Cheapest€11.88
- Brittany Ferries BF803906:313h 54m10:25Exeter QuayCity Cruises Poole
Door to door 5h 24mCO2 13.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Exeter to Poole ferry
Ferries from Exeter to Poole start at €11.88 and take 5h 24m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Exeter to Poole starts at €11.88 and takes 5h 24m door to door, run by 1 operator over 114 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 5h 24mDoor to door
- 3h 54mMoving
- €11.88From
- 13.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 21 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brittany Ferries | €11.88 | 5h 4m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
The ferry gets you into Poole. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to sleep in Poole
Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Exeter to Poole
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8921 days
- €11.8814 days
- €14.097 days
- €18.493 days
- €18.491 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 56 percent. The dearest point is €18.49, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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.
- €14.09Sun
- €11.88Mon
- €11.88Tue
- €11.89Wed
- €14.09Thu
- €12.99Fri
- €14.64Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Exeter
Ferry
- Exeter Quay
Poole
Ferry
- City Cruises Poole
- Poole Ferry Terminal
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 114 km against 109 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, Paignton, New Milton, Weymouth. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 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 Exeter at 06:31 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.
Ferries against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 38m | 54m | 44m | €17.39 | 3.8 kg | 1 |
| Ferry | 5h 24m | 3h 54m | 1h 30m | €11.88 | 13.1 kg | 5 |
Questions about Exeter to Poole
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 Exeter to Poole take?
The Ferry from Exeter to Poole takes 5h 24m door to door, of which 3h 54m is spent moving. The route runs 114 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 Exeter to Poole cost?
The Ferry from Exeter to Poole starts at €11.88 for one passenger, checked on 21 September 2026. A typical fare is €22.88. 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 Exeter to Poole?
1 operators run the Ferry from Exeter to Poole: 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 Exeter to Poole use?
The Ferry from Exeter to Poole leaves from Exeter Quay and arrives at City Cruises Poole. 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 Exeter to Poole?
Travelling from Exeter to Poole by Train costs €17.39 and takes 1h 38m door to door, against 5h 24m 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 Exeter to Poole?
Fares for the Ferry from Exeter to Poole bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 56 percent, measured on 21 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Exeter to Poole produce?
The Ferry from Exeter to Poole produces about 13.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 114 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 Exeter to Poole?
Operators on the Ferry from Exeter to Poole publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 24m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Exeter to Poole on 9 September 2026: 114 km of route against 109 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 5h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Things to do in Poole
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Poole, with free cancellation on most of it.
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