There are 8 ways to get from Bristol to Colonsay by train, ferry, bus, or plane
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Train, ferry via Wolverhampton
best- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Wolverhamptontrain
- Take the train from Wolverhampton to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street Low Level to Obantrain
- Take the ferry from Oban Ferry Terminal to Colonsay Ferry Terminalferry Cm9
14h 1m£200–378Fly Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport, bus, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BRS - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Oban Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Oban Ferry Terminal to Colonsay Ferry Terminalferry
9h 34m£46–159Bus, ferry via Oban
- Take the bus from Bristol Bus Station to Birmingham - Great Charles Street Queenswaybus
- Take the bus from Newhall St to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Stn to Oban Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Oban Ferry Terminal to Colonsay Ferry Terminalferry Cm9
16h 20m£57–146Train, ferry
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Obantrain
- Take the ferry from Oban Ferry Terminal to Colonsay Ferry Terminalferry Cm9
15h 22m£296–476Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Birmingham Coach Stationbus 100 / ...
- Take the bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 590 / ...
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ferry Terminalbus 926
- Take the ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Colonsay Ferry Terminalferry Cm9
19h 27m£97–274Fly Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train, ferry
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BRS - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street Low Level to Obantrain
- Take the ferry from Oban Ferry Terminal to Colonsay Ferry Terminalferry
11h 24m£82–231Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BHX - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Oban Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Oban Ferry Terminal to Colonsay Ferry Terminalferry
10h 39m£91–232Fly Bristol Airport to Islay, ferry
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Islay (ILY)plane BRS - ILY
- Take the ferry from Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminal to Colonsay Ferry Terminalferry
8h 30m£46–283
Bristol to Colonsay by train, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bristol to Colonsay is to bus and ferry via Oban which costs £55 - £150 and takes 16h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Bristol to Colonsay is to fly and ferry which takes 8h 30m and costs £45 - £290.
The distance between Bristol and Colonsay is 519 miles.
The best way to get from Bristol to Colonsay without a car is to train and ferry via Wolverhampton which takes 14h 1m and costs £200 - £380.
It takes approximately 14h 1m to get from Bristol to Colonsay, including transfers.
There are two+ hotels available in Colonsay.
What companies run services between Bristol, England and Colonsay, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Bristol to Colonsay. However, you can take the train to Wolverhampton, take the train to Glasgow Central, walk to Glasgow Queen Street Low Level, take the train to Oban, walk to Oban Ferry Terminal, then take the ferry to Colonsay Ferry Terminal. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bristol Bus Station to Colonsay Ferry Terminal via Newhall St, Buchanan Bus Station, Buchanan Bus Stn, Oban Bus Station, and Oban Ferry Terminal in around 16h 20m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–75
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £22–75
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–80
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £23–80
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–80
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £22–80
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–80
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–70
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Bristol Airport to Islay via Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–250
Flights from Bristol Airport to Islay via Amsterdam Schiphol, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–400
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Wolverhampton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £240–350
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Wolverhampton to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–170
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street Low Level to Oban
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Oban
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bristol Bus Station to Birmingham - Great Charles Street Queensway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Newhall St to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £26–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Buchanan Bus Stn to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Glasgow Airport to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Stn to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £16–22
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Glasgow Airport to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £14–21
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bus Station to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)1475 650 397
- enquiries@calmac.co.uk
- Website
- calmac.co.uk
Ferry from Oban Ferry Terminal to Colonsay Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £7–60
- Website
- https://www.calmac.co.uk
- Passenger Fare
- £7–11
- Car Fare
- £50–60
Ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Colonsay Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £9–70
- Website
- https://www.calmac.co.uk
- Passenger Fare
- £9–13
- Car Fare
- £55–70
Ferry from Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminal to Colonsay Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £4–30
- Website
- https://www.calmac.co.uk
- Passenger Fare
- £4–7
- Car Fare
- £24–30
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