--- title: "Prestwick South Ayrshire to Polmont – 4 ways by car, bus, train | Mixroutes" description: "Prestwick South Ayrshire to Polmont is 79 km. Fastest: drive in 1h 25m. Cheapest: drive from £9. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/prestwick-south-ayrshire-to-polmont" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/prestwick-south-ayrshire-to-polmont.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Prestwick South Ayrshire to Polmont [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Prestwick+South+Ayrshire&to=Polmont) [Polmont to Prestwick South Ayrshire](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/polmont-to-prestwick-south-ayrshire) **Fastest:** 1h 25m\ by car, door to door\ **Cheapest:** £9\ by car\ **Distance:** 79 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 3\ 3 ways, Wed 28 Oct\ ## 3 ways to travel 79 km apart. Times are the timetables for Wed 28 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best 25 min quicker than the bus and £83 cheaper. - [**Drive** best fastest cheapest 1h 25m£9–12 Estimated 101 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Prestwick+South+Ayrshire&to=Polmont) - [**Bus** 1h 51m£74–117 Estimated 3 departures · Stagecoach West Scotland](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Prestwick+South+Ayrshire&to=Polmont) - [**Taxi** 1h 25m£140–200 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Prestwick+South+Ayrshire&to=Polmont) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, search by Photon](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from United Kingdom; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Exercise increased caution in United Kingdom** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.gbr.html) Travel advice: US State Department. ## Departures today 1. [08:10 → 10:09 1h 59m · 1 change · Stagecoach West Scotland X77£74–113](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Prestwick+South+Ayrshire&to=Polmont&date=2026-10-28&time=08%3A00&it=t1) 2. [08:10 → 10:02 1h 52m · 2 changes · Stagecoach West Scotland X77£78–117](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Prestwick+South+Ayrshire&to=Polmont&date=2026-10-28&time=08%3A00&it=t2) 3. [08:28 → 10:19 1h 51m · 2 changes · Stagecoach West Scotland X77£78–117](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Prestwick+South+Ayrshire&to=Polmont&date=2026-10-28&time=08%3A00&it=t4) Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Prestwick South Ayrshire to Polmont? The fastest way is by car: about 1h 25m door to door. The straight-line distance is 79 km. What is the cheapest way from Prestwick South Ayrshire to Polmont? Drive is the cheapest, from £9. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How much is the bus from Prestwick South Ayrshire to Polmont? Buses take about 1h 51m and cost £74–117 depending on operator and seat type. 3 departures appear in today's timetable window. How far is Polmont from Prestwick South Ayrshire by road? About 101 km, roughly 1h 25m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around £9–12; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Buses - Stagecoach West Scotland - Ember - McGill's Bus Service - First Greater Glasgow Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Polmont Human settlement in Scotland Polmont is a village in the Falkirk council area of Central Scotland. It lies towards the east of the town of Falkirk, north of the Union Canal, which runs adjacent to the village. [The Polmont guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/polmont) Worth your time - Polmont Parish Church is Romanesque Within the churchyard is the ruin of its predecessor, built 1731-33. - Jupiter Urban Wildlife Centre It's free, but closed since Sept 2022. - Grangemouth Golf Course Parkland 18-hole course, 6432 yards off white tees, par 71. - Braes Golf Centre Manualrigg, Maddiston FK2 0lS (3 miles south of Polmont),. 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