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

Distance between Edinburgh and Kirkwall is 337 kilometers (209 miles).
Driving distance from Edinburgh to Kirkwall is 493 kilometers (306 miles)

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Routes from edinburgh-city-of-edinburgh to kirkwall-orkney-islands
Cheapest
Car
7h 47m
493 km
cost $98
Fastest
Truck
7h 47m
price $98
Others
Walk
3d 21h 28m
distance 498 km
Bike
33h 8m
distance 585 km

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

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Cheapest
Car
7h 47m
493 km
cost $98
Fastest
Truck
7h 47m
price $98
Others
Walk
3d 21h 28m
distance 498 km
Bike
33h 8m
distance 585 km

Route instructions

1. Continue onto Princes Street 38 m
2. Make a U-turn onto Princes Street 37 m
3. Keep left onto Leith Street, A900 405 m
4. Keep left onto Picardy Place, B901 22 m
5. Turn slight right onto Broughton Street, B901 121 m
6. Turn left onto Albany Street 475 m
7. Turn right onto Nelson Street 81 m
8. Turn left onto Northumberland Street 377 m
9. Turn right onto Howe Street 59 m
10. Turn left onto South East Circus Place 398 m
11. Continue onto Kerr Street, B900 1.17 km
12. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Craigleith Road, B900 1.08 km
13. Turn slight right onto Queensferry Road, A90 12.00 km
14. Keep right onto M90 17.20 km
15. Keep left onto M90 4.45 km
16. Keep left onto M90 27.45 km
17. Continue onto M90 350 m
18. Keep left onto M90 4.72 km
19. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A9 4.07 km
20. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A9 175.89 km
21. Keep right onto A9 28 m
22. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A9 9.52 km
23. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto A9 10.52 km
24. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A9 13.27 km
25. Turn left 1.28 km
26. Turn right onto Scotsburn Road 15.54 km
27. Turn left onto A9 4.34 km
28. At roundabout, take exit 3 137 m
29. Turn slight left onto A9 51.39 km
30. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A9 28.26 km
31. Turn slight right onto A99 26.78 km
32. Continue onto Cliff Road, A99 211 m
33. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A99 5.22 km
34. Turn right onto A99 16.30 km
35. Turn left 3.71 km
36. Turn right 848 m
37. Turn left 866 m
38. Turn left onto A836 1.74 km
39. Turn right onto Gills Pier Road 430 m
40. Keep right 28.71 km
41. Turn left onto Pier Road 601 m
42. Continue onto Ontoft Road 113 m
43. Turn right onto Cromarty Square 63 m
44. Continue onto Saint Margaret's Road, B9043 531 m
45. Turn left onto A961 21.69 km
46. Turn right onto Holm Road, A961 579 m
47. Turn left onto Bignold Park Road, A960 862 m
48. Arrive at destination 0 m
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Information about Stations

All station in Edinburgh (United Kingdom/City of Edinburgh)
South Gyle Edinburgh StationKingsknowe Edinburgh StationSlateford Edinburgh StationWester Hailes Edinburgh StationHaymarket Edinburgh StationEdinburgh Waverley Edinburgh StationEdinburgh Airport Edinburgh
All station in Kirkwall (United Kingdom/Orkney Islands)
Kirkwall Airport Kirkwall
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