By Road
Nairn is on the A96 trunk road, 87 miles from
Aberdeen
and 16 miles from
Inverness
.
Direct Routes:
From
Glasgow
- take the M9 to
Perth
, continue on the A9 to
Inverness
then the A96 to Nairn - 168 miles
From Edinburgh - take the M9 to
Perth
, the A9 to
Inverness
and the A96 to Nairn - 154 miles.
From
Aberdeen
- take the A96 in the direction of
Inverness
- 87 miles.
Scenic Routes:
From
Perth
- Pitlochry, Braemar, Royal Deeside and over the Lecht to Grantown-on-Spey, then across Dava Moor and past mysterious Lochindorb to Nairn.
From
Aberdeen
- through Malt Whisky country – Aberlour and Craigellachie
From
Inverness
- through Strathnairn, visit the
village
of
Auldearn
and
Cawdor
Castle
.
Several coach operators run daily services throughout the
Highlands
. Buses run to Nairn from
Inverness
and
Aberdeen
. Several bus companies operate services to
Inverness
and
Aberdeen
from
Edinburgh
,
Glasgow
,
Dundee
and
Perth
.
Scottish Citylink - hourly daily service runs between
Aberdeen
and
Inverness
.
+44 (0) 870 550 50 50
For more info visit their website www.citylink.co.uk
National Express - service does not include Aberdeen-Inverness link.
+44 (0) 870 580 80 80
For more info visit their website www.nationalexpress.com
Stagecoach/Bluebird - frequent daily service to/from
Inverness
.
+44 (0) 1463 239292
For more information visit their website www.stagecoachgroup.com
Rapsons - run a tourist trail service from
Inverness
which takes in Nairnshire.
+44 (0) 1463 710555.
For more information visit their website www.rapsons.co.uk
Car Hire - Local and national hire car companies operate throughout the area:
Hertz
+44 (0) 870 84 84 848
For more info visit their website www.hertz.com
Avis
+44 (0) 870 66 60 100
For more info visit their website www.avis.com
Europcar
+44 ( 0) 870 60 75 000
For more info visit their website www.europcar.com
By Train
Trains run from
Inverness
and
Aberdeen
to Nairn. There are links from all major cities to
Inverness
and
Aberdeen
. Overnight sleepers are available from
London
to
Glasgow
,
Edinburgh
and
Inverness
.
GNER - links do not include Inverness-Aberdeen line.
+44(0) 845 7225225
For more info visit their website www.gner.co.uk
Scotrail -
Inverness
to
Aberdeen
10 trains per weekday, 5 at weekends.
+44(0) 845 7484950
For more info visit their website www.scotrail.co.uk
By Air
Inverness Airport is less than 15 minutes from Nairn and easily accessed from the A96. It offers scheduled daily flights to
Inverness
from London Luton, London Gatwick (four each way per day),
Manchester
,
Glasgow
and
Edinburgh
by Easyjet, British Airways and Eastern Airways. Flights to
Inverness
from the Western and Northern Isles are also scheduled daily.
Alternatively, you can fly into an international airport such as
Glasgow
,
Edinburgh
,
Prestwick
or
Aberdeen
and hire a car to enjoy the freedom and the scenery to the full.
Inverness Airport
+44 (0) 1667 464000
www.hial.co.uk
Easyjet Luton
+44(0) 870 6000000
www.easyjet.co.uk
Eastern Airways
+44 (0) 1652 680600
www.easternairways.com
British Airways
+44 (0) 845 773 3377
www.britishairways.com/travel/home/public/en_gb
Highland Airways
++44 (0) 1667 464141
www.highlandairways.co.uk
Edinburgh Airport
+44 (0) 131 333 1000
www.baa.co.uk
Glasgow Airport
+44 (0) 141 887 1111
www.baa.co.uk
London
Gatwick
Airport
+44(0) 08457 733377
www.baa.co.uk