There are 10 ways to get from Bath to The Cairngorms by train, unknown, bus, or plane
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Train, travel via London
best- Take the train from Bath Spa to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from King's Cross to Kingussietrain
- Walk from Kingussie to The Cairngormsunknown
10h 3mBus, travel
- Take the bus from Bristol Bus Station to Birmingham - Jennens Roadbus
- Take the bus from Millennium Point to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Stn to Aviemore stationbus
- Walk from Aviemore station to The Cairngormsunknown
14h 55mFly Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train, travel
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BRS - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth stationbus
- Take the train from Perth to Kingussietrain
- Walk from Kingussie to The Cairngormsunknown
7h 29mTrain, travel
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Kingussietrain
- Walk from Kingussie to The Cairngormsunknown
11h 49mTrain, travel via Crewe
- Take the train from Bath Spa to Newport (S Wales)train
- Take the train from Newport (S Wales) to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Kingussietrain
- Walk from Kingussie to The Cairngormsunknown
12h 30mFly Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport, train, travel
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BRS - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perthtrain
- Take the train from Perth to Kingussietrain
- Walk from Kingussie to The Cairngormsunknown
7h 39mFly Bristol Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport, train, travel
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane BRS - INV
- Take the train from Inverness to Aviemoretrain
- Walk from Aviemore to The Cairngormsunknown
6h 53mFly Bristol Airport to Newcastle, train, travel
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Newcastle (NCL)plane BRS - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Kingussietrain
- Walk from Kingussie to The Cairngormsunknown
8h 49mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport, train, travel
- Take the train from Bath Spa to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane LHR - INV
- Take the train from Inverness to Aviemoretrain
- Walk from Aviemore to The Cairngormsunknown
8h 5mFly Bristol Airport to Aberdeen Airport, train, travel
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane BRS - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Perthtrain
- Take the train from Perth to Kingussietrain
- Walk from Kingussie to The Cairngormsunknown
9h 2m
Bristol Airport (BRS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The distance between Bath and The Cairngorms is 651 miles.
The best way to get from Bath to The Cairngorms without a car is to train and travel via London which takes 10h 3m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 3m to get from Bath to The Cairngorms, including transfers.
There are 492+ hotels available in The Cairngorms.
What companies run services between Bath, England and The Cairngorms, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Bath to The Cairngorms. However, you can take the train to London Paddington, walk to Paddington, take the subway to King's Cross St. Pancras station, walk to London Kings Cross, take the train to Kingussie, then travel to The Cairngorms. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Westgate Buildings to The Cairngorms via Bus Station, Bristol Bus Station, Millennium Point, Buchanan Bus Station, Buchanan Bus Stn, and Aviemore station in around 14h 55m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–100
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Sunday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £30–100
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–90
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £25–90
Flights from Bristol Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Bristol Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–80
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £45–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–340
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–100
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–340
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–360
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–230
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bath Spa to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bath Spa to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bath Spa to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from King's Cross to Kingussie
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £170–250
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Perth to Kingussie
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Kingussie
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Perth to Kingussie
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Inverness to Aviemore
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Kingussie
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Inverness to Aviemore
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Aberdeen to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Perth to Kingussie
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Perth to Kingussie
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Kingussie
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Perth to Kingussie
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Inverness to Aviemore
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Inverness to Aviemore
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Aberdeen to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Perth to Kingussie
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Perth to Kingussie
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £16–22
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Kingussie
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Crewe to Kingussie
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £85–120
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Perth to Kingussie
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £16–22
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Inverness to Aviemore
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Kingussie
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Inverness to Aviemore
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Aberdeen to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £20–28
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Perth to Kingussie
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £16–22
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £180–280
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Newport (S Wales) to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bristol Bus Station to Birmingham - Jennens Road
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Millennium Point to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Stn to Aviemore station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Buchanan Bus Stn to Aviemore station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- Ember
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Buchanan Bus Stn to Aviemore station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £26–50
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £26–50
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