Where is Plymouth?

How to find us

Plymouth is located in the South West of the UK between Dartmoor National Park and the sea and is the largest city in the region. It is serviced by all major transport services with its own railway station and bus station close to the city centre and University campus, and an airport situated just 20 minutes away by car. Plymouth is also easily accessible by road following the M5 motorway and continuing on the A38 Expressway at Exeter.

Distances and journey times

Distances and approximate journey times from some of the major towns, cities and UK international airports can be found on this page.

Airport	Approx kilometres	Approx travel time by car	Approx travel time by train	Approx travel time by coach	Approx travel time by air
Stansted	456	5 hrs	5 hrs 10 mins	7 hrs 30 mins
Gatwick	362	4 hrs 15 mins	4 hrs 20 mins	6 hrs 30 mins	1 hr 45 mins
Heathrow	362	3 hrs 53 mins	4 hrs	4 hrs 35 mins
Bristol	176	2 hrs 05 mins	2 hrs 50 mins	4 hrs	35 mins
Dublin	715				1 hr 45 mins
Cork	707				1 hr 35 mins
St Helier	347				45 mins

Town/City	Approx kilometres	Approx travel time by car	Approx travel time by train	Approx travel time by coach	Approx travel time by air
Edinburgh	784	8 hrs 30 mins	8 hrs	14 hrs
Glasgow	782	8 hrs	8 hrs 10 mins	12 hrs 45 mins	2 hrs 20 mins
Leeds	519	5 hrs 30 mins	5 hrs 40 mins	9 hrs 35 mins	2 hrs
Sheffield	471	5 hrs	5 hrs	8 hrs 40 mins
Manchester	454	5 hrs	5 hrs 25 mins	9 hrs	2 hrs
London	383	4 hrs 30 mins	3 hrs 30 mins	6 hrs
Brighton	345	4 hrs 30 mins	5 hrs	8 hrs
Birmingham	330	3 hrs 30 mins	3 hrs 40 mins	5 hrs 40 mins
Portsmouth	275	3 hrs 30 mins	4 hrs 30 mins	7 hrs 30 mins
Southampton	245	3 hrs 15 mins	3 hrs 40 mins	6 hrs 30 mins
Cardiff	245	2 hrs 45 mins	3 hrs 20 mins	4 hrs
Bristol	188	2 hrs 15 mins	2 hrs 20 mins	3 hrs 05 mins	35 mins

Sources:

Distance and travel time by car - The AA
Travel time by train - National Rail
Travel time by coach - National Express
Travel time by air - Air Southwest