Ryanair fly from Liverpool, East Midlands, Southampton and Stansted to Limoges which is about 1 hours drive. They also fly from Stansted to Angouleme 40 mins, Poitiers 1 hour, La Rochelle 2 hours. BMI Baby fly from Manchester and East Midlands to Bordeaux and British Airways from Gatwick to Bordeaux, which is about 1 hour 45 mins. There is also the TGV from Paris to Angouleme and Ruffec which takes 2 - 2.5 hours. The closest ferry ports are St Malo and Caen both about 4.5 hours away.