There are 13 ways to get from Southwold to Edinburgh by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Norwich to Peterboroughtrain Norwich - Liverpool Lime Street / ...
- Take the train from Peterborough to Edinburgh Waverleytrain London Kings Cross - Edinburgh / ...
8h 54m£169–251Train, bus to London Stansted Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Halesworth to Ipswichtrain
- Take the bus from Railway Station to Coach Stationbus
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane STN - EDI
7h 34m£64–143Bus
- Take the bus from Kings Head to St Stephens Streetbus 146
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Coach Stationbus 727 / ...
- Take the bus from Coach Station to Finchley Road Stationbus A6
- Take the bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
14h 58mDrive 379.9 mi
- Drive from Southwold to Edinburghcar 379.9 mi
7h 15m£94–136Train, train to London City Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Halesworth 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 33m£115–264Train via Ipswich
- Take the train from Halesworth to Ipswichtrain
- Take the train from Ipswich to Peterboroughtrain
- Take the train from Peterborough to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
9h 14m£163–237Bus, train
- Take the bus from Kings Head to Sentinel Housebus 146
- Take the train from Norwich to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
11h 14mBus, train via Manchester
- Take the bus from Kings Head to Sentinel Housebus 146
- Take the train from Norwich to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
11h 46mTrain, train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Halesworth 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 27m£106–285Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Halesworth to Ipswichtrain
- 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
7h 19m£81–185Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Halesworth to Ipswichtrain
- Take the train from Ipswich to Stratford (London)train
- Take the train from Farringdon to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LGW - EDI
7h 29m£80–184Train, train to London City Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Halesworth to Ipswichtrain
- 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 23m£118–289Train, bus to London Stansted Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Halesworth to Ipswichtrain
- 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 24m£71–173
Southwold to Edinburgh by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Southwold to Edinburgh is to train and bus and fly which costs £60 - £150 and takes 7h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Southwold to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 6h 33m and costs £110 - £270.
No, there is no direct bus from Southwold to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Kings Head and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Bus Station, Coach Station and Finchley Road / O2 Centre. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 58m.
The distance between Southwold and Edinburgh is 440 miles. The road distance is 382.1 miles.
The best way to get from Southwold to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 8h 54m and costs £160 - £260.
It takes approximately 8h 54m to get from Southwold to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Southwold to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Borderbus, depart from Kings Head station.
The best way to get from Southwold to Edinburgh is to train which takes 8h 54m and costs £160 - £260. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 14h 58m.
Southwold to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Borderbus, arrive at St Stephens Street station.
Yes, the driving distance between Southwold to Edinburgh is 382 miles. It takes approximately 7h 15m to drive from Southwold to Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Southwold, England and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a bus from Kings Head to Edinburgh Waverley via Railway Station, Lowestoft, Norwich, and Peterborough in around 8h 54m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kings Head to Edinburgh, Bus Station via St Stephens Street, Bus Station, Coach Station, and Finchley Road / O2 Centre in around 14h 58m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–95
Flights from Luton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £20–95
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £19–95
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £19–95
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–100
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–100
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £24–100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from London City Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from London City Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–90
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £40–70
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–85
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–60
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £20–75
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London City Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Norwich to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- £27–45
Train from Norwich to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- £55–90
Train from Norwich to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- £70–110
- 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
- £130–190
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- £130–190
Train from Halesworth to Ipswich
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
- Standard
- £13–19
Train from Ipswich to Stratford (London)
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
- Standard
- £15–22
Train from Ipswich to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–28
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
- Standard
- £19–28
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–340
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £110–170
- 1st Class
- £240–340
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £35–60
- 1st Class
- £75–95
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £15–22
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £22–35
Train from Farringdon to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–29
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £14–20
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £21–29
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- £13–18
- 1st Class
- £23–35
- Phone
- 01502 714565
- office@border-bus.co.uk
- Website
- border-bus.co.uk
Bus from Kings Head to St Stephens Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.border-bus.co.uk/
Bus from Kings Head to Sentinel House
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.border-bus.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bus Station to Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–27
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Coach Station to Finchley Road Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–22
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Railway Station to Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–21
- 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
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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