Route from Bradford to Ayr

The distance between Bradford and Ayr is 198 miles. Travel time is 3 hours and 52 minutes.

From: Bradford, County: West Yorkshire, England
To: Ayr, County: South Ayrshire, Scotland
198 mi , 3 h 52 min
Tolls: 0£ Stations
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Route from Bradford to Ayr on map



Driving directions from Bradford to Ayr

198 mi 3 h 52 min
1.
Head northeast
81 ft
2.
Turn left onto Westgate (A6181)
160 ft
3.
Make a slight left
235 ft
4.
Continue onto Westgate (B6144)
969 ft
5.
Continue onto White Abbey Road (B6144)
0.3 mi
6.
Continue onto Whetley Hill (B6144)
0.3 mi
7.
Continue onto Toller Lane (B6144)
0.5 mi
8.
Turn right onto Toller Lane (B6144)
24 ft
9.
Turn left to stay on Toller Lane (B6144)
0.9 mi
10.
Keep right onto Bingley Road (B6269)
0.6 mi
11.
Continue onto Cottingley Cliffe Road (B6269)
0.8 mi
12.
Continue onto Bradford Old Road (B6146)
619 ft
13.
Continue onto Cottingley New Road (B6146)
0.3 mi
14.
Turn right onto Bradford Road (B6265)
801 ft
15.
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Sir Fred Hoyle Way (A650)
28 ft
16.
Exit the roundabout onto Sir Fred Hoyle Way (A650)
2.7 mi
17.
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Aire Valley Road (A650)
218 ft
18.
Exit the roundabout onto Aire Valley Road (A650)
1.5 mi
19.
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Aire Valley Road (A650)
238 ft
20.
Exit the roundabout onto Aire Valley Road (A650)
0.3 mi
21.
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Hard Ings Road (A650)
194 ft
22.
Exit the roundabout onto Hard Ings Road (A650)
0.4 mi
23.
Keep right onto A629
124 ft
24.
Keep left onto Aire Valley Bypass (A629)
2.4 mi
25.
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Aire Valley Bypass (A629)
145 ft
26.
Exit the roundabout onto Aire Valley Bypass (A629)
1.7 mi
27.
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Skipton Road (A629)
299 ft
28.
Exit the roundabout onto Skipton Road (A629)
1.4 mi
29.
Continue onto Keighley Road (A629)
1.2 mi
30.
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Rotary Way (A629)
77 ft
31.
Exit the roundabout onto Rotary Way (A629)
1.2 mi
32.
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Rotary Way (A629)
83 ft
33.
Exit the roundabout onto Rotary Way (A629)
1.2 mi
34.
Enter Gargrave Road Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Skipton Road (A65)
135 ft
35.
Exit the roundabout onto Skipton Road (A65)
3 mi
36.
Continue left onto High Street (A65)
677 ft
37.
Continue slightly right onto Skipton Road (A65)
5.1 mi
38.
Continue onto Main Road (A65)
1053 ft
39.
Continue onto Kendal Road (A65)
1.6 mi
40.
Continue onto Main Street (A65)
3 mi
41.
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto A65
73 ft
42.
Exit the roundabout onto A65
11.7 mi
43.
Keep right onto New Road (A65)
109 ft
44.
Keep right onto New Road (A65)
4.1 mi
45.
Turn right
581 ft
46.
Make a slight right onto Long Lane
0.9 mi
47.
Continue onto Wandales Lane
0.8 mi
48.
Go straight onto Bents Lane
896 ft
49.
Turn left onto Flush Brow
136 ft
50.
Turn right to stay on Flush Brow
762 ft
51.
Turn right onto A683
6.5 mi
52.
Go straight onto B6256
1.1 mi
53.
Turn left onto Scotch Jeans (A684)
2.1 mi
54.
Take the ramp towards M6: The North
0.3 mi
55.
Merge right onto M6
53.1 mi
56.
Continue onto A74(M)
0.5 mi
57.
Take the ramp on the left towards A75: South West Scotland
0.5 mi
58.
Keep right towards A75
725 ft
59.
Continue towards A75
21.1 mi
60.
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Dumfries Bypass (A75)
164 ft
61.
Exit the roundabout onto Dumfries Bypass (A75)
0.9 mi
62.
Enter Brownrigg Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Dumfries Bypass (A75)
263 ft
63.
Exit the roundabout onto Dumfries Bypass (A75)
1 mi
64.
Enter Bloomfield Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Dumfries Bypass (A75)
136 ft
65.
Exit the roundabout onto Dumfries Bypass (A75)
1.5 mi
66.
Enter Cuckoo Bridge Roundabout and take the 4th exit onto Dumfries Bypass (A75)
423 ft
67.
Exit the roundabout onto Dumfries Bypass (A75)
1.3 mi
68.
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Dumfries Bypass (A75)
138 ft
69.
Exit the roundabout onto Dumfries Bypass (A75)
0.4 mi
70.
Enter Garroch Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto The Glen Improvement (A75)
284 ft
71.
Exit the roundabout onto The Glen Improvement (A75)
2.6 mi
72.
Enter Drummore Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A75
146 ft
73.
Exit the roundabout onto A75
4.7 mi
74.
Turn right onto Maiden Row (A712)
5.2 mi
75.
Turn left onto A712
9.1 mi
76.
Turn right onto A713
2.5 mi
77.
Turn left onto Ayr Road (A713)
0.6 mi
78.
Make a slight left to stay on Ayr Road (A713)
18.4 mi
79.
Continue onto Bellsbank Road (A713)
716 ft
80.
Continue onto Ayr Road (A713)
4.7 mi
81.
Continue onto Doonview Terrace (A713)
468 ft
82.
Continue onto Ayr Road (A713)
7.6 mi
83.
Enter Bankfield Roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Dalmellington Road (A713)
408 ft
84.
Exit the roundabout onto Dalmellington Road (A713)
0.7 mi
85.
Continue straight onto Castlehill Road (A713)
0.6 mi
86.
Make a slight right onto Castlehill Road (A713)
890 ft
87.
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit onto Station Bridge (A70)
19 ft
88.
Exit the roundabout onto Station Bridge (A70)
402 ft
89.
Continue left onto Parkhouse Street (A70)
394 ft
90.
Keep right onto Parkhouse Street (A70)
51 ft
91.
Turn right onto Beresford Terrace (A70)
440 ft
92.
You have arrived at your destination, on the left
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What's the expense of traveling from Bradford to Ayr by car?

