Cheapest€12.99
- Brittany Ferries BF185206:265h 30m11:56Christchurch QuayBrittany Ferries, Plymouth
Door to door 7hCO2 4.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Christchurch to Plymouth ferry
Ferries from Christchurch to Plymouth start at €12.99 and take 7h at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Christchurch to Plymouth on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Ferries from Christchurch to Plymouth starts at €12.99 and takes 7h door to door, run by 1 operator over 180 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 7hDoor to door
- 5h 30mMoving
- €17.39 to €28.94From
- 06:26 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 4.1 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.
€17.39 to €28.94 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
Departure times on this route
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Book your crossing
Brittany Ferries runs this service and does not sell it here. Direct Ferries takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Direct Ferries holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €28.94Mon21
- about €25.09Tue22
- about €26.19Wed23
- about €22.34Thu24
- about €28.39Fri25
- about €27.83Sat26
- about €22.34Sun27
- about €19.59Mon28
- about €17.39Tue29
- about €20.69Wed30
- about €20.69Thu1
- about €19.59Fri2
- about €19.59Sat3
- about €19.59Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Ferry operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brittany Ferries | €12.99 | 6h 54m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
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When to book Christchurch to Plymouth
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €18.4990 days
- €15.1960 days
- €11.8945 days
- €11.8830 days
- €13.5421 days
- €19.5914 days
- €22.347 days
- €26.193 days
- €28.941 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 144 percent. The dearest point is €28.94, 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.
- €19.59Sun
- €19.59Mon
- €17.39Tue
- €20.69Wed
- €20.69Thu
- €19.59Fri
- €19.59Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Christchurch
Ferry
- Christchurch Quay
- Tuckton Tea Gardens
Plymouth
Ferry
- Brittany Ferries, Plymouth
- PLYMOUTH
- Plymouth Millbay
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 180 km against 172 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Torquay, Weymouth, Paignton, Exmouth. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Christchurch at 06:26 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Christchurch to Plymouth
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 Christchurch to Plymouth take?
The Ferry from Christchurch to Plymouth takes 7h door to door, of which 5h 30m is spent moving. The route runs 180 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 Christchurch to Plymouth cost?
The Ferry from Christchurch to Plymouth starts at €12.99 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €21.77. 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 Christchurch to Plymouth?
1 operators run the Ferry from Christchurch to Plymouth: Brittany Ferries. Between them they file around 5 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 Christchurch to Plymouth use?
The Ferry from Christchurch to Plymouth leaves from Christchurch Quay and arrives at Brittany Ferries, Plymouth. 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.
When should I book the Ferry from Christchurch to Plymouth?
Fares for the Ferry from Christchurch to Plymouth bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 144 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Christchurch to Plymouth produce?
The Ferry from Christchurch to Plymouth produces about 4.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 180 km, which works out at roughly 23 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 Christchurch to Plymouth?
Operators on the Ferry from Christchurch to Plymouth publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 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.
Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Christchurch to Plymouth on 20 September 2026: 180 km of route against 172 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €12.99, and 7h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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