There are 12 ways to get from Inverness to Cheltenham by plane, train, bus, night bus or car
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Recommended option
Fly Inverness to Birmingham, train • 4h 26m
Cheapest option
Bus, night bus • 16h 45m
10 alternative options
Fly Inverness to Bristol, train • 4h 18m
Fly Inverness to Manchester, train • 6h 17m
Train via Wolverhampton • 9h 37m
Train • 10h 23m
Bus • 13h 55m
Drive • 8h 10m
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The cheapest way to get from Inverness to Cheltenham is to bus and night bus which costs £28 - £65 and takes 16h 45m.
The quickest way to get from Inverness to Cheltenham is to fly and train which costs £55 - £370 and takes 4h 18m.
No, there is no direct bus from Inverness to Cheltenham. However, there are services departing from Inverness and arriving at Cheltenham Arle Court Gloucester Rd via Buchanan Bus Station and Birmingham Brunel Street. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Inverness to Cheltenham. However, there are services departing from Inverness and arriving at Cheltenham Spa via Haymarket, Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 37m.
The distance between Inverness and Cheltenham is 397 miles. The road distance is 484.3 miles.
The best way to get from Inverness to Cheltenham without a car is to train via Wolverhampton which takes 9h 37m and costs £150 - £800.
It takes approximately 4h 26m to get from Inverness to Cheltenham, including transfers.
Inverness to Cheltenham bus services, operated by Megabus UK, depart from Inverness station.
Inverness to Cheltenham train services, operated by First ScotRail Service, depart from Inverness station.
The best way to get from Inverness to Cheltenham is to train via Wolverhampton which takes 9h 37m and costs £150 - £800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £35 - £90 and takes 13h 55m.
- Distance: 397.1 miles
- Duration: 4h 26m
What companies run services between Inverness, Scotland and Cheltenham, England?
You can take a train from Inverness to Cheltenham via Haymarket, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham New Street in around 9h 37m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Inverness to Cheltenham via Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station, Buchanan Bus Station, and Birmingham Brunel Street in around 13h 55m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Inverness to Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35 - £220
Flights from Inverness to Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25 - £290
Flights from Inverness to London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30 - £290
Flights from Glasgow to Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26 - £150
Flights from Glasgow to Bristol via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £26 - £150
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Inverness to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95 - £360
Flights from Aberdeen to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80 - £330
Flights from Inverness to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55 - £550
Flights from Inverness to Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75 - £290
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Inverness to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95 - £360
Flights from Aberdeen to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80 - £330
Flights from Inverness to Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75 - £290
- Phone
- 0344 736 9123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cheltenham Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30 - £120
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- £30 - £40
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £80 - £120
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cheltenham Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30 - £120
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- £30 - £40
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £80 - £120
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45 - £150
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- £45 - £55
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £100 - £150
Train from Edinburgh to Cheltenham Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £160 - £390
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- £160 - £200
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £280 - £390
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- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cheltenham Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £17 - £22
- Website
- First Great Western Service
- Anytime Day
- £17 - £22
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £30 - £40
Train from London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40 - £55
- Website
- First Great Western Service
- Anytime Day
- £40 - £55
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £75 - £100
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- customer.relations@scotrail.co.uk
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Dyce
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £21 - £65
- Website
- First ScotRail Service
- Anytime Day Single
- £21 - £35
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £50 - £65
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25 - £75
- Website
- First ScotRail Service
- Anytime Day Single
- £25 - £40
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £55 - £75
Train from Perth to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13 - £40
- Website
- First ScotRail Service
- Anytime Day Single
- £13 - £19
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £30 - £40
Train from Inverness to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35 - £120
- Website
- First ScotRail Service
- Anytime Day Single
- £35 - £60
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £90 - £120
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35 - £120
- Website
- First ScotRail Service
- Anytime Day Single
- £35 - £60
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £90 - £120
- Phone
- 0344 556 5650
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30 - £110
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
- Anytime Day Single
- £30 - £40
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £80 - £110
Train from Haymarket to Wolverhampton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £100 - £360
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
- Anytime Day Single
- £100 - £140
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £270 - £360
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14 - £18
- Website
- Thameslink
- Anytime
- £14 - £18
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £15 - £140
- Website
- lner.co.uk
- Advance Single
- £15 - £22
- Anytime Day Single
- £60 - £90
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £100 - £140
Train from Inverness to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £24 - £200
- Website
- lner.co.uk
- Advance Single
- £24 - £35
- Anytime Day Single
- £90 - £130
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £140 - £200
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £24 - £210
- Website
- lner.co.uk
- Advance Single
- £24 - £35
- Anytime Day Single
- £90 - £130
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £140 - £210
- Phone
- 0871 266 3333
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Inverness to Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £12 - £20
- Website
- Megabus UK
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Birmingham, Navigation Street
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £18 - £30
- Website
- Megabus UK
Bus from Birmingham Brunel Street to Cheltenham Arle Court Gloucester Rd
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £7 - £13
- Website
- Megabus UK
Bus from Inverness to Edinburgh Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11 - £19
- Website
- Megabus UK
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- Phone
- 0871 266 33 33
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Inverness, Bus Station Stance 3 to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30 - £45
- Website
- Scottish Citylink
Bus from Inverness, Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £28 - £40
- Website
- Scottish Citylink
National Express Coaches are a quick and convenient way of travelling around the UK. Over 550 National Express coaches run on Britain's roads every day, serving over 900 destinations across the UK. National Express Coaches carry around 19 million passenger journeys every year. For added convenience, National Express operate coach services to all major UK airports 24 hours per day, and is on its way to being 100% wheelchair accessible. The company also has a 24-hour control centre that receives a GPS signal to update on location, speed and the temperature inside coaches, ensuring the smoothest journey possible.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 08717 818178
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Night bus from Edinburgh to Birmingham Coach Station, Digbeth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £12 - £16
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Birmingham Coach Station, Digbeth to Cheltenham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £5 - £7
- Website
- National Express
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The quickest flight from Inverness Airport to Birmingham Airport is the direct flight which takes 1h 25m.
Inverness to Cheltenham bus services, operated by Megabus UK, arrive at Cheltenham Arle Court Gloucester Rd station.
Inverness to Cheltenham train services, operated by CrossCountry, arrive at Cheltenham Spa station.
Yes, the driving distance between Inverness to Cheltenham is 484 miles. It takes approximately 8h 10m to drive from Inverness to Cheltenham.
Loganair offers flights from Inverness Airport to Birmingham Airport.
Book your Inverness to Cheltenham train tickets online with Omio.
There are 221+ hotels available in Cheltenham. Prices start at £75 per night.
The best way to get from Inverness to Inverness Airport is to line 11 bus which takes 32 min and costs £4 - £5.