ROUTE CHOICES AND FERRY OPERATORS:-

SPAIN: Plymouth-Santander or Portsmouth-Bilbao (1 or 2 nights crossings). Brittany Ferries 2007 schedule (pdf file)

depart
arrive
sat
sun
mon
tues
wed
thur
fri
crossing
Operator
Plymouth
Santander
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4.00pm
sail
12.30pm arrive
12.30pm sail
9.00am arrive
18 hrs
Brittany Ferries
Santander
Plymouth
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3.30pm sail
10.30am arrive
1.00pm sail
9.30am arrive
18 hrs
Portsmouth
Bilbao
*8.45pm
sail
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*8.45am arrive
*8.45pm sail
>>>
*8.45am arrive
36 hrs
P & O Ferries
* these days do vary
Bilbao
Portsmouth
*1.15pm sail
*9.15pm arrive
*1.15pm sail
*9.15pm arrive
29 hrs

FRANCE: Look out for significantly lower prices on P&O and Hoverspeed

depart
arrive
sailings
crossing
Operator
Portsmouth
Caen
daily - 8.00 am, 3.15 pm, 10.30 pm
6 hrs
Brittany Ferries
Caen
Portsmouth
daily - 9.00 am, 4.15 pm, 11.30 pm
Portsmouth
Le Havre
daily - 7.30 am, 3.00 pm, 10.30 pm
5.5 hrs
P & O Ferries
Le Havre
Portsmouth
daily - 8.30 am, 3.50 pm, 11.30 pm
Portsmouth
St Malo
daily - 8.30 pm
9 hrs
Brittany Ferries
St Malo
Portsmouth
daily - 10.45 am
Portsmouth
Cherbourg
daily - 12.00 noon, 8.00 pm, 11.45 pm
4.8 hrs
P O Ferries
Cherbourg
Portsmouth
daily -7.15 am, 6.45 pm (plus 1.00 pm Sats)
Poole
Cherbourg
daily - 12.30 pm, 11.45 pm (with exceptions)
4.2 hrs
Brittany Ferries
Cherbourg
Poole
daily - 9.00 am, 7.00 pm (with exceptions)
Portsmouth
Cherbourg
daily - 7.15 am, 2.45 pm, 10.15 pm (High Speed Service)
2.8 hrs
P O Ferries
Cherbourg
Portsmouth
daily - 2.30 am, 12.00 noon, 7.45 pm (High Speed Service)
Plymouth
Roscoff
daily - 8.00 am, 3.00 pm, 11.00 pm (with exceptions)
6.5 hrs
Brittany Ferries
Roscoff
Plymouth
daily - 8.30 am, 4.30 pm, 11.30 pm (with exceptions)
Poole
Cherbourg
daily - 7.30 am (High Speed Service)
130 min
Brittany Ferries
Cherbourg
Poole
daily - 11.30 am (High Speed Service)
Dover
Calais
daily - approximately every hour
75 min
P O Ferries
Dover
Calais
daily - approximately every hour
90 min
Sea France
Dover
Calais
daily - every hour
60 min
Hoverspeed
Folkstone
Calais/Coq
daily - up to four per hour - 24 hours per day
35 min
EuroTunnel
Newhaven
Dieppe
daily - 07.40 am & 2.00 pm out -11.45 am & 6.45 pm back
120 min
Hoverspeed

IRELAND:

depart
arrive
sailings
crossing
Operator
Pembroke
Dublin
Irish Ferries
Pembroke
Rosslare
Irish Ferries
Liverpool
Dublin
P&O Irish Sea
Cherbourg
Dublin
P&O Irish Sea
Roscoff
Cork
11 hrs
Brittany Ferries
Cherbourg
Rosslare
P&O Irish Sea
Fishguard
Rosslare
 
Stena Line
Holyhead
Dublin
Stena Line
Stranraer
Belfast
Stena Line

NORWAY SWEDEN DENMARK HOLLAND BELGIUM

depart
arrive
departure times
return times
crossing
Operator
Newcastle UK
Kristiansand Norway
DFDS Seaways
Newcastle UK
Gothenburg Sweden
DFDS Seaways
Newcastle
IJmuiden Holland
DFDS Seaways
Harwich
Esberg Denmark
DFDS Seaways
Harwich
Hamburg Germany
DFDS Seaways
Hull

Rotterdam Holland

daily - 9.00 pm
daily - 9.00 pm
10 hr
P&O Ferries
Hull
Zeebrugge Belgium
daily - 7.00 pm
daily - 7.00 pm
12.5 hr
P&O Ferries
Harwich
Hook Holland
Stena Line
Rosyth
Zeebrugge Belgium
18:00
17:00
17.5 hr
Superfast Ferries