JOGLPJohn o' Groats → Lizard PointPlan your stagesDE

Route overview

Getting there and back

Getting there and back

Timetables change – please check with the operators before you travel. Researched: 2026-11.

Getting to John o' Groats

Fly to Inverness, bus X99 to Wick, then on to John o' Groats how we did it

  1. ✈Fly to Inverness (INV); airport bus to the city bus station
  2. 🚌Stagecoach X99 Inverness → Wick (approx. 3 h); the X99 runs 3× daily Mon–Fri, 2× Sat, 1× Sun
  3. 🚌Wick → John o' Groats on bus 77 (approx. 30 min)

Book in advance! Our first bus from Inverness was full – most seats were reserved and only a few were available without a booking. We only got on the next bus; otherwise we would have needed a night in Inverness.

Few buses per day and only one on Sundays – match your flight to the X99 and allow a buffer.

Variant – X99 to Thurso

  1. 🚌Stay on the X99 to Thurso, then bus 80 to John o' Groats (approx. 1 h, via Dunnet Head, the most northerly point of the mainland)

Alternative – train from Inverness (Far North Line)

  1. 🚆ScotRail Inverness → Wick or Thurso (approx. 4 h, very scenic); seat reservations available
  2. 🚌then bus 77 (from Wick) or 80 (from Thurso) to John o' Groats

Alternative – sleeper from London

  1. 🚆Caledonian Sleeper London Euston → Inverness, then as above

Getting home from Lizard Point

Bus to Redruth, train to Exeter, fly from Exeter how we did it

  1. 🥾Lizard Point → The Lizard (village), approx. 1.5 km
  2. 🚌Bus The Lizard → Helston → Redruth (station); route numbers and operators changed in 2025/26 – check Transport for Cornwall
  3. 🚆GWR Redruth → Exeter St Davids (main line towards London)
  4. ✈Fly from Exeter (EXT) – it had the best connections for us

Buses on the Lizard peninsula are infrequent, especially on Sundays – plan your bus, train and flight together.

Alternative – fly from Newquay

  1. 🚌Bus to Redruth or Truro, then train/bus to Newquay (NQY)
  2. ✈Closest to the route but only a few routes – none suited us.

Alternative – fly from Bristol

  1. 🚆GWR from Redruth to Bristol Temple Meads (same main line, beyond Exeter)
  2. ✈Fly from Bristol (BRS) – usually more choice; airport bus from the station

Alternative – train to London

  1. 🚆GWR from Redruth, Truro or Penzance to London Paddington – or the Night Riviera sleeper (Penzance → London, reservation required)