There are 8 ways to get from Winchester to Isle of Islay by train, plane, 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.
Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Winchester to Wokingtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Islay (ILY)plane LHR - ILY
7h 31m£168–509Fly from Southampton Airport
cheapest- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Islay (ILY)plane SOU - ILY
9h 9m£83–408Train, bus, ferry via Coventry
- Take the train from Winchester to Coventrytrain
- Take the train from Coventry to Haymarkettrain
- Take the bus from Haymarket to Oban Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Oban Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminalferry Cm9
18h 31m£205–456Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from St Catherines P&R to Heathrow Central Bus Stationbus 032
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ferry Terminalbus 926
- Take the ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminalferry Cm9
23h 20m£87–329Train to London City Airport, fly
- Take the train from Winchester to London Waterlootrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Islay (ILY)plane LCY - ILY
6h 57m£205–636Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Winchester to Clapham Junctiontrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Islay (ILY)plane LGW - ILY
7h 49m£178–462Train, train to Bristol Airport, fly
- Take the train from Winchester to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Islay (ILY)plane BRS - ILY
10h 4m£101–319Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Winchester to Haymarkettrain
- Take the bus from Haymarket to Oban Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Oban Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminalferry Cm9
18h 45m£294–492
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Islay (ILY) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Winchester to Isle of Islay is to bus and ferry which costs £85 - £330 and takes 23h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Winchester to Isle of Islay is to train and fly which takes 6h 57m and costs £200 - £650.
The distance between Winchester and Isle of Islay is 446 miles.
The best way to get from Winchester to Isle of Islay without a car is to train and bus and ferry via Coventry which takes 18h 31m and costs £200 - £460.
It takes approximately 7h 31m to get from Winchester to Isle of Islay, including transfers.
There are 53+ hotels available in Isle of Islay.
What companies run services between Winchester, England and Isle of Islay, Scotland?
easyJet, Loganair, and two other airlines fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Islay (ILY) twice daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Islay via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–470
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Islay via Belfast City, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £130–470
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Islay via Dublin, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Islay via Derry, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–450
Flights from Southampton Airport to Islay via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–400
Flights from Southampton Airport to Islay via Belfast City, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–430
Flights from Southampton Airport to Islay via Amsterdam Schiphol, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from London City Airport to Islay via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–550
Flights from London City Airport to Islay via Dublin, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £170–550
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Islay via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–380
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Islay via Belfast (Aldergrove), Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–300
Flights from Bristol Airport to Islay via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–280
Flights from Bristol Airport to Islay via Dublin, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–300
Flights from Bristol Airport to Islay via Belfast (Aldergrove), Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–280
Flights from Bristol Airport to Islay via Amsterdam Schiphol, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–390
Flights from Bristol Airport to Islay via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–290
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Islay via Derry, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–450
Flights from Southampton Airport to Islay via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–400
Flights from Southampton Airport to Islay via Amsterdam Schiphol, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Islay via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Islay via Belfast (Aldergrove), Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–300
Flights from Bristol Airport to Islay via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–280
Flights from Bristol Airport to Islay via Dublin, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–220
Flights from Bristol Airport to Islay via Belfast (Aldergrove), Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–280
Flights from Bristol Airport to Islay via Amsterdam Schiphol, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–390
Flights from Bristol Airport to Islay via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–290
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Winchester to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–40
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Winchester to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £27–65
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Winchester to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–60
- Website
- South Western Railway
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Winchester to Coventry
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Coventry to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £170–240
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Winchester to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–26
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Winchester to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £260–370
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Coventry to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Haymarket to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Haymarket to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- Ember
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Haymarket to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £23–45
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £19–40
Bus from Haymarket to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £23–45
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from St Catherines P&R to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–26
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £85–210
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)1475 650 397
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian MacBrayne
Ferry from Oban Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £10–85
- Website
- Caledonian MacBrayne
- Passenger Fare
- £10–15
- Car Fare
- £65–85
Ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–50
- Website
- Caledonian MacBrayne
- Passenger Fare
- £6–9
- Car Fare
- £40–50
Ferry from Oban Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £10–85
- Website
- Caledonian MacBrayne
- Passenger Fare
- £10–15
- Car Fare
- £65–85
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