Cheapest€17.94
- Brittany Ferries BF402206:216h 30m12:51Town QuayMudeford Ferry
Door to door 8hCO2 25.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
St Austell to Bournemouth ferry
Ferries from St Austell to Bournemouth start at €20.14 and take 8h at their fastest.
The Ferries from St Austell to Bournemouth starts at €20.14 and takes 8h door to door, run by 1 operator over 219 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 8hDoor to door
- 6h 30mMoving
- €20.14From
- 25.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€32.78
- Brittany Ferries BF348307:301h 47m09:17Town QuayPlymouth Millbay
- Great Western Railway GW454010:051h 21m11:26PlymouthBournemouth railway station
Changes at Plymouth, with 48 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 5h 3mCO2 11.1 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
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 | €17.94 | 8h | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
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When to book St Austell to Bournemouth
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €22.3390 days
- €15.1960 days
- €14.0945 days
- €11.8930 days
- €20.1421 days
- €22.3314 days
- €23.447 days
- €24.543 days
- €32.791 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €11.89.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 176 percent. The dearest point is €32.79, 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.
- €25.08Sun
- €20.69Mon
- €20.14Tue
- €21.24Wed
- €21.79Thu
- €26.19Fri
- €22.33Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
St Austell
Ferry
- Town Quay
- Whitehouse Slip
Bournemouth
Ferry
- Mudeford Ferry
- Hengistbury Head
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
- 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 219 km against 209 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 Plymouth, Torquay, Paignton, Weymouth. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 St Austell at 06:21 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 St Austell to Bournemouth
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 St Austell to Bournemouth take?
The Ferry from St Austell to Bournemouth takes 8h door to door, of which 6h 30m is spent moving. The route runs 219 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 St Austell to Bournemouth cost?
The Ferry from St Austell to Bournemouth starts at €20.14 for one passenger, checked on 12 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 St Austell to Bournemouth?
1 operators run the Ferry from St Austell to Bournemouth: 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 St Austell to Bournemouth use?
The Ferry from St Austell to Bournemouth leaves from Town Quay and arrives at Mudeford Ferry. 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 St Austell to Bournemouth?
Fares for the Ferry from St Austell to Bournemouth bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €11.89. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 176 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from St Austell to Bournemouth produce?
The Ferry from St Austell to Bournemouth produces about 25.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 219 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 St Austell to Bournemouth?
Operators on the Ferry from St Austell to Bournemouth publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 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 St Austell to Bournemouth on 12 September 2026: 219 km of route against 209 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €20.14, and 8h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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