There are 6 ways to get from Kirkwall to Cambridge by plane, train, or ferry
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Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
best- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane KOI - LHR
- Take the train from King's Cross to Cambridgetrain
6h 36m£158–477Fly to London Stansted Airport
cheapest- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane KOI - STN
5h 36m£87–380Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from St Margarets Hope Ferry Terminal to Gills Bay Ferry Terminalferry Pf1
- Take the train from Wick to Invernesstrain
- Take the train from Inverness to Peterboroughtrain
- Take the train from Peterborough to Cambridgetrain
18h 26m£354–499Fly to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to London City Airport (LCY)plane KOI - LCY
- Take the train from King's Cross to Cambridgetrain
6h 45m£193–656Fly to Norwich International Airport, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Norwich International Airport (NWI)plane KOI - NWI
- Take the train from Norwich to Cambridgetrain
9h 10m£234–1,158Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane KOI - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from King's Cross to Cambridgetrain
7h 14m£271–682
Kirkwall (KOI) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Kirkwall to Cambridge is to fly which costs £85 - £380 and takes 5h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Kirkwall to Cambridge is to fly which takes 5h 36m and costs £85 - £380.
The distance between Kirkwall and Cambridge is 607 miles.
The best way to get from Kirkwall to Cambridge without a car is to ferry and train which takes 18h 26m and costs £350 - £500.
It takes approximately 6h 36m to get from Kirkwall to Cambridge, including transfers.
There are 915+ hotels available in Cambridge.
What companies run services between Kirkwall, Scotland and Cambridge, England?
Loganair, easyJet, and Ryanair UK fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to London Stansted Airport (STN) twice daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Kirkwall to London Heathrow Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–420
Flights from Kirkwall to London Heathrow Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–420
Flights from Kirkwall to London Heathrow Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–420
Flights from Kirkwall to London Heathrow Airport via Lerwick, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–420
Flights from Kirkwall to London Heathrow Airport via Lerwick, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £120–420
Flights from Kirkwall to London Heathrow Airport via Lerwick, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–420
Flights from Kirkwall to London City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Kirkwall to London City Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Kirkwall to London City Airport via Lerwick, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Kirkwall to London City Airport via Lerwick, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Kirkwall to Norwich International Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £600–2,000
Flights from Kirkwall to Birmingham Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £210–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Birmingham Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–380
Flights from Kirkwall to Birmingham Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–380
Flights from Kirkwall to London Stansted Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £80–410
Flights from Kirkwall to London Stansted Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–410
Flights from Kirkwall to London Stansted Airport via Glasgow, Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–420
Flights from Kirkwall to London Stansted Airport via Lerwick, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £85–420
Flights from Kirkwall to London Stansted Airport via Lerwick, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–420
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Norwich International Airport via Edinburgh, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–1,200
Flights from Kirkwall to Norwich International Airport via Glasgow, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–1,200
Flights from Kirkwall to Norwich International Airport via Aberdeen, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £200–1,100
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Kirkwall to Norwich International Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £600–2,000
Flights from Kirkwall to Birmingham Airport via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £210–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Kirkwall to London Stansted Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–360
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Northern
Train from King's Cross to Cambridge
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- Great Northern
Train from King's Cross to Cambridge
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- Great Northern
Train from King's Cross to Cambridge
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- Great Northern
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from King's Cross to Cambridge
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £37
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from King's Cross to Cambridge
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £37
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from King's Cross to Cambridge
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £37
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Wick to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Inverness to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £160–230
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Peterborough to Cambridge
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–29
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 7245
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Norwich to Cambridge
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Greater Anglia
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–85
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)800 688 8998
- [email protected]
- Website
- Pentland Ferries
Ferry from St Margarets Hope Ferry Terminal to Gills Bay Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £28
- Website
- Pentland Ferries
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