Cross–Channel services
Check before you travel
Passengers intending to use cross-Channel services are advised to:
- check availability
- book ahead
- plan your journey
Select the port on the interactive map for more information.
Roscoff
To UK port: Plymouth
Crossing time: 6 hours
To ROI port: Rosslare
Crossing time: 19 hours
To ROI port: Cork
Crossing time: 14 hours
Operator: Brittany Ferries and Irish Ferries
Cherbourg
To UK port: Poole
Crossing time: 4 hours and 30 minutes
To UK port: Portsmouth
Crossing time: 3 hours
To ROI port: Rosslare
Crossing time: 15 hours
To ROI port: Dublin
Crossing time: 15 hours
Operator: Brittany Ferries, Condor and Irish Ferries
Santander
To UK port: Portsmouth
Crossing time: 24 hours
To UK port: Plymouth
Crossing time: 24 hours
Operator: Brittany Ferries
Calais (Coquelles)
To UK port: Dover (Folkestone)
Crossing time: 90 minutes by ferry and 35 minutes by Eurotunnel
Operator: DFDS Seaways, Eurotunnel and P&O ferries
Dover (Folkestone)
To French port: Calais (Coquelles)
Crossing time: 90 minutes by ferry and 35 minutes by Eurotunnel
To French port: Dunkirk
Crossing time: 2 hours
Operator: DFDS Seaways, Eurotunnel and P&O ferries
Portsmouth
To French port: Le Havre
Crossing time: 10 hours
To French port: Caen
Crossing time: 6 hours
To French port: Cherbourg
Crossing time: 3 hours
To French port: St.Malo
Crossing time: 11 hours
To Spanish port: Bilbao
Crossing time: 24 hours
To Spanish port: Santander
Crossing time: 24 hours
Operator: Brittany Ferries and Condor
Plymouth
To French port: Roscoff
Crossing time: 6 hours
To Spanish port: Santander
Crossing time: 24 hours
Operator: Brittany Ferries
Rosslare (Republic of Ireland)
To French port: Roscoff
Crossing time: 19 hours
To French port: Cherbourg
Crossing time: 15 hours
Operator: Irish Ferries
Hull
To Belgian port: Zeebrugge
Crossing time: 14 hours 30 minutes
To Dutch port: Rotterdam
Crossing time: 12 hours
Operator: P&O ferries
Poole
To French port: Cherbourg
Crossing time: 4 hours and 30 minutes
Operator: Brittany Ferries and Condor
Dublin (Republic of Ireland)
To French port: Cherbourg
Crossing time: 15 hours
Operator: Irish Ferries
Cork (Republic of Ireland)
To French port: Roscoff
Crossing time: 14 hours
Operator: Brittany Ferries
Times listed are the minimum shortest crossing times. Not every ferry that departs from these ports completes its journey in that time. For example overnight ferries are deliberately longer.
Not all routes have a daily service. In addition, not all routes are listed – in particular routes to Spain and seasonal routes
