There are 9 ways to get from Bristol to Stromness by plane, train, bus, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Bristol Airport
best- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane BRS - KOI
7h 4m£246–607Bus, ferry
cheapest- 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 Station to Bus Station Stance 3bus
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Vehicle Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry Nl1
20h 10m£101–168Train, bus, ferry via York
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Yorktrain
- Take the train from York to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Vehicle Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry Nl1
17h 55m£256–364Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane BHX - KOI
8h£265–619Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane LHR - KOI
8h 19m£185–537Train to Southampton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Centraltrain
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane SOU - KOI
10h 27m£317–665Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Vehicle Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry Nl1
18h 18m£255–435Train, bus, ferry via Perth
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Stoke-on-Trenttrain
- Take the train from Stoke-on-Trent to Perthtrain
- Take the bus from Perth station to Inverness Union Streetbus
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Vehicle Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry Nl1
20h 21m£167–242Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Bristol Bus Station to Newport Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Newport (S Wales) to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Vehicle Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry Nl1
20h 30m£165–253
Bristol to Stromness by train, bus, and ferry
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bristol to Stromness is to bus and ferry which costs £100 - £170 and takes 20h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Bristol to Stromness is to fly which takes 7h 4m and costs £240 - £650.
The distance between Bristol and Stromness is 554 miles.
The best way to get from Bristol to Stromness without a car is to train and bus and ferry via York which takes 17h 55m and costs £250 - £370.
It takes approximately 7h 4m to get from Bristol to Stromness, including transfers.
There are 195+ hotels available in Stromness.
What companies run services between Bristol, England and Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scotland?
Loganair and easyJet fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Kirkwall (KOI) once daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £280–600
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kirkwall via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–360
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kirkwall via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–360
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £70–360
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–550
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–370
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Kirkwall via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–370
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Kirkwall via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–370
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Kirkwall via Belfast City, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–550
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–410
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kirkwall via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–410
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–410
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kirkwall via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–410
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kirkwall via Belfast City, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–410
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kirkwall via Manchester, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £290–400
Flights from Southampton Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £280–600
Flights from Southampton Airport to Kirkwall via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from Southampton Airport to Kirkwall via Belfast City, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £110–650
Flights from Southampton Airport to Kirkwall via Manchester, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £280–600
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £280–600
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kirkwall via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–360
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kirkwall via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–360
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £70–360
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–550
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–370
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Kirkwall via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–370
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Kirkwall via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–370
Flights from Southampton Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £280–600
Flights from Southampton Airport to Kirkwall via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from Southampton Airport to Kirkwall via Manchester, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £280–600
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to York
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–150
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- 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
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Stoke-on-Trent
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from York to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £130–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Stoke-on-Trent to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £70–100
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Crewe to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £95–140
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- 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
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Vehicle Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Vehicle Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Vehicle Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Perth station to Inverness Union Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Vehicle Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Vehicle Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- Ember
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- 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 Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–30
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bristol Bus Station to Newport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–6
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £30–60
- Phone
- +44 845 600 0449
- [email protected]
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
Ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £13–17
- Peak
- £16–19
Ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £13–17
- Peak
- £16–19
Ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £13–17
- Peak
- £16–19
Ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £13–17
- Peak
- £16–19
Ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £13–17
- Peak
- £16–19
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