There are 10 ways to get from Grantham to Stromness by train, plane, bus, or ferry
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Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Grantham to King's Crosstrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane LHR - KOI
7h 51m£179–543Bus, ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Boots to Nottingham stationbus Lc9
- Take the bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to Park and Ridebus
- Take the bus from Park and Ride to Bus Station Stance 3bus
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry Nl1
19h 35m£81–142Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Grantham to Doncastertrain
- Take the train from Doncaster to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry Nl1
14h 50m£151–265Train, bus, ferry via Edinburgh
- Take the train from Grantham to Chesterfieldtrain
- Take the train from Chesterfield to Haymarkettrain
- Take the bus from Haymarket to Inverness Union Streetbus
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry Nl1
18h 13m£208–299Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Nottingham to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane BHX - KOI
8h 20m£276–623Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Grantham to Doncastertrain
- Take the train from Doncaster to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane MAN - KOI
8h 37m£243–537Train to Norwich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Grantham to Norwichtrain
- Fly from Norwich International Airport (NWI) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane NWI - KOI
8h 26m£352–740Train, train to Edinburgh Airport, fly
- Take the train from Grantham to Yorktrain
- Take the train from York to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane EDI - KOI
7h 12m£268–606Train, bus, ferry via Darlington
- Take the train from Grantham to Darlingtontrain
- Take the train from Darlington to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry Nl1
14h 50m£179–256Train, ferry
- Take the train from Grantham to Darlingtontrain
- Take the train from Darlington to Invernesstrain
- Take the train from Inverness to Wicktrain
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry Nl1
17h 21m£241–385
Grantham to Stromness by train, bus, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Grantham to Stromness is to bus and ferry which costs £80 - £150 and takes 19h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Grantham to Stromness is to train and fly which takes 7h 12m and costs £260 - £650.
The distance between Grantham and Stromness is 674 miles.
The best way to get from Grantham to Stromness without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 14h 50m and costs £150 - £270.
It takes approximately 7h 51m to get from Grantham to Stromness, including transfers.
There are 213+ hotels available in Stromness.
What companies run services between Grantham, England and Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Grantham to Stromness. However, you can take the train to King's Cross, walk to King's Cross St. Pancras station, take the subway to Heathrow Terminals 1-2-3 station, walk to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) airport, fly to Kirkwall (KOI), walk to Airport Terminal, take the bus to Travel Centre, then take the bus to Hamnavoe Estate. Alternatively, you can take a train from Grantham to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal via Doncaster, Inverness, Inverness Union Street, Scrabster Ferry Terminal, and Scrabster Ferry Terminal in around 14h 50m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kirkwall via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–430
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £120–430
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kirkwall via Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £280–400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–430
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kirkwall via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–430
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kirkwall via Manchester Airport, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £280–400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–550
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £220–480
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–460
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kirkwall via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–460
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kirkwall via Belfast City, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–460
Flights from Norwich International Airport to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £290–650
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kirkwall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–400
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kirkwall via Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £280–400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–550
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £220–480
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–460
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kirkwall via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–460
Flights from Norwich International Airport to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £290–650
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kirkwall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–400
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Grantham to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Grantham to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Doncaster to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Grantham to York
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from York to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Grantham to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £110–160
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 071 0222
- Website
- hulltrains.co.uk
Train from Grantham to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £29–55
- Website
- https://www.hulltrains.co.uk/
Train from Grantham to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–26
- Website
- https://www.hulltrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Doncaster to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £110–200
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Grantham to Chesterfield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Grantham to Norwich
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Chesterfield to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £140–200
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Nottingham to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from York to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £100–150
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Doncaster to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Wick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–140
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Haymarket to Inverness Union Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- 0844 351 1120
- help@centrebus.com
- Website
- centrebus.info
Bus from Boots to Nottingham station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £3
- Website
- http://www.centrebus.info
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to Park and Ride
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Park and Ride to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Park and Ride to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–45
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- £21–45
- Phone
- 01698 653164
- enquiries@parksofhamilton.co.uk
- Website
- parksofhamilton.co.uk
Bus from Park and Ride to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.parksofhamilton.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 845 600 0449
- info@northlinkferries.co.uk
- Website
- northlinkferries.co.uk
Ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/
- Low
- £13–17
- Peak
- £16–19
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