There are 12 ways to get from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nottingham by plane, train, bus, rideshare, or car
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane EDI - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Nottinghamtrain
3h 8m£60–138Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Broad Marsh Bus Stationbus Ukn11
7h 41m£32–132Bus to Glasgow Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane GLA - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Nottinghamtrain
5h 33m£69–165Train via York
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Yorktrain Edinburgh - London Kings Cross / ...
- Take the train from York to Granthamtrain Newcastle - London Kings Cross / ...
5h 30m£120–232Fly Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane EDI - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Ketteringtrain
- Take the train from Kettering to Nottinghamtrain
3h 41m£80–203Fly Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane EDI - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Nottinghamtrain
4h 5m£137–378Fly Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London City Airport (LCY)plane EDI - LCY
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Nottinghamtrain
4h 16m£151–389Fly Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane EDI - STN
- Take the train from Stansted Airport to Elytrain
- Take the train from Ely to Nottinghamtrain
5h 16m£80–207Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffieldtrain Edinburgh - Plymouth / ...
- Take the train from Sheffield to Nottinghamtrain Liverpool Lime Street - Norwich / ...
6h 37m£166–254Train via Manchester
- Take the train from Haymarket to Manchester Piccadillytrain Edinburgh - Manchester Airport / ...
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Nottinghamtrain Liverpool Lime Street - Norwich / ...
7h 1m£121–207Airport Transfer
- Take the rideshare from Edinburgh-EDI to Nottingham259.7 mi
5hDrive 259.7 mi
- Drive from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nottinghamcar 259.7 mi
5h£64–92
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nottingham by tram and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nottingham is to bus which costs £30 - £140 and takes 7h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nottingham is to fly and train which takes 3h 8m and costs £60 - £140.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nottingham station. However, there are services departing from Terminal and arriving at Broad Marsh Bus Station via Edinburgh, Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 41m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nottingham. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Airport and arriving at Nottingham via Edinburgh Gateway, Edinburgh Waverley, York and Grantham. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 30m.
The distance between Edinburgh Airport (EDI) and Nottingham is 317 miles. The road distance is 261.2 miles.
The best way to get from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nottingham without a car is to train via York which takes 5h 30m and costs £120 - £240.
It takes approximately 3h 8m to get from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nottingham, including transfers.
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nottingham bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nottingham train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nottingham is to train via York which takes 5h 30m and costs £120 - £240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £30 - £140 and takes 7h 41m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh Airport (EDI), Scotland and Nottingham, England?
You can take a vehicle from Edinburgh Airport to Nottingham via Edinburgh Gateway, Edinburgh Gateway, Edinburgh Waverley, York, and Grantham in around 5h 30m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Broad Marsh Bus Station every 2 hours. Tickets cost £30–55 and the journey takes 6h 20m. National Express also services this route 4 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–90
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–85
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £27–85
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–85
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–85
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £24–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £24–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–80
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- When
- Wednesday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–95
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–90
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.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 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 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–160
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Stansted Airport to Ely
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–30
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–210
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- [email protected]
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to York
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–100
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from York to Grantham
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Kettering
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Kettering to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–45
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–100
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–100
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Ely to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 7245
- [email protected]
- Website
- greateranglia.co.uk
Train from Stansted Airport to Ely
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–29
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–15
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- £7–15
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Broad Marsh Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Broad Marsh Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Website
- https://www.mozio.com
Rideshare from Edinburgh-EDI to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- On demand
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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nottingham bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Broad Marsh Bus Station.
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nottingham train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at York station.
Yes, the driving distance between Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nottingham is 261 miles. It takes approximately 5h to drive from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nottingham.
There are 1795+ hotels available in Nottingham.
Check out Blablacar's carpooling service for rideshare options between Edinburgh Airport (EDI) and Nottingham. A great option if you don't have a driver's licence or want to avoid public transport.






































