There are 10 ways to get from Channel Islands to Edinburgh by plane, car ferry, train, bus, or car
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Fly Jersey Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Jersey Airport (JER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane JER - EDI
2h 6m£60–201Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Guernsey St Peter Port to Poolecarferry
- Take the train from Poole to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
10h 48m£280–450Car ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Guernsey St Peter Port to Poolecarferry
- Take the bus from Seldown Coach Station to Heathrow Central Bus Stationbus 035
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
17h 57m£175–392Car ferry, train via Birmingham
- Take the car ferry from Guernsey St Peter Port to Portsmouth International Portcarferry
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
19h 46m£220–503Fly Alderney Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Alderney Airport (ACI) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ACI - EDI
4h 41m£265–382Fly Jersey Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Jersey Airport (JER) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane JER - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
3h 6m£67–200Fly Guernsey Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Guernsey Airport (GCI) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane GCI - EDI
2h 41m£104–213Fly Guernsey Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Guernsey Airport (GCI) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane GCI - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
4h 51m£132–268Car ferry, bus via Birmingham
- Take the car ferry from Guernsey St Peter Port to Poolecarferry
- Take the bus from Bournemouth Station to Birmingham Coach Stationbus 160
- Take the bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus 183 / ...
19h 10m£212–384Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Jersey St Helier to Poolecarferry
- Drive from Poole to Edinburghcar
12h 6m£145–332
Jersey Airport (JER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Channel Islands to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £60 - £210 and takes 2h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Channel Islands to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 2h 6m and costs £60 - £210.
The distance between Channel Islands and Edinburgh is 478 miles.
The best way to get from Channel Islands to Edinburgh without a car is to car ferry and train which takes 10h 48m and costs £280 - £450.
It takes approximately 2h 6m to get from Channel Islands to Edinburgh, including transfers.
There are 1630+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Channel Islands, Guernsey and Edinburgh, Scotland?
easyJet flies from Jersey Airport (JER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) once daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Alderney Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Guernsey Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Alderney Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Southampton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
Flights from Jersey Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–170
Flights from Guernsey Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–410
Flights from Guernsey Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–250
Flights from Guernsey Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–250
Flights from Guernsey Airport to Glasgow Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Jersey Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from Jersey Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from Jersey Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from Jersey Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
Flights from Jersey Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
Flights from Jersey Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
Flights from Guernsey Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £30–180
Flights from Guernsey Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–180
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Alderney Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Guernsey Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Alderney Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Southampton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
Flights from Guernsey Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–410
- Website
- aurigny.com
Flights from Alderney Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Guernsey Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £230–380
Flights from Guernsey Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £90–170
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Poole to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Southampton Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £150–220
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- 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 to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Seldown Coach Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–190
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Bournemouth Station to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 3456 091 024
- contactcentre@brittanyferries.gg
- Website
- condorferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Guernsey St Peter Port to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £120–160
- Website
- https://www.condorferries.co.uk/
Car ferry from Guernsey St Peter Port to Portsmouth International Port
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–180
- Website
- https://www.condorferries.co.uk/
Car ferry from Jersey St Helier to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–180
- Website
- https://www.condorferries.co.uk/
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