There are 8 ways to get from Holyhead to Paisley by train, bus, car, ferry, or plane
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Train, line 26 bus
best- Take the train from Holyhead to Warrington Bank Quaytrain
- Take the train from Warrington Bank Quay to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the bus from Central Station to Park Roadbus 26
7h 4m£119–202Ferry to Dublin Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane DUB - GLA
7h 52m£37–160Train, bus
- Take the train from Holyhead to Warrington Bank Quaytrain
- Take the train from Warrington Bank Quay to Prestontrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
9h 6m£69–181Drive 319.4 mi
- Drive from Holyhead to Paisleycar 319.4 mi
5h 27m£78–113Train
- Take the train from Holyhead to Rhyltrain
- Take the train from Rhyl to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Glasgow Centraltrain
9h 41m£121–221Train to Liverpool, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Holyhead to Chestertrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LPL - GLA
8h£89–248Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Holyhead to Staffordtrain
- Take the train from Stafford to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BHX - GLA
6h 41m£90–206Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Holyhead to Staffordtrain
- Take the train from Stafford to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BHX - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
7h 38m£117–256
Holyhead to Paisley by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Holyhead to Paisley is to ferry and fly which costs £35 - £160 and takes 7h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Holyhead to Paisley is to drive which takes 5h 27m and costs £75 - £120.
The distance between Holyhead and Paisley is 334 miles. The road distance is 321.3 miles.
The best way to get from Holyhead to Paisley without a car is to train and line 26 bus which takes 7h 4m and costs £110 - £210.
It takes approximately 7h 4m to get from Holyhead to Paisley, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Holyhead to Paisley is 321 miles. It takes approximately 5h 27m to drive from Holyhead to Paisley.
There are 797+ hotels available in Paisley.
What companies run services between Holyhead, Wales and Paisley, Scotland?
You can take a train from Holyhead to Park Road via Rhyl, Liverpool Lime Street, Glasgow Central, and Central Station in around 9h 41m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £130–190
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £130–190
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £130–190
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–90
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £25–90
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–85
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £25–85
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–95
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Holyhead to Warrington Bank Quay
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Holyhead to Rhyl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Rhyl to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Holyhead to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Warrington Bank Quay to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Warrington Bank Quay to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–16
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Holyhead to Rhyl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Holyhead to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Holyhead to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–140
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–26
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £12–35
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08000 51 56 51
- enquiries@mcgillsbuses.co.uk
- Website
- mcgillsbuses.co.uk
Bus from Central Station to Park Road
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £6
- Website
- https://www.mcgillsbuses.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–85
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–35
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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