The trip fueled by petrol comes to £34.5. This calculation is based on a petrol price of 144 pence per liter and the car's consumption rate of 37.5 miles per gallon.

For those interested in carpooling, the cost per passenger decreases with more occupants. With two passengers, each person's share is £17.25 (£34.5/2). For three passengers, the cost per person reduces to £11.5 (£34.5/3), and with four passengers, it further decreases to £8.63 (£34.5/4).

To delve deeper into the calculation, let's examine how we arrive at the result:

Firstly, we determine the fuel required by dividing the distance by the car's fuel consumption rate. For a journey of 197.5 miles, this calculation involves multiplying 197.5 miles by 4.54609 (liters per gallon) and dividing by the car's consumption of 37.5 mpg, resulting in 23.9 liters of fuel needed.

Next, we calculate the fuel cost by multiplying the fuel needed by the price per liter. With 23.9 liters of fuel at 144 pence per liter, the total cost comes to £34.5.

In summary, the fuel cost for the trip from Bradford to Ayr amounts to £34.5.

Diesel cost from Bradford to Ayr.

The trip with diesel fuel costs 23.9 £ (167p/lt, 62.7 mpg).
For 2 passengers: 11.95 £ (23.9/2) /p.
For 3 passengers: 7.97 £ (23.9/3) /p.
For 4 passengers: 5.98 £ (23.9/4) /p.

When comparing diesel fuel and petrol (gasoline) fuel in terms of octane rating, there's a significant distinction:

  1. Petrol:

    • Petrol typically has an octane rating ranging from 87 to 95 in most markets.

    • Octane rating measures the fuel's resistance to premature detonation or knocking in spark-ignition engines.

    • Higher octane ratings are crucial for high-performance petrol engines with higher compression ratios or turbocharging, as they help prevent engine knocking and allow for more efficient combustion.

  2. Diesel Fuel:

    • Diesel fuel doesn't have an octane rating in the same sense as petrol because it's not used in spark-ignition engines.

    • Diesel engines rely on compression ignition rather than spark ignition, meaning the fuel-air mixture ignites spontaneously due to high pressure and temperature.

    • Therefore, diesel fuel is designed to ignite under the high compression conditions found in diesel engines, and its properties are optimized for this type of combustion rather than for octane rating.

In essence, while petrol relies on octane rating to ensure proper combustion in spark-ignition engines, diesel fuel is formulated to ignite under the high-pressure conditions of compression ignition in diesel engines, rendering octane rating irrelevant for diesel fuel.

 

 

 


 

Alternative routes from Bradford to Ayr

The second route from Bradford to the Ayr is 241.76 miles and takes 4 hours and 20 minutes.

The third route from Bradford to the Ayr is 198.63 miles and takes 4 hours and 20 minutes.

Which is the cheapest route from Bradford to Ayr by car?

The cheapest route from Bradford to Ayr is the first suggested route (198mi, 3h 52min) and costs 34.5 £ (petrol fuel cost, 144p/lt, 37.5mpg).

The second cheapest route from Bradford to Ayr is the third suggested route (199mi, 4h 20min) and costs 34.7 £.

The most expensive route from Bradford to Ayr is the second suggested route (242mi, 4h 20min) and costs 42.2 £.

For greater safety, the driver should choose the route that passes through the highway (median barrier) and not through smaller roads (curves in the road, bad road conditions, no median barrier).

How to get from Bradford to Ayr?

There are three suggested routes. The fastest route is 198mi (distance from Bradford to Ayr) and its duration is 3h 52min. The other route is 199mi, and its duration is 4h 20min. The slowest route is 242mi, and its duration is 4h 20min.

RouteCalculator provides you with the information to prepare your trip from Bradford to Ayr by car or motorbike. It offers you alternative road routes that you can follow to go from Bradford to Ayr. It provides driving directions from Bradford to Ayr, i.e. where to turn and when, distance of the Bradford - Ayr route, travel time, display of the route on the map, fuel cost (petrol, diesel) and toll (if exist) cost.

In case you share the journey (carpooling) from Bradford to Ayr with other people or friends, RouteCalculator provides the cost of the journey and the amount that each passenger will have to pay.

Where is Bradford located?

Bradford is located in West Yorkshire county and in England. It is situated at an altitude of 128 meters above sea level. Bradford has coordinates 53.7959840o,-1.7593980o. RouteCalculator provides a map of Bradford from which you can plan your trips to other UK cities.

What is the location of Ayr?

Ayr is located in South Ayrshire county and in Scotland. It is situated at an altitude of 12 meters above sea level. Ayr has coordinates 55.4585640o,-4.6291790o. RouteCalculator provides a map of Ayr from which you can plan your trips to other UK cities.