One passenger pays between $77.58 and $102.29, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 672 km and are run by 3 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 0 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 26, 2026
$77.58 to $102.29
- 158%Moves across the booking window
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about $155.04Thu8
- about $134.21Fri9
- about $123.80Sat10
- about $127.71Sun11
- about $96.46Mon12
- about $117.94Tue13
- about $101.01Wed14
- about $113.37Thu15
- about $102.96Fri16
- about $102.97Sat17
- about $86.05Sun18
- about $86.04Mon19
- about $80.19Tue20
- about $82.88Wed21
- about $100.36Thu22
- about $97.75Fri23
- about $105.57Sat24
- about $95.81Sun25
- about $77.58Mon26
- about $84.74Tue27
- about $78.89Wed28
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Poole. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A room in Poole for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Edinburgh to Poole
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- $60.0190 days
- $79.5460 days
- $87.9945 days
- $79.5430 days
- $78.8921 days
- $82.8814 days
- $101.017 days
- $123.803 days
- $155.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $60.01.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 158 percent. The most expensive point is $155.04, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Edinburgh to Poole and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
672 km
588 km as the crow flies, 14% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
514,990 → 151,500
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 672 km against 588 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Southampton, London. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Baggage storage near Poole railway station
Most of the points near Poole railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Edinburgh to Poole
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Edinburgh to Poole?
Edinburgh to Poole covers 672 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does it cost to travel from Edinburgh to Poole?
The cheapest fare from Edinburgh to Poole is $77.58, as of October 7, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $112.30. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Poole?
The cheapest way from Edinburgh to Poole is by flight, at $77.58 for one passenger on October 26, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Edinburgh to Poole?
Fares from Edinburgh to Poole bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $60.01. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 158 percent, measured on October 7, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Edinburgh to Poole?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Edinburgh to Poole, at $82.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 7, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Edinburgh to Poole?
March is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Edinburgh to Poole, at $65.22 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Edinburgh to Poole?
3 operators sell services from Edinburgh to Poole across 2 modes: Avanti West Coast, Great Western Railway, Loganair. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Edinburgh to Poole?
0 percent of the services we sell from Edinburgh to Poole are direct. The rest connect at Southampton, London, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Edinburgh to Poole produce?
Traveling from Edinburgh to Poole by train produces about 23.1 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 125.3 kg, roughly 5 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Edinburgh to Poole use?
Services from Edinburgh to Poole by flight leave from Edinburgh Airport EDI and arrive at Poole railway station. Allow about 1h 57m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Edinburgh to Poole?
2 of the 3 operators we sell from Edinburgh to Poole allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
Being on the water gives Poole a set of days out that do not start at a station.

Day trips out of Poole and across United Kingdom
Day trips that leave Poole in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Edinburgh reaches 68 places in 17 countries on services we hold, over distances from 50 to 11,093 km. Poole reaches 8 places in 2 countries, from 46 to 588 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Edinburgh
- 68Places you can leave for
- 17Countries
- 40Operators
Arriving in Poole
Leaving Poole
- 8Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 3Operators
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