Cherbourg to Poole ferry times and today's sailings
Brittany Ferries · 4 h 30 min · 1 sailing today
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Scheduled
Tomorrow’s sailings
Today’s sailings
- Brittany Ferries
- Now ·
- Usual departure
- 18:15
- usual time
- Crossing time
- 4 h 30 min
- Sailings a week
- 7
Map
Punctuality: 0 sailings measured so far, 50 needed. How we measure
Operators on this route
| Operator | Sailings in the next 7 days | Crossing time |
|---|---|---|
| Brittany Ferries | 7 | 4 h 30 min |
Timetable
| Sun 25 Oct – Sat 31 Oct | 18:15 |
|---|
Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 25 Oct 2027.
Weather at sea
| Place | TodaySun 25 Oct | TomorrowMon 26 Oct |
|---|---|---|
| Cherbourg | ||
| Cherbourg | Wind from W 16–20 knBeaufort 4–5gusts 25 knwaves 1.4–1.8 m12 °C | Wind from SW 13–20 knBeaufort 4–5gusts 25 knwaves 0.6–1.3 m10–17 °Cprecipitation up to 0.6 mm/h |
| Poole | ||
| Poole | Wind from W 20–22 knBeaufort 5–6 · strong breezegusts 26 knwaves 1.5–1.6 m11 °C | Wind from SW 18–27 knBeaufort 5–6 · strong breezegusts 37 knwaves 1.4–2.1 m12–16 °Cprecipitation up to 1.5 mm/hvisibility down to 3.3 km |
Forecast issued 25 Oct, 13:00. It doesn’t tell whether a sailing will run: that is up to the operator.
Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). Licence: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Wind converted from m/s to knots and the Beaufort scale. Waves come from the nearest sea point of MET’s ocean model, which covers north-west Europe only; gusts only where MET forecasts them (the Nordic area).Weather data by Open-Meteo.com. Licence: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Models ECMWF IFS and ECMWF WAM (© ECMWF, CC BY 4.0), 9 km grid: wind in knots converted to the Beaufort scale, temperature at sea level, precipitation (rain, showers and snow) as the hourly total shown for the hour it falls in, waves and mean wave period from the model’s nearest sea point, visibility shown only below 5 km; nearby places in the same grid cell share the same figures.Daily lows and highs, and the hour with the most precipitation, worked out by ferrywhere. Each figure comes from MET Norway where MET forecasts it, otherwise from Open-Meteo.
Questions about this route
How many ferries are there from Cherbourg to Poole today?
There is 1 sailing today from Cherbourg to Poole, at 18:15.
How long is the ferry from Cherbourg to Poole?
The crossing takes 4 h 30 min.
Which ferry companies sail from Cherbourg to Poole?
The route is operated by Brittany Ferries.
What time is the first and last ferry from Cherbourg to Poole?
The ferry usually leaves at 18:15, local time in Cherbourg.
How often does the ferry from Cherbourg to Poole run?
7 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.
About this route
Brittany Ferries currently sails from Cherbourg to Poole once a day, every day. The ferry usually leaves at 18:15.
The crossing takes 4 h 30 min. The route links France and the UK, and Poole is one hour behind Cherbourg.
Barfleur and Brownsea Enterprise have sailed this route in the last 30 days. From Cherbourg, ferries also sail to Rosslare Harbour and Portsmouth. The return crossing from Poole to Cherbourg has the same number of sailings a week.
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Ports and ships
Ports
- Cherbourg: departures and arrivals todaydeparture port
- Poole: departures and arrivals todayarrival port
Ships on this route
Ships matched to sailings on this route in the last 30 days.
Related routes
Return crossing
- Poole → Cherbourg4 h 45 min
More ferries from Cherbourg
- Cherbourg → Rosslare Harbour19 h 30 min
- Cherbourg → Portsmouth5 h 45 min
Other Brittany Ferries routes
Sources and licences
- Source : transport.data.gouv.fr — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · Licence: Licence Ouverte 2.0Feed last read on 25 Oct 2026.
Timetable last changed on 22 Oct 2026.