There are 12 ways to get from Edinburgh to Salisbury by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via London
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain Edinburgh - London Kings Cross / ...
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Salisburytrain London Waterloo - Salisbury / ...
6h 26m£144–253Fly to Bournemouth Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bournemouth Airport (BOH)plane EDI - BOH
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Salisburytrain
6h 6m£52–220Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Stationbus Ukxn10
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Meeting House Lanebus 035
12h 53m£56–217Drive 398.4 mi
- Drive from Edinburgh to Salisburycar 398.4 mi
7h 9m£98–141Fly to Southampton Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane EDI - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Salisburytrain
4h 46m£96–216Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Bristol Temple Meadstrain Edinburgh - Plymouth / ...
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Salisburytrain Bristol Parkway - Fareham / ...
8h 10m£244–350Train via Crewe
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Newport (S Wales)train
- Take the train from Newport (S Wales) to Salisburytrain
8h 46m£143–291Fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane EDI - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Salisburytrain
4h 58m£72–174Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane EDI - LHR
- Take the train from Woking to Salisburytrain
5h 12m£94–284Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane EDI - LGW
- Take the train from Clapham Junction to Salisburytrain
5h 27m£82–218Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane EDI - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslinktrain
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Salisburytrain
5h 33m£90–236Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane EDI - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Basingstoketrain
- Take the train from Basingstoke to Salisburytrain
6h 31m£100–214
Edinburgh to Salisbury by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Salisbury is to bus which costs £55 - £220 and takes 12h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Salisbury is to fly and train which takes 4h 46m and costs £95 - £220.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Salisbury. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at New Canal via Heathrow Central Bus Station and Meeting House Lane. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 53m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Salisbury. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Salisbury via Euston station and London Waterloo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 26m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Salisbury is 479 miles. The road distance is 400.8 miles.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Salisbury without a car is to train via London which takes 6h 26m and costs £140 - £260.
It takes approximately 6h 26m to get from Edinburgh to Salisbury, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Salisbury bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Salisbury train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Salisbury is to train via London which takes 6h 26m and costs £140 - £260. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £55 - £220 and takes 12h 53m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Salisbury, England?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Salisbury via London Kings Cross, Euston station, Waterloo Station, and London Waterloo in around 6h 26m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to New Canal via Heathrow Central Bus Station and Meeting House Lane in around 12h 53m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bristol Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £24–100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–95
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £27–95
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–90
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bournemouth Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £19–130
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from London Waterloo to Salisbury
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–80
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Salisbury
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–26
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Woking to Salisbury
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–55
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Clapham Junction to Salisbury
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Basingstoke to Salisbury
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–35
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Bournemouth to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–26
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Salisbury
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–23
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Salisbury
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £12–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Salisbury
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Newport (S Wales) to Salisbury
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Salisbury
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–21
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £220–310
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Basingstoke
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bournemouth to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–21
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £85–150
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Crewe to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslink
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–180
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Meeting House Lane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh to Salisbury bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Heathrow Central Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Salisbury train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
Yes, the driving distance between Edinburgh to Salisbury is 401 miles. It takes approximately 7h 9m to drive from Edinburgh to Salisbury.
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