There are 10 ways to get from Preston to Dunnet Head by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Edinburgh
best- Take the train from Preston to Haymarkettrain
- Take the train from Haymarket to Invernesstrain
- Take the train from Inverness to Thursotrain
12h 8m£96–247Bus via Royal Bank of Scotland
cheapest- Take the bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 181
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Stn to Inverness Union Streetbus
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Thurso Royal Bank of Scotlandbus
14h 34m£30–151Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3bus M10
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ross Cottagebus X99
12h 42m£69–143Drive 446 mi
- Drive from Preston to Dunnet Headcar 446 mi
8h 23m£108–155Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport, train
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane MAN - INV
- Take the train from Inverness to Thursotrain
9h 38m£137–283Train
- Take the train from Preston to Invernesstrain London Euston - Inverness
- Take the train from Inverness to Thursotrain Inverness - Wick
12h 44m£115–154Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Wick
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Wick (WIC)plane MAN - WIC
10h 46m£71–253Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane MAN - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Invernesstrain
- Take the train from Inverness to Thursotrain
12h 28m£136–288Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Wick
- Take the train from Preston to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Wick (WIC)plane BHX - WIC
12h 42m£78–343Train, train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Wick
- Take the train from Preston to Haymarkettrain
- Take the train from Haymarket to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Wick (WIC)plane ABZ - WIC
10h 4m£84–427
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Preston to Dunnet Head is to bus which costs £65 - £150 and takes 12h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Preston to Dunnet Head is to drive which takes 8h 23m and costs £100 - £160.
The distance between Preston and Dunnet Head is 539 miles. The road distance is 448.6 miles.
The best way to get from Preston to Dunnet Head without a car is to train via Edinburgh which takes 12h 8m and costs £95 - £250.
It takes approximately 12h 8m to get from Preston to Dunnet Head, including transfers.
The best way to get from Preston to Dunnet Head is to train via Edinburgh which takes 12h 8m and costs £95 - £250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £65 - £150 and takes 12h 42m.
Yes, the driving distance between Preston to Dunnet Head is 449 miles. It takes approximately 8h 23m to drive from Preston to Dunnet Head.
There are 101+ hotels available in Dunnet Head.
What companies run services between Preston, England and Dunnet Head, Scotland?
You can take a train from Preston to Dunnet Head via Haymarket, Inverness, and Thurso in around 12h 8m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station to Dunnet Head via Buchanan Bus Station, Bus Station Stance 3, and Ross Cottage in around 12h 42m.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Wick via Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–380
Flights from Manchester Airport to Wick via London Heathrow, Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to Wick via Belfast City, Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–440
Flights from Manchester Airport to Wick via Dublin, Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Wick via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Wick via Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–410
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Wick via Belfast City, Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–460
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Wick via Dublin, Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–490
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Wick via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–270
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Wick via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–200
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Wick
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £27–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–120
Flights from Manchester Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–190
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Manchester Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–120
Flights from Manchester Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Preston to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–23
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £23–65
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Thurso
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £17–30
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–75
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £28–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–24
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Preston to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–85
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £65–85
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £310–350
Train from Preston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- 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
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £8–75
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £24–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £14–21
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
Bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Phone
- 01224591381
- bluebird.enquiries@stagecoachbus.com
- Website
- stagecoachbus.com
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ross Cottage
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Buchanan Bus Stn to Inverness Union Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £1–50
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Inverness Union Street to Thurso Royal Bank of Scotland
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £1–40
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
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