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Poole to Cherbourg ferry times and today's sailings

Brittany Ferries · 4 h 45 min · 1 sailing today

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Tomorrow’s sailings

  1. Brittany FerriesScheduled

Today’s sailings

  1. Brittany FerriesArrived, estimated
  2. Now ·

Usual departure
08:30
usual time
Crossing time
4 h 45 min
Sailings a week
7

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PooleCherbourg

Punctuality: 2 sailings measured so far, 50 needed. How we measure

Operators on this route

OperatorSailings in the next 7 daysCrossing time
Brittany Ferries74 h 45 min

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in Poole
Sun 25 Oct – Sat 31 Oct08:30

Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 25 Oct 2027.

Weather at sea

PlaceTodaySun 25 OctTomorrowMon 26 Oct
Poole
PooleWind from W 21 knBeaufort 5gusts 23 knwaves 1.5 m11 °CWind from SW 16–27 knBeaufort 4–6 · strong breezegusts 39 knwaves 1.4–2.1 m11–16 °Cprecipitation up to 1.2 mm/hvisibility down to 3.6 km
Cherbourg
CherbourgWind from W 16–18 knBeaufort 4–5gusts 21 knwaves 1.4–1.6 m12 °CWind from SW 13–20 knBeaufort 4–5gusts 26 knwaves 0.6–1.3 m10–17 °Cprecipitation up to 0.6 mm/hvisibility down to 4.0 km

Forecast issued 25 Oct, 15:08. 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 Poole to Cherbourg today?

There is 1 sailing today from Poole to Cherbourg, at 08:30.

How long is the ferry from Poole to Cherbourg?

The crossing takes 4 h 45 min.

Which ferry companies sail from Poole to Cherbourg?

The route is operated by Brittany Ferries.

What time is the first and last ferry from Poole to Cherbourg?

The ferry usually leaves at 08:30, local time in Poole.

How often does the ferry from Poole to Cherbourg run?

7 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

Brittany Ferries currently sails from Poole to Cherbourg once a day, every day. The ferry usually leaves at 08:30.

The crossing takes 4 h 45 min. The route links the UK and France, and Cherbourg is one hour ahead of Poole.

Barfleur has sailed this route in the last 30 days. Cherbourg can also be reached by ferry from Rosslare Harbour and Portsmouth. The return crossing from Cherbourg to Poole has the same number of sailings a week.

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Ships on this route

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Sources and licences

Timetable last changed on 22 Oct 2026.