How to get from Cardiff to Edinburgh by car, truck, walk, bike

Distance between Cardiff and Edinburgh is 497 kilometers (308 miles).
Driving distance from Cardiff to Edinburgh is 622 kilometers (386 miles)

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Routes from cardiff-cardiff to edinburgh-city-of-edinburgh
Cheapest
Car
6h 44m
622 km
cost $124
Fastest
Truck
6h 44m
price $124
Others
Walk
5d 5h 31m
distance 627 km
Bike
37h 39m
distance 654 km

4 Ways from Cardiff (United Kingdom/Cardiff) to Edinburgh (United Kingdom/City of Edinburgh)

Choose 1 of the options below and start your journey
Cheapest
Car
6h 44m
622 km
cost $124
Fastest
Truck
6h 44m
price $124
Others
Walk
5d 5h 31m
distance 627 km
Bike
37h 39m
distance 654 km

Route instructions

1. Continue onto Kingsway 70 m
2. Turn slight right onto Greyfriars Road 353 m
3. Turn sharp right onto Stuttgarter Strasse, A4161 1.37 km
4. Turn slight left onto Newport Road, A4161 1.86 km
5. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Newport Road, A4161 248 m
6. Keep left 950 m
7. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto A48 4.35 km
8. Keep right onto A48(M) 5.84 km
9. Keep left onto M4 671 m
10. Keep left onto M4 211 m
11. Keep right onto Tredegar Park Roundabout 29 m
12. Continue onto Tredegar Park Roundabout 58 m
13. Keep left onto M4 10.74 km
14. Keep left onto M4 346 m
15. Keep left onto M4 32.10 km
16. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A40 14.49 km
17. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A40 2.30 km
18. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A449 794 m
19. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto M50 34.43 km
20. At roundabout, take exit 1 35.33 km
21. Keep right onto M5 26.45 km
22. Keep right onto M5 2.68 km
23. Keep left onto M5 9.99 km
24. Continue onto M6 115.07 km
25. Continue onto M6 235.45 km
26. Keep left onto A74(M) 555 m
27. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto A701 216 m
28. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto A701 44.39 km
29. Continue onto A72 5.17 km
30. Keep left onto A701 15.06 km
31. Turn slight left onto A6094 3.10 km
32. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto B7026 4.89 km
33. Turn right onto A701 658 m
34. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A701 1.40 km
35. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto A701 1.63 km
36. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Straiton Road, A701 978 m
37. At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Burdiehouse Road, A701 6.15 km
38. Turn right onto Montague Street 175 m
39. Turn left onto St Leonard's Street 1.00 km
40. Turn right onto Canongate 26 m
41. Turn left onto Cranston Street 102 m
42. Turn sharp right onto East Market Street 124 m
43. Turn left onto New Street 141 m
44. Turn left onto Calton Road 410 m
45. Turn left onto Leith Street, A900 157 m
46. Arrive at destination 0 m
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Information about Stations

All station in Cardiff (United Kingdom/Cardiff)
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