Precios actualizados por última vez el 2026-05-04. Fuente: Boletín Semanal de Petróleo de la UE más operadores de autopistas nacionales.
Tiempo por mes
Máxima diurna promedio / mínima nocturna y precipitación mensual típica, en los últimos cinco años.
🇫🇷 Marseille
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| 41mm | 59mm | 93mm | 37mm | 50mm | 27mm | 15mm | 29mm | 71mm | 75mm | 58mm | 64mm |
caliente templado frío
🇬🇧 Glasgow
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| 103mm | 98mm | 97mm | 76mm | 91mm | 80mm | 115mm | 136mm | 106mm | 126mm | 99mm | 153mm |
caliente templado frío
Próximos 5 días en Glasgow
Pronóstico en vivo — se actualiza cada pocas horas.
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Mar 12
🌧️
6° / 5°
3mm
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Mié 13
🌧️
12° / 4°
32.2mm
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Jue 14
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12° / 3°
17.2mm
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Vie 15
⛅
11° / 3°
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Sáb 16
⛅
10° / 5°
0.4mm
Pronóstico: MET Norway
Direcciones
Resumen de las maniobras principales, giro a giro, generado por OSRM.
Mostrar todas las 64 maniobras
- Boulevard Garibaldi
- Rue de la République
- Viaduc de Storione 0.1 km
- Autoroute du Littoral (A 55) 12 km
- (A 551) 0.4 km
- (A 551) 1 km
- Autoroute du Soleil (A 7) 293 km
- Autoroute du Soleil (M 7) 5 km
- Autoroute du Soleil (M 6) 16 km
- Autoroute du Soleil (A 6) 133 km
- Autoroute de Lorraine-Bourgogne (A 31) 5 km
- Autoroute de Lorraine-Bourgogne (A 31) 23 km
- Autoroute de Lorraine-Bourgogne (A 31) 86 km
- (A 5) 91 km
- Autoroute des Anglais (A 26) 97 km
- Autoroute de l’Est (A 4) 34 km
- Autoroute des Anglais (A 26) 263 km
- L'Européenne (A 16) 5 km
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- — 0.1 km
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- — 0.6 km
- — 0.1 km
- — 0.3 km
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- — 0.2 km
- Le Shuttle 58 km
- — 2 km
- (M20) 48 km
- (M20) 0.3 km
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- — 0.2 km
- (A229) 3 km
- (A229) 0.2 km
- (M2)
- (M2) 9 km
- Watling Street (A2) 10 km
- Dartford Bypass (A2) 3 km
- Canterbury Way (A282) 2 km
- Canterbury Way (A282) 5 km
- (M25) 25 km
- — 1 km
- (M11) 22 km
- (M11) 22 km
- (M11) 24 km
- Huntingdon Road (A14) 22 km
- (A14) 181 km
- (A1(M)) 56 km
- (A1(M)) 37 km
- (A66) 15 km
- (A66) 64 km
- (A66) 0.1 km
- — 0.3 km
- (M6) 45 km
- (A74(M)) 79 km
- (M74) 47 km
- (M73) 2 km
- (M8) 10 km
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- Hope Street
Preguntas frecuentes
What are the main tolls and charges on this route?
The French autoroutes (A7, A6) are predominantly toll roads. The UK motorway network (M6) is generally toll-free, though specific bridges or tunnels may have charges.
Do I need a vignette for any countries on this route?
No vignettes are required for France or the United Kingdom. Vignettes are mandatory for countries like Switzerland, Austria, or Slovenia, which are not on this direct OSRM route.
How does driving differ in the UK compared to France?
The primary difference is driving on the left-hand side of the road in the UK. Speed limits are also in miles per hour (mph) instead of kilometers per hour (km/h).
Are there low-emission zones (LEZs) to consider?
Major French cities like Lyon and UK cities such as Glasgow have low-emission zones. Check the specific requirements for your vehicle before entering these urban areas.
What is the typical fuel price difference between France and the UK?
Fuel prices can fluctuate, but generally, petrol and diesel can be more expensive in France than in the UK, especially when comparing motorway service stations to supermarkets.
Cómo se construye esta página
Compilado por COD Solutions Oy a partir de datos europeos abiertos — OSRM over OpenStreetMap for the route geometry, Open-Meteo for monthly climate normals, EU Weekly Oil Bulletin for cross-border fuel-price bands, and Google Gemini drafts the narrative and FAQ from the computed route data. Consulta nuestra metodología para conocer la frecuencia de actualización y las limitaciones.