There are 9 ways to get from Cheltenham to Stornoway by train, plane, bus, or ferry
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Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)plane LHR - SYY
7h 57m£169–723Bus, ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Cheltenham to Newhall Stbus
- Take the bus from Newhall St to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus 961
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminalferry
19h 9m£49–183Train, bus, ferry via Stafford
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to Staffordtrain
- Take the train from Stafford to Haymarkettrain
- Take the train from Haymarket to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus 961
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminalferry
16h 16m£170–467Train to London City Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)plane LCY - SYY
8h 16m£197–603Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)plane LGW - SYY
9h 29m£199–703Train to Bristol Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)plane BRS - SYY
7h 15m£69–337Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)plane BHX - SYY
6h 20m£313–446Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus 961
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminalferry
16h 29m£86–398Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Arle Court Transport Hub to Birmingham Coach Stationbus 100 / ...
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus 961
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminalferry
19h 40m£108–213
Cheltenham to Stornoway by train, bus, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cheltenham to Stornoway is to bus and ferry which costs £45 - £190 and takes 19h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Cheltenham to Stornoway is to train and fly which takes 6h 20m and costs £310 - £450.
The distance between Cheltenham and Stornoway is 665 miles.
The best way to get from Cheltenham to Stornoway without a car is to train and bus and ferry via Stafford which takes 16h 16m and costs £170 - £470.
It takes approximately 7h 57m to get from Cheltenham to Stornoway, including transfers.
There are 175+ hotels available in Stornoway.
What companies run services between Cheltenham, England and Stornoway, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Cheltenham to Stornoway. However, you can take the train to London Paddington, take the train to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3, walk to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) airport, fly to Stornoway Airport (SYY), walk to Airport Terminal, then take the bus to Bus Station. Alternatively, you can take a train from Cheltenham Spa to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminal via Stafford, Haymarket, Inverness, Bus Station Stance 3, Ferry Terminal, and Ullapool Ferry Terminal in around 16h 16m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–470
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stornoway Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–470
Flights from London City Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–440
Flights from London City Airport to Stornoway Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £160–440
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–460
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–310
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stornoway Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–310
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–310
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–320
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–320
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove), Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–330
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove), Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stornoway Airport via Derry, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–310
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stornoway Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–310
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–310
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–320
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–320
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove), Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–330
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove), Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Stornoway Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–700
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–310
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stornoway Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–310
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–310
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–320
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–320
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove), Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–330
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove), Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cheltenham Spa to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–150
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cheltenham Spa to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–250
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cheltenham Spa to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–18
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cheltenham Spa to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cheltenham Spa to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–13
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cheltenham Spa to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cheltenham Spa to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Stafford to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £95–240
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- £95–140
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- £160–240
- 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
- £22–75
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £23–65
- 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
- £21–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £23–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £260–300
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
- 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
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- 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
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://www.decoaches.co.uk/
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from Cheltenham to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
Bus from Newhall St to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cheltenham to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £4–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Newhall St to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £16–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £7–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Arle Court Transport Hub to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- 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
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–80
- Website
- https://www.calmac.co.uk
- Passenger Fare
- £9–14
- Car Fare
- £65–80
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