There are 10 ways to get from Stromness to Grantham by plane, train, ferry, or bus
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Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
best- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane KOI - LHR
- Take the train from King's Cross to Granthamtrain
7h 52m£172–545Ferry, bus
cheapest- 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 Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus M90
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Broad Marsh Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to Finkin Streetbus Lc9
19h 53m£72–201Ferry, bus, train via Darlington
- 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 Darlingtontrain
- Take the train from Darlington to Granthamtrain
14h 34m£163–244Fly to Norwich International Airport, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Norwich International Airport (NWI)plane KOI - NWI
- Take the train from Norwich to Granthamtrain
11h 37m£324–1,001Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane KOI - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Nottinghamtrain
8h 25m£250–579Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane KOI - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Doncastertrain
- Take the train from Doncaster to Granthamtrain
9h 54m£225–537Fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane KOI - EDI
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Yorktrain
- Take the train from York to Granthamtrain
8h 1m£246–620Ferry, bus, train
- 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 Doncastertrain
- Take the train from Doncaster to Granthamtrain
14h 36m£147–278Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal to Scrabster Ferry Terminalferry Nl1
- Take the train from Wick to Invernesstrain
- Take the train from Inverness to Darlingtontrain
- Take the train from Darlington to Granthamtrain
17h 6m£230–373Ferry, bus, train #2
- 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 Stockporttrain
- Take the train from Stockport to Granthamtrain
18h 45m£178–284
Stromness to Grantham by ferry, bus, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Stromness to Grantham is to ferry and bus which costs £70 - £210 and takes 19h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Stromness to Grantham is to fly and train which takes 7h 52m and costs £170 - £550.
The distance between Stromness and Grantham is 673 miles.
The best way to get from Stromness to Grantham without a car is to ferry and bus and train via Darlington which takes 14h 34m and costs £160 - £250.
It takes approximately 7h 52m to get from Stromness to Grantham, including transfers.
There are 116+ hotels available in Grantham.
What companies run services between Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scotland and Grantham, England?
There is no direct connection from Stromness to Grantham. However, you can take the bus to Travel Centre, take the bus to Airport Terminal, walk to Kirkwall (KOI) airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport (LHR), walk to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 station, take the subway to King's Cross St. Pancras station, walk to London Kings Cross, then take the train to Grantham. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal to Grantham via Scrabster Ferry Terminal, Scrabster Ferry Terminal, Inverness Union Street, Inverness, and Darlington in around 14h 34m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
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 Airport
- 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 Norwich International Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–900
Flights from Kirkwall to Birmingham Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–500
Flights from Kirkwall to Manchester Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–460
Flights from Kirkwall to Manchester Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–460
Flights from Kirkwall to Manchester Airport via Glasgow, Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–460
Flights from Kirkwall to Manchester Airport via Inverness, Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £210–460
Flights from Kirkwall to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–400
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
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 Norwich International Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–900
Flights from Kirkwall to Birmingham Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–500
Flights from Kirkwall to Manchester Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–460
Flights from Kirkwall to Manchester Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–460
Flights from Kirkwall to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Norwich International Airport via Aberdeen, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–1,200
Flights from Kirkwall to Norwich International Airport via Edinburgh Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,300
Flights from Kirkwall to Norwich International Airport via Glasgow, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £230–1,300
Flights from Kirkwall to Norwich International Airport via Inverness, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,300
Flights from Kirkwall to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–400
- Website
- easyjet.com
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 Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–300
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £100–150
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Doncaster to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to York
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from York to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £120–190
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 071 0222
- Website
- hulltrains.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.hulltrains.co.uk/
Train from Doncaster to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.hulltrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Norwich to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Stockport to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to York
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £100–160
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Inverness to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Inverness to Stockport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £90–150
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Wick to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–140
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- 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/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Broad Marsh Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01698 653164
- enquiries@parksofhamilton.co.uk
- Website
- parksofhamilton.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://www.parksofhamilton.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Broad Marsh Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0844 351 1120
- help@centrebus.com
- Website
- centrebus.info
Bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to Finkin Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Website
- http://www.centrebus.info
- 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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