There are 10 ways to get from Shetland Islands Lerwick/Tingwall Apt Airport (LWK) to Oxford by plane, train, car ferry, night train, bus or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended
Fly to London Heathrow, train
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Fly from Lerwick (LSI) to London Heathrow (LHR)
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Take the train from London Paddington to Oxford
Cheapest
Car ferry, bus
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Take the car ferry from Lerwick to Aberdeen
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Take the bus from Union Square Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
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Take the bus from Edinburgh to Heathrow Airport London T2,3
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Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Oxford City Centre, Queens Lane
Fly to Birmingham, train
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Fly from Lerwick (LSI) to Birmingham (BHX)
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Take the train from Birmingham International to Oxford
Fly to Southampton, train
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Fly from Lerwick (LSI) to Southampton (SOU)
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Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Oxford
Fly to London Gatwick, train
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Fly from Lerwick (LSI) to London Gatwick (LGW)
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Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
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Take the train from Reading to Oxford
Fly to Bristol, train
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Fly from Lerwick (LSI) to Bristol (BRS)
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Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Didcot Parkway
Car ferry, train via Edinburgh
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Take the car ferry from Lerwick to Aberdeen
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Take the train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
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Take the train from Haymarket to Birmingham International
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Take the train from Birmingham International to Oxford
Car ferry, train
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Take the car ferry from Lerwick to Aberdeen
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Take the train from Aberdeen to Birmingham New Street
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Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Oxford
Car ferry, night train, train, bus
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Take the car ferry from Lerwick to Aberdeen
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Take the night train from Aberdeen to Rugby
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Take the train from Rugby to Milton Keynes Central
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Take the bus from Milton Keynes Central Railway Station Stop Z4 to Oxford Gloucester Green Bus Station
Car ferry, drive
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Take the car ferry from Lerwick to Aberdeen
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Drive from Aberdeen to Oxford
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shetland Islands Lerwick/Tingwall Apt Airport (LWK) to Oxford is to car ferry and bus which costs £55 - £95 and takes 28h 22m.
The quickest way to get from Shetland Islands Lerwick/Tingwall Apt Airport (LWK) to Oxford is to fly and train which costs £170 - £480 and takes 8h 39m.
The distance between Shetland Islands Lerwick/Tingwall Apt Airport (LWK) and Oxford is 586 miles.
The best way to get from Shetland Islands Lerwick/Tingwall Apt Airport (LWK) to Oxford without a car is to car ferry and train via Edinburgh which takes 23h 17m and costs £180 - £750.
It takes approximately 8h 39m to get from Shetland Islands Lerwick/Tingwall Apt Airport (LWK) to Oxford, including transfers.
There is no direct flight from Lerwick Airport to London Heathrow Airport. The quickest flight takes 3h 55m and has one stopover.
Aer Lingus, KLM, British Airways and Loganair offer flights from Lerwick Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
There are 166+ hotels available in Oxford. Prices start at £75 per night.

- Distance: 586.3 miles
- Duration: 8h 39m
What companies run services between Shetland Islands Lerwick/Tingwall Apt Airport (LWK), Scotland and Oxford, England?
There is no direct connection from Shetland Islands Lerwick/Tingwall Apt Airport (LWK) to Oxford. However, you can take the bus to Viking Bus Station, take the bus to Sumburgh Airport, Terminal, take the walk to Lerwick airport, fly to London Heathrow, take the walk to London Heathrow Airport T2 & 3 Train Station, take the train to London Paddington Train Station, take the walk to London Paddington, then take the train to Oxford. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Viking Bus Station, take the bus to Sumburgh Airport, Terminal, take the walk to Lerwick airport, fly to Birmingham, take the walk to Birmingham International, then take the train to Oxford.

- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Lerwick to London Heathrow via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £190 - £700
Flights from Lerwick to London Heathrow via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £190 - £700
Flights from Lerwick to London Heathrow via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £190 - £700
Flights from Lerwick to London Heathrow via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £190 - £700
Flights from Lerwick to London Heathrow via Aberdeen, Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £75 - £450
Flights from Lerwick to London Heathrow via Edinburgh, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £280 - £800
Flights from Lerwick to London Heathrow via Edinburgh, Jersey
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190 - £700
Flights from Lerwick to London Heathrow via Kirkwall, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £190 - £700
Flights from Lerwick to London Heathrow via Glasgow, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280 - £800
Flights from Lerwick to Birmingham via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £170 - £490
Flights from Lerwick to Birmingham via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160 - £470
Flights from Lerwick to Birmingham via Edinburgh, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £200 - £600
Flights from Lerwick to Birmingham via Aberdeen, Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £190 - £550
Flights from Lerwick to Southampton via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £210 - £700
Flights from Lerwick to Southampton via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260 - £750
Flights from Lerwick to Southampton via Kirkwall, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £250 - £750
Flights from Lerwick to London Gatwick via Edinburgh, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £90 - £550
Flights from Lerwick to Bristol via Edinburgh, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £200 - £600

- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lerwick to Birmingham via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170 - £480
Flights from Lerwick to London Gatwick via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50 - £250
Flights from Lerwick to London Gatwick via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50 - £260
Flights from Lerwick to London Gatwick via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45 - £250
Flights from Lerwick to London Gatwick via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50 - £260
Flights from Lerwick to London Gatwick via Edinburgh, Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £280
Flights from Lerwick to London Gatwick via Aberdeen, Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £270
Flights from Lerwick to London Gatwick via Kirkwall, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45 - £250
Flights from Lerwick to Bristol via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45 - £240
Flights from Lerwick to Bristol via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45 - £250
Flights from Lerwick to Bristol via Kirkwall, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45 - £250

- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Lerwick to Birmingham via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £170 - £490
Flights from Lerwick to Birmingham via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160 - £470
Flights from Lerwick to Southampton via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £250 - £750
Flights from Lerwick to Southampton via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260 - £750
Flights from Lerwick to Southampton via Kirkwall, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £250 - £750

- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lerwick to London Heathrow via Aberdeen, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £310 - £1,100
Flights from Lerwick to London Heathrow via Edinburgh, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £310 - £1,100
Flights from Lerwick to Birmingham via Edinburgh, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £100 - £420
Flights from Lerwick to Southampton via Aberdeen, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140 - £550
Flights from Lerwick to Bristol via Aberdeen, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100 - £420

- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Oxford
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24 - £30
- Website
- First Great Western Service
- Anytime Day
- £24 - £30
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £40 - £55
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20 - £25
- Website
- First Great Western Service
- Anytime Day
- £20 - £25
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £35 - £50
Train from Reading to Oxford
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11 - £15
- Website
- First Great Western Service
- Anytime Day
- £11 - £15
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £20 - £27
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Didcot Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24 - £30
- Website
- First Great Western Service
- Anytime Day
- £24 - £30
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £40 - £60

- Phone
- 0344 736 9123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to Oxford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35 - £130
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- £35 - £50
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £90 - £130
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Oxford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £40 - £140
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- £40 - £50
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £95 - £140
Train from Reading to Oxford
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25 - £110
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- £25 - £30
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £70 - £110
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £60 - £180
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- £60 - £75
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £130 - £180
Train from Aberdeen to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £190 - £460
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- £190 - £230
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £320 - £460
Train from Birmingham New Street to Oxford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40 - £140
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- £40 - £50
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £95 - £140

- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- customer.relations@scotrail.co.uk
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27 - £85
- Website
- First ScotRail Service
- Anytime Day Single
- £27 - £40
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £60 - £85

- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £16 - £150
- Website
- lner.co.uk
- Advance Single
- £16 - £24
- Anytime Day Single
- £65 - £95
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £100 - £150

- Phone
- 0344 556 5650
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £110 - £390
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
- Anytime Day Single
- £110 - £150
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £290 - £390
Train from Rugby to Milton Keynes Central
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £12 - £50
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
- Anytime Day Single
- £12 - £16
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £30 - £50

- Website
- sleeper.scot
Night train from Aberdeen to Rugby
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £45 - £50
- Website
- sleeper.scot
- Sleeper Seat
- £45 - £50
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £220 - £250
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £160 - £210

- Phone
- +44 121 634 2040
- comments@londonmidland.com
- Website
- londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk
Train from Rugby to Milton Keynes Central
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12 - £15
- Website
- londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk
- Advanced Single/Anytime Advance
- £4 - £7
- Anytime Day Single
- £12 - £15

- Phone
- 0871 266 3333
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Milton Keynes Central Railway Station Stop Z4 to Oxford Gloucester Green Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7 - £13
- Website
- Megabus UK
Bus from Union Square Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £10 - £17
- Website
- Megabus UK

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Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 08717 818178
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Edinburgh to Heathrow Airport London T2,3
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £13 - £17
- Website
- National Express

- Phone
- +44 1865 785400
- info@oxfordbus.co.uk
- Website
- oxfordbus.co.uk
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Oxford City Centre, Queens Lane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10 - £15
- Website
- Oxford Bus Company

- Phone
- +44 845 600 0449
- info@northlinkferries.co.uk
- Website
- northlinkferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Lerwick to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £23 - £45
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £23 - £28
- Peak
- £35 - £45
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