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Ferries between the UK and France: every route, both ways

15 routes · 10 ports · 2 operators

Today on these routes

3 of 3 routes with delays or cancellations

Key
  • Normal service
  • Be aware
  • Disruptions
  • Cancelled

Live data today on 3 of 13 routes with sailings; for the others we only have the published timetable.

Routes

United Kingdom – France: ferries in figures

The 15 routes listed here are run by 2 operators; those with the most routes are Brittany Ferries (13) and Transmanche Ferries (2). Over the next 7 days the timetables list 127 sailings on these routes; the ports with the most departures are Portsmouth (36), Caen-Ouistreham (20) and Dieppe (13).

8 of the routes run United Kingdom → France and 7 run France → United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom, the routes use 4 ports (Portsmouth, Plymouth, Newhaven and Poole); in France, 6 ports (Cherbourg, Saint-Malo, Caen-Ouistreham and 3 more). By timetable, the shortest crossing is Dieppe → Newhaven (4 h) and the longest Plymouth → Saint-Malo (13 h 15 min).

Ships at sea now

18 ships at sea
Map with 10 ports and 18 ships at sea

Coastline: Natural Earth

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Sources

Timetables come from official open data:

  • Source : transport.data.gouv.fr — Licence Ouverte 2.0 (licence)

Methodology & sources