There are 8 ways to get from Southampton to Stornoway 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 Southampton Airport
best- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)plane SOU - SYY
7h 26m£262–654Bus, ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Coach Station to Heathrow Central Bus Stationbus 032
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus 961
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminalferry
23h 10m£96–381Train, bus, ferry via Doncaster
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Doncastertrain
- Take the train from Doncaster to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus 961
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminalferry
17h 22m£285–494Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Wokingtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)plane LHR - SYY
7h 20m£163–510Train to London City Airport, fly
- Take the train from Southampton Central to London Waterlootrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)plane LCY - SYY
7h 25m£190–592Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Clapham Junctiontrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)plane LGW - SYY
7h 39m£223–523Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Haymarkettrain
- Take the bus from Haymarket to Inverness Union Streetbus
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus 961
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminalferry
18h 50m£298–488Train, bus, ferry via Birmingham Airport (BHX)
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus 961
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminalferry
19h 15m£253–452
Southampton to Stornoway by train, bus, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Southampton to Stornoway is to bus and ferry which costs £95 - £390 and takes 23h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Southampton to Stornoway is to train and fly which takes 7h 20m and costs £160 - £550.
The distance between Southampton and Stornoway is 554 miles.
The best way to get from Southampton to Stornoway without a car is to train and bus and ferry via Doncaster which takes 17h 22m and costs £280 - £500.
It takes approximately 7h 26m to get from Southampton to Stornoway, including transfers.
There are 190+ hotels available in Stornoway.
What companies run services between Southampton, England and Stornoway, Scotland?
easyJet, Loganair, and Aer Lingus fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Stornoway Airport (SYY) once daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Manchester, Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–650
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast City, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast City, Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove), Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–460
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–460
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stornoway Airport via Derry, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–440
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast City, Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £140–460
Flights from London City Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £150–500
Flights from London City Airport to Stornoway Airport via Dublin, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £70–420
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Manchester, Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–650
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove), Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stornoway Airport via Derry, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–440
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Southampton Central to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £120–180
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Southampton Central to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £260–370
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Southampton Central to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Doncaster to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £140–210
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Doncaster to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £140–220
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Birmingham International to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 51m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £160–250
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Southampton Central to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–50
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Southampton Central to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Southampton Central to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- South Western Railway
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–20
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £10–20
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £30–60
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–20
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £10–20
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–20
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £10–20
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–20
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £10–20
- Phone
- 01463 222 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- D + E Coaches
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- D + E Coaches
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- D + E Coaches
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- D + E Coaches
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- D + E Coaches
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Coach Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–35
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £75–190
- Website
- National Express
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–28
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 01698 653164
- [email protected]
- Website
- Park's of Hamilton
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- Park's of Hamilton
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Haymarket to Inverness Union Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- Ember
- Phone
- +44 (0)1475 650 397
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian MacBrayne
Ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–80
- Website
- Caledonian MacBrayne
- Passenger Fare
- £9–14
- Car Fare
- £65–80
Ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–80
- Website
- Caledonian MacBrayne
- Passenger Fare
- £9–14
- Car Fare
- £65–80
Ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–80
- Website
- Caledonian MacBrayne
- Passenger Fare
- £9–14
- Car Fare
- £65–80
Ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–80
- Website
- Caledonian MacBrayne
- Passenger Fare
- £9–14
- Car Fare
- £65–80
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