There are 11 ways to get from Nottingham to Ardrossan by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Preston
best- Take the train from Nottingham to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ardrossan Towntrain
7h 6m£48–203Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to Leeds City Bus & Coach Stationbus 240 / ...
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus Ukn31 / ...
10h 23m£30–91Drive 282.7 mi
- Drive from Nottingham to Ardrossancar 282.7 mi
5h 31m£70–101Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Nottingham to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BHX - GLA
5h 35m£47–156Train
- Take the train from Nottingham to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ardrossan Towntrain
7h 30m£40–204Train via Carlisle
- Take the train from Nottingham to Leedstrain
- Take the train from Leeds to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Kilmarnocktrain
9h 47m£61–167Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Nottingham to Ketteringtrain
- Take the train from Kettering to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LTN - GLA
6h 7m£67–212Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the train from Nottingham to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BHX - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ardrossan Towntrain
6h 48m£68–184Train to London City Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Nottingham to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LCY - GLA
6h 31m£119–384Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Nottingham to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LHR - GLA
7h 1m£99–386Train, train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Nottingham to Elytrain
- Take the train from Ely to Stansted Airporttrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane STN - GLA
7h 11m£66–220
Nottingham to Ardrossan by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nottingham to Ardrossan is to bus which costs £30 - £95 and takes 10h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Nottingham to Ardrossan is to drive which takes 5h 31m and costs £65 - £100.
No, there is no direct bus from Nottingham station to Ardrossan. However, there are services departing from Broad Marsh Bus Station and arriving at Hill Street via Leeds City Bus Station, Buchanan Bus Station and Kilmarnock Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 23m.
No, there is no direct train from Nottingham to Ardrossan. However, there are services departing from Nottingham and arriving at Ardrossan Town via Manchester Piccadilly, Preston and Glasgow Central. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 6m.
The distance between Nottingham and Ardrossan is 337 miles. The road distance is 284.4 miles.
The best way to get from Nottingham to Ardrossan without a car is to train via Preston which takes 7h 6m and costs £45 - £210.
It takes approximately 7h 6m to get from Nottingham to Ardrossan, including transfers.
Nottingham to Ardrossan bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Broad Marsh Bus Station.
Nottingham to Ardrossan train services, operated by East Midlands Railways, depart from Nottingham station.
The best way to get from Nottingham to Ardrossan is to train via Preston which takes 7h 6m and costs £45 - £210. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £30 - £95 and takes 10h 23m.
What companies run services between Nottingham, England and Ardrossan, Scotland?
You can take a train from Nottingham to Ardrossan Town via Manchester Piccadilly, Preston, and Glasgow Central in around 7h 6m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to Hill Street via Leeds City Bus & Coach Station, Leeds City Bus Station, Buchanan Bus Station, and Kilmarnock Bus Station in around 10h 23m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–75
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–100
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £22–100
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–85
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26–100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–85
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–90
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–220
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Nottingham to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–65
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Nottingham to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–35
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Nottingham to Kettering
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–30
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Kettering to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–40
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Nottingham to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–130
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Nottingham to Ely
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–50
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–18
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–18
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Nottingham to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–70
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–70
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Crewe to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–160
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- 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
- £260–300
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Ardrossan Town
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–11
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Carlisle to Kilmarnock
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–24
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Nottingham to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Ely to Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–23
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
Train from Ely to Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–26
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Leeds City Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Nottingham to Ardrossan bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Leeds City Bus & Coach Station.
Nottingham to Ardrossan train services, operated by East Midlands Railways, arrive at Manchester Piccadilly station.
Yes, the driving distance between Nottingham to Ardrossan is 284 miles. It takes approximately 5h 31m to drive from Nottingham to Ardrossan.
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