There are 11 ways to get from Inverness to Sleaford by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via York
best- Take the train from Inverness to Yorktrain Inverness - London Kings Cross
- Take the train from York to Granthamtrain Newcastle - London Kings Cross / ...
8h 43m£143–219Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Broad Marsh Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to Bus Stationbus Lc9
15h 1m£54–169Drive 421.6 mi
- Drive from Inverness to Sleafordcar 421.6 mi
7h 48m£104–150Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane INV - LHR
- Take the train from King's Cross to Granthamtrain
6h 44m£106–392Train
- Take the train from Inverness to Newark North Gatetrain Inverness - London Kings Cross
- Take the train from Newark North Gate to Sleafordtrain Newark North Gate - Peterborough
8h 46m£149–224Bus, train
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to George Streetbus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Leedstrain
- Take the train from Leeds to Lincoln Centraltrain
13h 12m£158–262Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane INV - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from King's Cross to Granthamtrain
6h 12m£86–211Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane INV - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from King's Cross to Granthamtrain
6h 32m£87–217Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane INV - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Doncastertrain
- Take the train from Doncaster to Granthamtrain
7h 34m£130–295Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Inverness to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ABZ - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Nottinghamtrain
- Take the train from Nottingham to Sleafordtrain
9h 39m£177–373Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane EDI - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Nottinghamtrain
- Take the train from Nottingham to Sleafordtrain
10h 17m£113–275
Inverness to Sleaford by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Inverness to Sleaford is to bus which costs £50 - £170 and takes 15h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Inverness to Sleaford is to fly and train which takes 6h 12m and costs £85 - £220.
No, there is no direct bus from Inverness station to Sleaford station. However, there are services departing from Bus Station Stance 3 and arriving at Rail Station via Edinburgh, Bus Station, Broad Marsh Bus Station and Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 1m.
No, there is no direct train from Inverness to Sleaford. However, there are services departing from Inverness and arriving at Sleaford via York and Grantham. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 43m.
The distance between Inverness and Sleaford is 491 miles. The road distance is 424 miles.
The best way to get from Inverness to Sleaford without a car is to train via York which takes 8h 43m and costs £140 - £220.
It takes approximately 8h 43m to get from Inverness to Sleaford, including transfers.
Inverness to Sleaford bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bus Station Stance 3.
Inverness to Sleaford train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Inverness station.
The best way to get from Inverness to Sleaford is to train via York which takes 8h 43m and costs £140 - £220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £50 - £170 and takes 15h 1m.
What companies run services between Inverness, Scotland and Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England?
You can take a train from Inverness to Sleaford via York and Grantham in around 8h 43m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Rail Station via Edinburgh, Bus Station, Broad Marsh Bus Station, and Bus Station in around 15h 1m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–100
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–85
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £25–85
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–220
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–460
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–220
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–230
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–210
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–210
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 Inverness Dalcross Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–230
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–300
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Inverness to York
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from York to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from King's Cross to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Newark North Gate
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £130–200
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Doncaster to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 071 0222
- Website
- hulltrains.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.hulltrains.co.uk/
Train from Doncaster to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- https://www.hulltrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Newark North Gate to Sleaford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £18–28
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Nottingham to Sleaford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–30
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Leeds to Lincoln Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–30
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
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 Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Broad Marsh Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Broad Marsh Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0844 351 1120
- help@centrebus.com
- Website
- centrebus.info
Bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Website
- http://www.centrebus.info
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Inverness Union Street to George Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
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More Questions & Answers
Inverness to Sleaford bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Inverness to Sleaford train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at York station.
Yes, the driving distance between Inverness to Sleaford is 424 miles. It takes approximately 7h 48m to drive from Inverness to Sleaford.
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