Travel to Brittany by Ferry
Travelling by ferry to Brittany has always been a very popular choice. If you are travelling from the UK or Ireland, you have a wide range of ferries crossings to St Malo and Roscoff on the northern coast of Brittany and the nearby Normandy harbour of Cherbourg. We have listed below all the ferry companies with respective departure and arrivals ports with approximate crossing times for your convenience.
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Ferry Crossings to Brittany Ports
FERRY CROSSING | CROSSING TIME | FERRY COMPANY |
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Poole to Cherbourg* | 2 hrs 15mins high speed, 4 hrs 15 mins normal |
Brittany Ferries |
Portsmouth to Cherbourg* | 3 hrs daytime | Brittany Ferries |
Portsmouth to Cherbourg* | 5 hrs 30 mins | Condor Ferries |
Rosslare to Cherbourg* | 17 hrs | Irish Ferries |
Rosslare to Cherbourg* | 18.5 hrs | Celtic Link Ferries |
Portsmouth to St Malo | 9 hrs daytime | Brittany Ferries |
Poole to St Malo | 4 hrs 35 mins | Condor Ferries |
Weymouth to St Malo | 8 hrs 15 mins | Condor Ferries |
Cork to Roscoff | 14 hrs | Brittany Ferries |
Plymouth to Roscoff | 6 hrs daytime | Brittany Ferries |
Rosslare to Roscoff | 17 hrs | Irish Ferries |
* Although technically not in Brittany, Cherbourg was included for its proximity and popularity with Brittany's travellers.
You can, of course, arrive at other French ports on the Northern coast, which will require some driving to reach your final destination but you can usually get some cheaper crossings and if you do not enjoy sea crossings, you always have the choice of the Eurotunnel with the shortest crossing of all.
Ferry crossings to northern French coast Ports
FERRY CROSSING | CROSSING TIME | FERRY COMPANY/EUROTUNNEL |
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Dover to Dunkirk | 1 hr 45 mins | Norfolkline |
Dover to Calais | 1 hr 30 mins | Seafrance |
Dover to Calais | 1 hr 30 mins | PO Ferries |
Folkestone to Calais | 30 mins | EUROTUNNEL |
Dover to Boulogne | 1 hrs 45 mins | LD Lines |
Newhaven to Dieppe | 4 hrs | LD Lines |
Portsmouth to Le Havre | 5 hrs 30 mins | LD Lines |
Rosslare to Le Havre | 21 hrs | LD Lines |
Portsmouth to Caen | 6 hrs daytime | Brittany Ferries |
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