There are 8 ways to get from Bournemouth to Stornoway by bus, plane, train, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to London Heathrow Airport, fly
best- Take the bus from Bournemouth Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)LHR - SYY
7h 24m£139–598Bus, ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Bournemouth Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3M90
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal961
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminal
22h 22m£60–268Train, bus, ferry via Edinburgh
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Coventry
- Take the train from Coventry to Haymarket
- Take the train from Haymarket to Inverness
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal961
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminal
18h 31m£124–507Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Clapham Junction
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)LGW - SYY
7h 55m£175–500Fly from Bournemouth Airport
- Fly from Bournemouth Airport (BOH) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)BOH - SYY
24h 40m£97–362Train to Southampton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)SOU - SYY
5h 56m£91–449Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Birmingham International
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Inverness
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal961
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminal
19h 15m£193–328Train, bus, ferry #2
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Winchester
- Take the train from Winchester to York
- Take the train from York to Inverness
- Take the bus from Academy Street to Ferry Terminal61
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminal
19h 24m
Bournemouth to Stornoway by train, bus, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bournemouth to Stornoway is to bus and ferry which costs £60 - £270 and takes 22h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Bournemouth to Stornoway is to train and fly which takes 5h 56m and costs £90 - £450.
The distance between Bournemouth and Stornoway is 623 miles.
The best way to get from Bournemouth to Stornoway without a car is to train and bus and ferry via Edinburgh which takes 18h 31m and costs £120 - £550.
It takes approximately 7h 24m to get from Bournemouth to Stornoway, including transfers.
There are 178+ hotels available in Stornoway.
What companies run services between Bournemouth, England and Stornoway, Scotland?
Ryanair UK, Loganair, and easyJet fly from Bournemouth Airport (BOH) to Stornoway Airport (SYY) 4 times a week.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stornoway Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast City, Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–460
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–320
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–320
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Stornoway Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–360
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Stornoway Airport via Geneva, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–430
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Stornoway Airport via Geneva, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £120–430
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–430
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stornoway Airport via Derry, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–320
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–320
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–320
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Stornoway Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–360
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Stornoway Airport via Geneva, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–430
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Stornoway Airport via Geneva, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £120–430
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–430
Train from Bournemouth to Coventry
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–140
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bournemouth to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–20
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bournemouth to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £100–150
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bournemouth to Winchester
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–28
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Winchester to York
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £100–330
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £100–160
- 1st Class
- £230–330
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Coventry to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–200
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £23–75
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £22–80
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from York to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–120
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Bournemouth to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–70
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Bournemouth to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–12
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Bournemouth to Winchester
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–18
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Birmingham International to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 51m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £70–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–240
- Sleeper Seat
- £70–90
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £330–380
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bournemouth Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bournemouth Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £40–95
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 01463 222 444
- info@decoaches.co.uk
- Website
- decoaches.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.decoaches.co.uk/
Bus from Academy Street to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.decoaches.co.uk/
- Phone
- 01698 653164
- enquiries@parksofhamilton.co.uk
- Website
- parksofhamilton.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.parksofhamilton.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)1475 650 397
- enquiries@calmac.co.uk
- Website
- calmac.co.uk
Ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–80
- Website
- https://www.calmac.co.uk
- Passenger Fare
- £9–14
- Car Fare
- £65–80
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