There are 8 ways to get from Stromness to Bath by plane, ferry, bus, or train
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Fly to Bristol Airport
best- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane KOI - BRS
6h 56m£234–573Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane KOI - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Bath Spatrain
7h 44m£182–565Ferry, bus, train via Birmingham
- Take the ferry from Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal to Scrabster Ferry Terminalferry Nl1
- Take the bus from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Inverness Union Streetbus
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Haymarketbus
- Take the train from Haymarket to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
18h 3m£194–362Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal to Scrabster Ferry Terminalferry Nl1
- Take the bus from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Inverness Union Streetbus
- Take the train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
18h 6m£288–519Ferry, bus, train #2
- Take the ferry from Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal to Scrabster Ferry Terminalferry Nl1
- Take the bus from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Inverness Union Streetbus
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Haymarketbus
- Take the train from Haymarket to Bristol Parkwaytrain
19h 58m£266–386Fly to Southampton Airport, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane KOI - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bath Spatrain
10h 19m£277–720Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane KOI - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
8h 4m£259–597Ferry, bus, train #3
- Take the ferry from Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal to Scrabster Ferry Terminalferry Nl1
- Take the bus from Ferry Terminal to Bus Station Stance 3bus X99
- Take the train from Inverness to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Newport (S Wales)train
- Take the train from Newport (S Wales) to Bath Spatrain
20h 16m£189–319
Stromness to Bath by ferry, bus, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Stromness to Bath is to ferry and bus and train which costs £180 - £320 and takes 20h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Stromness to Bath is to fly which takes 6h 56m and costs £230 - £600.
The distance between Stromness and Bath is 566 miles.
The best way to get from Stromness to Bath without a car is to ferry and bus and train via Birmingham which takes 18h 3m and costs £190 - £370.
It takes approximately 6h 56m to get from Stromness to Bath, including transfers.
There are 1361+ hotels available in Bath.
What companies run services between Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scotland and Bath, England?
Loganair and easyJet fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Bristol Airport (BRS) twice daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Bristol Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–550
Flights from Kirkwall to London Heathrow Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–430
Flights from Kirkwall to London Heathrow Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–430
Flights from Kirkwall to London Heathrow Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–430
Flights from Kirkwall to London Heathrow Airport via Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Kirkwall to London Heathrow Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–430
Flights from Kirkwall to Southampton Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–750
Flights from Kirkwall to Southampton Airport via Aberdeen, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £240–750
Flights from Kirkwall to Birmingham Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–500
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Kirkwall to Bristol Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–550
Flights from Kirkwall to London Heathrow Airport via Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
Flights from Kirkwall to Southampton Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–750
Flights from Kirkwall to Southampton Airport via Aberdeen, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £240–750
Flights from Kirkwall to Birmingham Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Bristol Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–460
Flights from Kirkwall to Bristol Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–460
Flights from Kirkwall to Birmingham Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–300
Flights from Kirkwall to Birmingham Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–300
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–170
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £150–220
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £220–320
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Bristol Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £220–320
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Inverness to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Bath Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Bath Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Newport (S Wales) to Bath Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Crewe to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Inverness Union Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Inverness Union Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- 01224591381
- bluebird.enquiries@stagecoachbus.com
- Website
- stagecoachbus.com
Bus from Ferry Terminal to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £29–40
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/
- Phone
- +44 845 600 0449
- info@northlinkferries.co.uk
- Website
- northlinkferries.co.uk
Ferry from Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal to Scrabster Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/
- Low
- £13–17
- Peak
- £16–19
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