There are 11 ways to get from Cambridge to Ring of Brogar by train, plane, car ferry, ferry, bus or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Train to Norwich, fly
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Take the train from Cambridge to Norwich
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Fly from Norwich (NWI) to Kirkwall (KOI)
Cheapest option
Bus, car ferry
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Take the bus from Cambridge Parkside to Leicester St Margarets Bus Station
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Take the bus from Leicester St Margarets Bus Station to Glasgow
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Take the bus from Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station to Aberdeen Coach Station
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Take the car ferry from Aberdeen to Kirkwall
9 alternative options
Train to London Heathrow, fly
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Take the train from Cambridge to Farringdon
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Fly from London Heathrow (LHR) to Kirkwall (KOI)
Train to London City, fly
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Take the train from Cambridge to Tottenham Hale
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Fly from London City (LCY) to Kirkwall (KOI)
Fly from London Stansted
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Fly from London Stansted (STN) to Kirkwall (KOI)
Train, train to Birmingham, fly
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Take the train from Cambridge to London St Pancras International LL
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Take the train from London Euston to Birmingham International
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Fly from Birmingham (BHX) to Kirkwall (KOI)
Train, car ferry
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Take the train from Cambridge to Peterborough
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Take the train from Peterborough to Edinburgh
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Take the train from Edinburgh to Aberdeen
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Take the car ferry from Aberdeen to Kirkwall
Train, car ferry via York
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Take the train from Cambridge to Peterborough
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Take the train from Peterborough to York
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Take the train from York to Aberdeen
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Take the car ferry from Aberdeen to Kirkwall
Train, ferry
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Take the train from Cambridge to Peterborough
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Take the train from Peterborough to York
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Take the train from York to Inverness
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Take the train from Inverness to Wick
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Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal
Train, car ferry #2
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Take the train from Cambridge to Peterborough
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Take the train from Peterborough to Sheffield
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Take the train from Sheffield to Aberdeen
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Take the car ferry from Aberdeen to Kirkwall
Drive, car ferry
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Drive from Cambridge to Aberdeen
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Take the car ferry from Aberdeen to Kirkwall
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Regional advice
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COVID-19 help in United Kingdom
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Frequently Asked Questions
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The national COVID-19 helpline number in Ring of Brogar is 111.
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Last updated: 8 Aug 2022
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Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cambridge to Ring of Brogar is to bus and car ferry which costs £50 - £110 and takes 24h 55m.
The quickest way to get from Cambridge to Ring of Brogar is to train and fly which costs £210 - £550 and takes 8h 10m.
The distance between Cambridge and Ring of Brogar is 490 miles.
The best way to get from Cambridge to Ring of Brogar without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 17h 50m and costs £110 - £700.
It takes approximately 8h 10m to get from Cambridge to Ring of Brogar, including transfers.
There is no direct flight from Norwich Airport to Kirkwall Airport. The quickest flight takes 3h 20m and has one stopover.
KLM and Loganair offer flights from Norwich Airport to Kirkwall Airport.
There are 16+ hotels available in Ring of Brogar. Prices start at £75 per night.
The best way to get from Cambridge to London Stansted Airport is to train which takes 30 min and costs £10 - £100.

- Distance: 490.4 miles
- Duration: 8h 10m
What companies run services between Cambridge, England and Ring of Brogar, Scotland?
Loganair, easyJet and two other airlines fly from Cambridge to Ring of Brogar every 4 hours.

- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Norwich to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £290 - £950
Flights from London Heathrow to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160 - £550
Flights from London Heathrow to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £160 - £550
Flights from London Heathrow to Kirkwall via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160 - £550
Flights from London Heathrow to Kirkwall via Manchester, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £240 - £600
Flights from London Heathrow to Kirkwall via Edinburgh, Lerwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160 - £550
Flights from London Heathrow to Kirkwall via Aberdeen, Lerwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160 - £550
Flights from London Heathrow to Kirkwall via Belfast City, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £160 - £550
Flights from London City to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200 - £750
Flights from London City to Kirkwall via Belfast City, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £200 - £750
Flights from London Stansted to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90 - £470
Flights from London Stansted to Kirkwall via Dublin, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45 - £350
Flights from London Stansted to Kirkwall via Eindhoven, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £380
Flights from London Stansted to Kirkwall via Cork, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £380
Flights from London Stansted to Kirkwall via Poitiers, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65 - £430
Flights from Birmingham to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260 - £500
Flights from Birmingham to Kirkwall via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260 - £500
Flights from Birmingham to Kirkwall via Aberdeen, Lerwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260 - £500
Flights from Birmingham to Kirkwall via Belfast City, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £260 - £500
Flights from Birmingham to Kirkwall via Dublin, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140 - £800
Flights from Birmingham to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70 - £380

- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Norwich to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290 - £950
Flights from London City to Kirkwall via Dublin, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £350 - £700
Flights from London Stansted to Kirkwall via Derry, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £270 - £550
Flights from London Stansted to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90 - £470
Flights from London Stansted to Kirkwall via Dublin, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45 - £350
Flights from London Stansted to Kirkwall via Eindhoven, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £380
Flights from London Stansted to Kirkwall via Cork, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £380
Flights from London Stansted to Kirkwall via Dublin, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £270 - £550
Flights from London Stansted to Kirkwall via Poitiers, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65 - £430
Flights from Birmingham to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260 - £500
Flights from Birmingham to Kirkwall via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260 - £500
Flights from Birmingham to Kirkwall via Aberdeen, Lerwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260 - £500
Flights from Birmingham to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70 - £380

- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Norwich to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £450 - £1,100
Flights from London Heathrow to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330 - £1,500
Flights from London City to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £350 - £1,100
Flights from London Stansted to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90 - £470
Flights from London Stansted to Kirkwall via Dublin, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45 - £350
Flights from London Stansted to Kirkwall via Eindhoven, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £380
Flights from London Stansted to Kirkwall via Cork, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £380
Flights from London Stansted to Kirkwall via Poitiers, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65 - £430
Flights from Birmingham to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £550 - £1,300
Flights from Birmingham to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70 - £380

- Website
- greateranglia.co.uk
Train from Cambridge to Norwich
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29 - £45
- Website
- greateranglia.co.uk
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk
Train from Cambridge to Tottenham Hale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21 - £35
- Website
- greateranglia.co.uk
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk

- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Cambridge to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26 - £35
- Website
- Thameslink
- Anytime
- £26 - £35
Train from Cambridge to London St Pancras International LL
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26 - £35
- Website
- Thameslink
- Anytime
- £26 - £35

- Phone
- 0344 556 5650
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35 - £140
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
- Anytime Day Single
- £35 - £55
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £100 - £140

- Phone
- +44 121 634 2040
- comments@londonmidland.com
- Website
- londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £39 - £44
- Website
- londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk
- Advanced Single/Anytime Advance
- £7 - £11
- Anytime Day Single
- £39 - £44

- Phone
- 0344 736 9123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Cambridge to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30 - £120
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- £30 - £40
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £80 - £120
Train from Edinburgh to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60 - £190
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- £60 - £80
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £130 - £190
Train from York to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £140 - £350
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- £140 - £170
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £240 - £350
Train from Sheffield to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £160 - £400
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- £160 - £200
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £280 - £400

- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Peterborough to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40 - £320
- Website
- lner.co.uk
- Advance Single
- £40 - £60
- Anytime Day Single
- £140 - £200
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £220 - £320
Train from Edinburgh to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £16 - £150
- Website
- lner.co.uk
- Advance Single
- £16 - £24
- Anytime Day Single
- £65 - £95
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £100 - £150
Train from Peterborough to York
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14 - £140
- Website
- lner.co.uk
- Advance Single
- £14 - £21
- Anytime Day Single
- £60 - £90
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £95 - £140
Train from York to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40 - £330
- Website
- lner.co.uk
- Advance Single
- £40 - £65
- Anytime Day Single
- £140 - £210
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £230 - £330
Train from York to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50 - £380
- Website
- lner.co.uk
- Advance Single
- £50 - £75
- Anytime Day Single
- £170 - £240
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £270 - £380

- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- customer.relations@scotrail.co.uk
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £27 - £85
- Website
- First ScotRail Service
- Anytime Day Single
- £27 - £40
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £60 - £85
Train from Inverness to Wick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35 - £110
- Website
- First ScotRail Service
- Anytime Day Single
- £35 - £55
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £85 - £110

- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- getintouch@eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Peterborough to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £40 - £65
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
- Advance Single
- £20 - £40
- Off-Peak Single
- £35 - £55
- Anytime Day Single/Anytime Single
- £40 - £65

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Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 08717 818178
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Cambridge Parkside to Leicester St Margarets Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £5 - £8
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Leicester St Margarets Bus Station to Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £12 - £16
- Website
- National Express

- Phone
- 0871 266 3333
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station to Aberdeen Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11 - £19
- Website
- Megabus UK

- Phone
- 0871 266 33 33
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Union Square Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26 - £40
- Website
- Scottish Citylink

- Phone
- +44 845 600 0449
- info@northlinkferries.co.uk
- Website
- northlinkferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Aberdeen to Kirkwall
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20 - £40
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £20 - £25
- Peak
- £31 - £36
Ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £13 - £19
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £13 - £17
- Peak
- £16 - £19
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