There are 11 ways to get from Leiston to Edinburgh by train, bus, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Ipswich to Peterboroughtrain Ipswich - Peterborough / ...
- Take the train from Peterborough to Edinburgh Waverleytrain London Kings Cross - Edinburgh / ...
8h 50m£97–166Bus to London Stansted Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Railway Station to Coach Stationbus
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane STN - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
8h 2m£67–228Bus
- Take the bus from Library to Old Cattle Market Bus Stationbus 64
- Take the bus from Cardinal Park Cinema to Coach Stationbus 717
- Take the bus from Coach Station to Finchley Road Stationbus A6
- Take the bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
14h 15mDrive 379.3 mi
- Drive from Leiston to Edinburghcar 379.3 mi
7h 33m£94–135Bus, train, train to London City Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Library to Street Farm Roadbus
- Take the train from Saxmundham to Ipswichtrain
- Take the train from Ipswich to Stratford (London)train
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LCY - EDI
6h 10mBus, train
- Take the bus from Shelter to Sentinel Housebus X41
- Take the train from Norwich to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
11h 59mBus, train, train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Library to Street Farm Roadbus
- Take the train from Saxmundham to Ipswichtrain
- Take the train from Ipswich to Stratford (London)train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LHR - EDI
7h 5mTrain, train to Luton Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Ipswich to Stratford (London)train
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LTN - EDI
6h 57m£78–263Bus, train, bus to London Stansted Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Library to Street Farm Roadbus
- Take the train from Saxmundham to Ipswichtrain
- Take the train from Ipswich to Marks Teytrain
- Take the bus from Railway Station to Coach Stationbus
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane STN - EDI
7h 11mTrain to London City Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Ipswich to Stratford (London)train
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LCY - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
7h 1m£118–384Bus, train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Library to Street Farm Roadbus
- Take the train from Saxmundham to Ipswichtrain
- Take the train from Ipswich to Stratford (London)train
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Clapham Junctiontrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LGW - EDI
7h 51m
Leiston to Edinburgh by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leiston to Edinburgh is to bus and fly and train which costs £65 - £230 and takes 8h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Leiston to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 6h 57m and costs £75 - £270.
No, there is no direct bus from Leiston to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Library and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Cardinal Park Cinema, Coach Station and Finchley Road / O2 Centre. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 15m.
The distance between Leiston and Edinburgh is 428 miles. The road distance is 381.6 miles.
The best way to get from Leiston to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 8h 50m and costs £95 - £170.
It takes approximately 8h 50m to get from Leiston to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Leiston to Edinburgh bus services, operated by First in Norfolk & Suffolk, depart from Library station.
The best way to get from Leiston to Edinburgh is to train which takes 8h 50m and costs £95 - £170. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 14h 15m.
Leiston to Edinburgh bus services, operated by First in Norfolk & Suffolk, arrive at Old Cattle Market Bus Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leiston to Edinburgh is 382 miles. It takes approximately 7h 33m to drive from Leiston to Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Leiston, England and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a bus from Library to Edinburgh Waverley via Street Farm Road, Saxmundham, Ipswich, and Peterborough in around 8h 50m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Library to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Old Cattle Market Bus Station, Cardinal Park Cinema, Coach Station, and Finchley Road / O2 Centre in around 14h 15m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from London City Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–130
Flights from Luton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £24–130
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–90
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £20–90
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–110
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–110
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26–100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–100
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–100
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Train from Ipswich to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Saxmundham to Ipswich
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–12
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Ipswich to Stratford (London)
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–75
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Ipswich to Marks Tey
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–12
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Peterborough to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–95
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Peterborough to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £65–85
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £65–85
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £290–340
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–75
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–260
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Norwich to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–120
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–180
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Train from Stratford (London) to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/london-overground/
- Phone
- +44 345 646 0707
- Website
- firstbus.co.uk
Bus from Library to Old Cattle Market Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.firstbus.co.uk/norfolk-suffolk
Bus from Library to Street Farm Road
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.firstbus.co.uk/norfolk-suffolk
Bus from Shelter to Sentinel House
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.firstbus.co.uk/norfolk-suffolk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Cardinal Park Cinema to Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–29
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Coach Station to Finchley Road Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–20
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Railway Station to Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–20
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01502 714565
- office@border-bus.co.uk
- Website
- border-bus.co.uk
Bus from Library to Street Farm Road
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.border-bus.co.uk/
Want to know more about travelling around United Kingdom
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Travelling to the UK: What do I need to know?
Read the travel guide
Which London airport should I choose?
Read the travel guide
How to get from London to Edinburgh
Read the travel guide
More Questions & Answers
There are 2452+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
















































