Kirkwall → Lerwick
Kirkwall to Lerwick by ferry
A direct ferry runs from Kirkwall to Lerwick, scheduled from 8 h 30 min, with 4 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one sailing, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 8 h 30 min
- Departures in a timetable week
- 4
- Operator
- Northlink Ferries
- Stations
- Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal → Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal
- Straight-line distance
- 166 km
- From the operator's published timetable, valid to 7 Dec 2027. The departure count is for one week of that timetable (the week it was read, early October 2026) and counts every direct departure from Kirkwall to Lerwick; it is not a daily figure.
- The stations shown are the pair used by the most departures; other stations in either place may also be served.
- Source: Open timetable data (GTFS): UK BODS (bus/coach, all operators). How Head Your Way works.
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Direct connections from Lerwick
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Airports: Lerwick / Tingwall Airport (LWK) · Ports: Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal; Lerwick
Journeys through Lerwick
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Cruise itineraries call at Lerwick and then at: Amsterdam, Liverpool, Reykjavík, Douglas, Akureyri, Tórshavn, Stornoway, Kirkwall, Invergordon, Zeebrugge, Nordfjordeid, Við Sjógv, Eidfjord, Fairisle. A cruise is an itinerary sold as a whole; it is not transport between two ports.