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

Distance between Inverness and Kirkwall is 183 kilometers (113 miles).
Driving distance from Inverness to Kirkwall is 245 kilometers (152 miles)

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Routes from inverness-highland to kirkwall-orkney-islands

4 Ways from Inverness (United Kingdom/Highland) to Kirkwall (United Kingdom/Orkney Islands)

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Route instructions

1. Continue onto Queensgate 59 m
2. Turn sharp left onto Academy Street, B865 10 m
3. Turn right onto Strothers Lane 417 m
4. Turn right 39 m
5. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A82 572 m
6. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A82 722 m
7. Keep left onto A9 9.51 km
8. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto A9 10.52 km
9. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A9 13.27 km
10. Turn left 1.28 km
11. Turn right onto Scotsburn Road 15.54 km
12. Turn left onto A9 4.34 km
13. At roundabout, take exit 3 137 m
14. Turn slight left onto A9 51.39 km
15. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A9 28.26 km
16. Turn slight right onto A99 26.78 km
17. Continue onto Cliff Road, A99 211 m
18. At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A99 5.22 km
19. Turn right onto A99 16.30 km
20. Turn left 3.71 km
21. Turn right 848 m
22. Turn left 866 m
23. Turn left onto A836 1.74 km
24. Turn right onto Gills Pier Road 430 m
25. Keep right 28.71 km
26. Turn left onto Pier Road 601 m
27. Continue onto Ontoft Road 113 m
28. Turn right onto Cromarty Square 63 m
29. Continue onto Saint Margaret's Road, B9043 531 m
30. Turn left onto A961 21.69 km
31. Turn right onto Holm Road, A961 579 m
32. Turn left onto Bignold Park Road, A960 862 m
33. Arrive at destination 0 m
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Information about Stations

All station in Inverness (United Kingdom/Highland)
Inverness Airport Inverness
All station in Kirkwall (United Kingdom/Orkney Islands)
Kirkwall Airport Kirkwall