Bristol to London ferry
Ferries from Bristol to London start at €14.64 and take 6h 50m at their fastest.
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The Ferries from Bristol to London starts at €14.64 and takes 6h 50m door to door, run by 1 operator over 171 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 6h 50mDoor to door
- 5h 20mMoving
- €14.64 to €32.79From
- 06:26 to 07:30First and last departure
- 2Per day
- 19.7 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€14.64 to €32.79 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €28.94Tue15
- about €23.44Wed16
- about €32.79Thu17
- about €19.59Fri18
- about €21.24Sat19
- about €21.79Sun20
- about €23.44Mon21
- about €17.39Tue22
- about €14.64Wed23
- about €23.99Thu24
- about €21.79Fri25
- about €18.49Sat26
- about €16.29Sun27
- about €18.49Mon28
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Ferry operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brittany Ferries | €11.88 | 6h 42m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
The ferry gets you into London. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in London for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Bristol to London
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.1890 days
- €11.7360 days
- €11.8945 days
- €10.0830 days
- €10.6321 days
- €15.0314 days
- €15.587 days
- €21.083 days
- €23.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 136 percent. The dearest point is €23.83, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €15.03Sun
- €15.03Mon
- €12.83Tue
- €14.64Wed
- €16.13Thu
- €16.13Fri
- €15.58Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Bristol
- Bristol Marina
- Bristol Packet Office
London
- London Bridge City Pier
- London Eye - Waterloo Pier
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 171 km against 171 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Slough, Swindon, Hounslow, Reading. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Bristol at 06:26 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Ferries against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 58m | 1h 14m | 44m | €25.64 | 5.6 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 3h 2m | 2h 18m | 44m | €12.83 | 4.6 kg | 1 |
| Flight | 3h 49m | 39m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 43.3 kg | 1 |
| Ferry | 6h 50m | 5h 20m | 1h 30m | €14.64 | 19.7 kg | 2 |
Questions about Bristol to London
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Ferry from Bristol to London take?
The Ferry from Bristol to London takes 6h 50m door to door, of which 5h 20m is spent moving. The route runs 171 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Ferry from Bristol to London cost?
The Ferry from Bristol to London starts at €14.64 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €16.83. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Ferry from Bristol to London?
1 operators run the Ferry from Bristol to London: Brittany Ferries. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Ferry from Bristol to London use?
The Ferry from Bristol to London leaves from Bristol Marina and arrives at London Bridge City Pier. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Ferry the best way from Bristol to London?
Travelling from Bristol to London by Coach costs €12.83 and takes 3h 2m door to door, against 6h 50m by Ferry. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Ferry from Bristol to London?
Fares for the Ferry from Bristol to London bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.08. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 136 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Bristol to London produce?
The Ferry from Bristol to London produces about 19.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 171 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Ferry from Bristol to London?
Operators on the Ferry from Bristol to London publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 50m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Bristol to London on 14 September 2026: 171 km of route against 171 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €14.64, and 6h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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