There are 10 ways to get from Glasgow to Salcombe by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Warrington
best- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Warrington Bank Quaytrain
- Take the train from Warrington Bank Quay to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Totnestrain
11h 3m£184–285Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Glastonbury Festival Coach Parkbus G3
- Take the bus from Glastonbury Festival Coach Park to Bampfylde Streetbus G5
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Coronation Road opp Town Millbus 7
17h 33m£76–125Drive 483.1 mi
- Drive from Glasgow to Salcombecar 483.1 mi
7h 58m£120–172Fly Glasgow Airport to Bristol Airport, train, line 164 bus
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane GLA - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Totnestrain
- Take the bus from Station Road to Beadon Crossbus
7h 8mTrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Totnestrain Glasgow Central - Plymouth
11h 34m£250–380Train via Cardiff
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Cardiff Centraltrain
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Totnestrain
13h 18m£180–305Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane EDI - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Totnestrain
8h 13m£90–232Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Exeter, train
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Exeter (EXT)plane EDI - EXT
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Totnestrain
7h 51m£117–324Fly Glasgow Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane GLA - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Totnestrain
8h 55m£135–297Fly Glasgow Airport to Southampton Airport, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane GLA - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Totnestrain
8h 58m£126–323
Glasgow to Salcombe by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Glasgow to Salcombe is to bus which costs £75 - £130 and takes 17h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Glasgow to Salcombe is to train and fly which takes 7h 51m and costs £110 - £330.
No, there is no direct bus from Glasgow station to Salcombe. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Shadycombe Road via Glastonbury Festival Coach Park, Bus Station and Coronation Road opp Town Mill. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 33m.
No, there is no direct train from Glasgow to Salcombe. However, there are services departing from Glasgow Central and arriving at Totnes via Warrington Bank Quay and Birmingham New Street. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 3m.
The distance between Glasgow and Salcombe is 509 miles. The road distance is 485.9 miles.
The best way to get from Glasgow to Salcombe without a car is to train via Warrington which takes 11h 3m and costs £180 - £290.
It takes approximately 11h 3m to get from Glasgow to Salcombe, including transfers.
Glasgow to Salcombe bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
Glasgow to Salcombe train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Glasgow Central station.
The best way to get from Glasgow to Salcombe is to train via Warrington which takes 11h 3m and costs £180 - £290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £75 - £130 and takes 17h 33m.
What companies run services between Glasgow, Scotland and Salcombe, England?
You can take a train from Glasgow Central to Beadon Cross via Warrington Bank Quay, Birmingham New Street, Totnes, and Station Road in around 11h 3m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shadycombe Road via Glastonbury Festival Coach Park, Bampfylde Street, Bus Station, and Coronation Road opp Town Mill in around 17h 33m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–90
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bristol Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–90
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bristol Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bristol Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–110
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Luton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–110
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Luton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Exeter via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–350
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Southampton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–230
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Exeter
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–420
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to Warrington Bank Quay
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Warrington Bank Quay to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Totnes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Totnes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Glasgow Central to Totnes
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £250–380
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Totnes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Exeter St Davids to Totnes
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–19
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–28
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Totnes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Totnes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Totnes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Exeter St Davids to Totnes
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–22
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Totnes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Totnes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Glasgow Central to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–29
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–29
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–21
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Glastonbury Festival Coach Park
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Glastonbury Festival Coach Park to Bampfylde Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £9–16
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 345 241 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Stagecoach South West
Bus from Bus Station to Coronation Road opp Town Mill
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £3–4
- Website
- Stagecoach South West
- Phone
- 0300 012 0179
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tallyho
Bus from Station Road to Beadon Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- Tallyho
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Booking & Getting There
Glasgow to Salcombe bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Glastonbury Festival Coach Park station.
Glasgow to Salcombe train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at Warrington Bank Quay station.
Yes, the driving distance between Glasgow to Salcombe is 486 miles. It takes approximately 7h 58m to drive from Glasgow to Salcombe.
There are 1517+ hotels available in Salcombe.








































