There are 7 ways to get from Lerwick to Cardiff by bus, plane, train, or ferry
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Bus, fly to Bristol Airport, train
best- Take the bus from Annsbrae Gardens to Terminalbus
- Fly from Lerwick (LSI) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane LSI - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 42mFerry, bus
cheapest- Take the ferry from Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
- Take the bus from Union Square Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill Interchangebus
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Sophia Gardensbus Cpa
26h 13m£101–204Ferry, train via Crewe
- Take the ferry from Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Haymarkettrain
- Take the train from Haymarket to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Cardiff Centraltrain
23h 5m£203–398Bus, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the bus from Annsbrae Gardens to Terminalbus
- Fly from Lerwick (LSI) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane LSI - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 6mBus, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Annsbrae Gardens to Terminalbus
- Fly from Lerwick (LSI) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane LSI - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 19mFerry, train
- Take the ferry from Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
23h 51m£338–508Ferry, train #2
- Take the ferry from Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Cardiff Centraltrain
23h 54m£188–328
Lerwick (LSI) to Bristol Airport (BRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lerwick to Cardiff is to ferry and bus which costs £100 - £210 and takes 26h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Lerwick to Cardiff is to ferry and train via Crewe which takes 23h 5m and costs £200 - £400.
The distance between Lerwick and Cardiff is 666 miles.
The best way to get from Lerwick to Cardiff without a car is to ferry and train via Crewe which takes 23h 5m and costs £200 - £400.
It takes approximately 7h 42m to get from Lerwick to Cardiff, including transfers.
There are 1732+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Lerwick, Scotland and Cardiff, Wales?
There is no direct connection from Lerwick to Cardiff. However, you can take the bus to Terminal, walk to Lerwick (LSI) airport, fly to Bristol Airport (BRS), walk to Public Transport Interchange, take the bus to Temple Meads Stn, walk to Bristol Temple Meads, then take the train to Cardiff Central. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal to Cardiff Central via Aberdeen Ferry Terminal, Aberdeen, Haymarket, and Crewe in around 23h 5m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Lerwick to Bristol Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–500
Flights from Lerwick to Birmingham Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–550
Flights from Lerwick to London Heathrow Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–440
Flights from Lerwick to London Heathrow Airport via Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £280–390
Flights from Lerwick to London Heathrow Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–440
Flights from Lerwick to London Heathrow Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–440
Flights from Lerwick to London Heathrow Airport via Kirkwall, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–440
Flights from Lerwick to London Heathrow Airport via Kirkwall, Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–440
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lerwick to Bristol Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
Flights from Lerwick to Bristol Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
Flights from Lerwick to Birmingham Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £220–550
Flights from Lerwick to Birmingham Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £220–550
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Lerwick to Bristol Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–500
Flights from Lerwick to Birmingham Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–550
Flights from Lerwick to London Heathrow Airport via Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £280–390
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Crewe to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Crewe to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £65–100
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Aberdeen to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £300–430
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Haymarket to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £85–150
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Aberdeen to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- 01957766766
- office@rrobertsonandson.com
- Website
- R. Robertson & Son Ltd
Bus from Annsbrae Gardens to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- R. Robertson & Son Ltd
Bus from Annsbrae Gardens to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- R. Robertson & Son Ltd
Bus from Annsbrae Gardens to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- R. Robertson & Son Ltd
- Phone
- +44 1950477384
- Website
- traveline.info
Bus from Annsbrae Gardens to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- J+DS Halcrow
Bus from Annsbrae Gardens to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- J+DS Halcrow
Bus from Annsbrae Gardens to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- J+DS Halcrow
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Union Square Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–29
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–45
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 01698 653164
- enquiries@parksofhamilton.co.uk
- Website
- Park's of Hamilton
Bus from Union Square Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Park's of Hamilton
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Sophia Gardens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–85
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 845 600 0449
- info@northlinkferries.co.uk
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
Ferry from Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £23–28
- Peak
- £35–45
Ferry from Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £23–28
- Peak
- £35–45
Ferry from Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £23–28
- Peak
- £35–45
Ferry from Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £23–28
- Peak
- £35–45
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