There are 9 ways to get from Kirkwall to Brighton by plane, train, ferry, or bus
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Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
best- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane KOI - LHR
- Take the train from Farringdon to Brightontrain
6h 51m£150–460Ferry, bus
cheapest- Take the ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
- Take the bus from Union Square Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to St Peter's Churchbus 025
25h 32m£62–139Ferry, train via Edinburgh
- Take the ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brightontrain
17h 8m£108–265Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
- Take the train from Aberdeen to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brightontrain
17h 47m£145–215Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
- Take the bus from Aberdeen Bus Station to London, Finchley Road ("Subway" restaurant)bus
- Take the train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Brightontrain
23h 39m£72–160Fly to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to London City Airport (LCY)plane KOI - LCY
- Take the train from London Bridge to Brightontrain
9h£150–607Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane KOI - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brightontrain
10h 29m£228–644Fly to Southampton Airport, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane KOI - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Brightontrain
7h 32m£254–580Fly to London Gatwick Airport
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane KOI - LGW
5h 24m£151–390
Kirkwall (KOI) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kirkwall to Brighton is to ferry and bus which costs £60 - £140 and takes 25h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Kirkwall to Brighton is to fly which takes 5h 24m and costs £150 - £390.
The distance between Kirkwall and Brighton is 604 miles.
The best way to get from Kirkwall to Brighton without a car is to ferry and train via Edinburgh which takes 17h 8m and costs £100 - £270.
It takes approximately 6h 51m to get from Kirkwall to Brighton, including transfers.
There are 348+ hotels available in Brighton.
What companies run services between Kirkwall, Scotland and Brighton, England?
Loganair and easyJet fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW) twice daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Kirkwall to London Heathrow Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–390
Flights from Kirkwall to London Heathrow Airport via Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Kirkwall to London Heathrow Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–390
Flights from Kirkwall to London Heathrow Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–390
Flights from Kirkwall to London Heathrow Airport via Lerwick, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–390
Flights from Kirkwall to London City Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Kirkwall to London City Airport via Lerwick, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Kirkwall to London City Airport via Lerwick, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Kirkwall to Birmingham Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–480
Flights from Kirkwall to Southampton Airport via Lerwick, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Birmingham Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–290
Flights from Kirkwall to Birmingham Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–290
Flights from Kirkwall to Birmingham Airport via Lerwick, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £200–480
Flights from Kirkwall to Southampton Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–420
Flights from Kirkwall to London Gatwick Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £220–380
Flights from Kirkwall to London Gatwick Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–380
Flights from Kirkwall to London Gatwick Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £220–380
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Kirkwall to London Heathrow Airport via Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Kirkwall to Birmingham Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–480
Flights from Kirkwall to Southampton Airport via Lerwick, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–550
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from London Bridge to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–55
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £100–130
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £250–290
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–280
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Bridge to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £8–26
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–40
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–140
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–65
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Aberdeen Bus Station to London, Finchley Road ("Subway" restaurant)
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £29–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Union Square Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £28–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to St Peter's Church
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–14
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 845 600 0449
- info@northlinkferries.co.uk
- Website
- northlinkferries.co.uk
Ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–36
- Website
- https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/
- Low
- £20–25
- Peak
- £31–36
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