How to get from Aberdeen to Kirkwall by car, truck, walk, bike

Distance between Aberdeen and Kirkwall is 210 kilometers (130 miles).
Driving distance from Aberdeen to Kirkwall is 408 kilometers (253 miles)

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Routes from aberdeen-aberdeen-city to kirkwall-orkney-islands
Cheapest
Car
7h 2m
408 km
cost $81
Fastest
Truck
7h 2m
price $81
Others
Walk
2d 5h 47m
distance 268 km
Bike
29h 34m
distance 517 km

4 Ways from Aberdeen (United Kingdom/Aberdeen City) to Kirkwall (United Kingdom/Orkney Islands)

Choose 1 of the options below and start your journey
Cheapest
Car
7h 2m
408 km
cost $81
Fastest
Truck
7h 2m
price $81
Others
Walk
2d 5h 47m
distance 268 km
Bike
29h 34m
distance 517 km

Route instructions

1. Continue onto King Street 183 m
2. Turn left onto West North Street, A96 605 m
3. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Hutcheon Street, A944 386 m
4. Turn right onto George Street, C156C 553 m
5. Turn slight left onto Powis Terrace, A96 517 m
6. Keep left onto Clifton Road 1.60 km
7. Turn right onto Anderson Road 102 m
8. Turn left onto Great Northern Road, A96 660 m
9. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Great Northern Road, A96 2.06 km
10. Keep left onto Inverurie Road, A96 661 m
11. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Inverurie Road, A96 1.89 km
12. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A96 4.56 km
13. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A96 1.56 km
14. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A96 3.06 km
15. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A96 4.87 km
16. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A96 1.21 km
17. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A96 2.47 km
18. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto A96 2.79 km
19. Turn left 5.75 km
20. Turn left onto A96 25.12 km
21. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A96 15.86 km
22. Turn left 109 m
23. Turn slight right 114 m
24. Turn right onto Land Street 724 m
25. Turn left onto Union Street 215 m
26. Turn right onto Union Street 95 m
27. Turn left onto A96 11.61 km
28. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A96 1.50 km
29. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A96 78 m
30. Turn slight left 733 m
31. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A96 1.78 km
32. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A96 4.61 km
33. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto A96 1.11 km
34. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A96 1.89 km
35. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto A96 1.23 km
36. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A96 627 m
37. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto A96 269 m
38. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto A96 54 m
39. Continue onto East Road, A96 207 m
40. Turn slight left onto East Road, A96 168 m
41. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A96 48 m
42. Continue onto South College Street, A96 308 m
43. Turn left onto Alexandra Road, A96 447 m
44. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Alexandra Road, A96 320 m
45. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Alexandra Road, A96 148 m
46. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto High Street, A96 365 m
47. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto West Road, A96 15.33 km
48. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A96 1.66 km
49. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A96 2.33 km
50. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A96 553 m
51. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A96 13.60 km
52. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Forres Road, A96 1.22 km
53. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto King Street, A96 12.65 km
54. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A96 8.64 km
55. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A96 994 m
56. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A96 825 m
57. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto A9 1.85 km
58. Keep right onto A9 28 m
59. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A9 9.52 km
60. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto A9 10.52 km
61. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A9 13.27 km
62. Turn left 1.28 km
63. Turn right onto Scotsburn Road 15.54 km
64. Turn left onto A9 4.34 km
65. At roundabout, take exit 3 137 m
66. Turn slight left onto A9 51.39 km
67. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A9 28.26 km
68. Turn slight right onto A99 26.78 km
69. Continue onto Cliff Road, A99 211 m
70. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A99 5.22 km
71. Turn right onto A99 16.30 km
72. Turn left 3.71 km
73. Turn right 848 m
74. Turn left 866 m
75. Turn left onto A836 1.74 km
76. Turn right onto Gills Pier Road 430 m
77. Keep right 28.71 km
78. Turn left onto Pier Road 601 m
79. Continue onto Ontoft Road 113 m
80. Turn right onto Cromarty Square 63 m
81. Continue onto Saint Margaret's Road, B9043 531 m
82. Turn left onto A961 21.69 km
83. Turn right onto Holm Road, A961 579 m
84. Turn left onto Bignold Park Road, A960 862 m
85. Arrive at destination 0 m
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