There are 7 ways to get from Edinburgh to Wirral Peninsula by train, bus, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Prestontrain Edinburgh - London Euston / ...
- Take the train from Preston to Liverpool Lime Streettrain Blackpool North - Liverpool Lime Street / ...
4h 7m£54–125Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Princes Street to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Liverpool, Liverpool Onebus 802
- Take the bus from Whitechapel to Ackers Roadbus 471 / ...
7h 19m£42–83Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Wigan North Westerntrain
- Take the bus from Chalon Way West to Queen Square Bus Stationbus 10A
- Take the bus from Whitechapel to Arrowe Park Roadbus 471 / ...
5h 32mDrive 215.6 mi
- Drive from Edinburgh to Wirral Peninsulacar 215.6 mi
4h 25m£54–78Fly to Liverpool
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Liverpool (LPL)plane EDI - LPL
4h 55m£66–174Fly to Manchester Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane EDI - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
- Take the bus from Whitechapel to Ackers Roadbus
7h 3m£68–180Fly to Birmingham Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane EDI - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
- Take the bus from Whitechapel to Ackers Roadbus
5h 59m£66–186
Edinburgh to Wirral Peninsula by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Wirral Peninsula is to bus which costs £40 - £85 and takes 7h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Wirral Peninsula is to train which takes 4h 7m and costs £50 - £130.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh to Wirral Peninsula. However, there are services departing from Princes Street and arriving at Ackers Road via Buchanan Bus Station, Liverpool, Liverpool One and Whitechapel. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 19m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Wirral Peninsula. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Conway Park via Preston and Liverpool Central Loop Line. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4h 7m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Wirral Peninsula is 229 miles. The road distance is 216.9 miles.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Wirral Peninsula without a car is to train which takes 4h 7m and costs £50 - £130.
It takes approximately 4h 7m to get from Edinburgh to Wirral Peninsula, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Wirral Peninsula bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Princes Street station.
Edinburgh to Wirral Peninsula train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Wirral Peninsula is to train which takes 4h 7m and costs £50 - £130. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs £65 - £180 and takes 4h 55m, you could also bus, which costs £40 - £85 and takes 7h 19m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Wirral Peninsula, England?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Conway Park via Preston, Liverpool Lime Street, and Liverpool Central Loop Line in around 4h 7m. Alternatively, easyJet, Ryanair, and Aer Lingus fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Liverpool (LPL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liverpool via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, Friday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liverpool via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–90
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £27–90
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liverpool via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liverpool via Knock
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Shannon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–100
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–320
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Wigan North Western
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–17
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Airport to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Preston to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–21
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Airport to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–26
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–70
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Website
- Metro Network
Bus from Chalon Way West to Queen Square Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Schedules at
- Metro Network
- Phone
- +44 344 800 44 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arriva UK
Bus from Whitechapel to Arrowe Park Road
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £1–3
- Website
- Arriva UK
- Adult Single All Zone
- £1–3
Bus from Whitechapel to Ackers Road
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £1–3
- Website
- Arriva UK
- Adult Single All Zone
- £1–3
Bus from Whitechapel to Ackers Road
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £1–3
- Website
- Arriva UK
- Adult Single All Zone
- £1–3
Bus from Whitechapel to Ackers Road
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £1–3
- Website
- Arriva UK
- Adult Single All Zone
- £1–3
Bus from Whitechapel to Arrowe Park Road
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £2–4
- Website
- Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire
Bus from Whitechapel to Ackers Road
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £2–4
- Website
- Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire
Bus from Whitechapel to Ackers Road
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £2–4
- Website
- Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire
Bus from Whitechapel to Ackers Road
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £2–4
- Website
- Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Princes Street to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Princes Street to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–17
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £8–17
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- National Express
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Booking & Getting There
Edinburgh to Wirral Peninsula bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Wirral Peninsula train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at Preston station.
Yes, the driving distance between Edinburgh to Wirral Peninsula is 217 miles. It takes approximately 4h 25m to drive from Edinburgh to Wirral Peninsula.
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