Torquay to Swansea ferry

Ferries from Torquay to Swansea start at €14.09 and take 6h 14m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Torquay to Swansea starts at €14.09 and takes 6h 14m door to door, run by 1 operator over 139 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked 15 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 14mDoor to door
  • 4h 44mMoving
  • €14.09 to €25.09From
  • 06:26 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 16.0 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.

€14.09 to €25.09 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

  1. about €25.09Wed16
  2. about €24.54Thu17
  3. about €21.79Fri18
  4. about €21.79Sat19
  5. about €20.69Sun20
  6. about €16.84Mon21
  7. about €16.84Tue22
  8. about €14.09Wed23
  9. about €14.64Thu24
  10. about €18.49Fri25
  11. about €17.94Sat26
  12. about €14.64Sun27
  13. about €15.19Mon28
  14. about €14.09Tue29

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Cheapest€11.88
  1. Brittany Ferries BF560506:264h 44m11:10Shaldon Ferry LandingTawe River Cruises

Door to door 6h 14mCO2 16.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Lowest CO2€21.77
  1. Brittany Ferries BF621507:304h 15m11:45Shaldon Ferry LandingCardiff Sailing Centre Pontoons
  2. Arriva Cross Country AC673713:1332m13:45Cardiff CentralSwansea railway station

Changes at Cardiff, with 88 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 7h 22mCO2 15.9 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Brittany Ferries€11.885h 45m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets
  • Brittany Ferries

The ferry gets you into Swansea. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Swansea for the night the ferry gets in

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Booking window

When to book Torquay to Swansea

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €12.4490 days
  2. €12.4460 days
  3. €11.8945 days
  4. €12.9930 days
  5. €11.8821 days
  6. €14.0914 days
  7. €16.847 days
  8. €21.793 days
  9. €25.091 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 111 percent. The dearest point is €25.09, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €14.64Sun
  2. €15.19Mon
  3. €14.09Tue
  4. €14.09Wed
  5. €14.64Thu
  6. €18.49Fri
  7. €17.94Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Torquay

Ferry
  • Shaldon Ferry Landing
  • Teignmouth Ferry Landing

Swansea

Ferry
  • Tawe River Cruises
The journey

What the journey actually 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 139 km against 132 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 Exeter, Exmouth, Bideford, Cardiff. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Torquay 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 Torquay to Swansea

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 Torquay to Swansea take?

The Ferry from Torquay to Swansea takes 6h 14m door to door, of which 4h 44m is spent moving. The route runs 139 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 Torquay to Swansea cost?

The Ferry from Torquay to Swansea starts at €14.09 for one passenger, as of 15 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 Torquay to Swansea?

1 operators run the Ferry from Torquay to Swansea: 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 Torquay to Swansea use?

The Ferry from Torquay to Swansea leaves from Shaldon Ferry Landing and arrives at Tawe River Cruises. 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 Torquay to Swansea?

Fares for the Ferry from Torquay to Swansea bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 111 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Torquay to Swansea produce?

The Ferry from Torquay to Swansea produces about 16.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 139 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 Torquay to Swansea?

Operators on the Ferry from Torquay to Swansea publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 14m 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 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.

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 Torquay to Swansea on 15 September 2026: 139 km of route against 132 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €14.09, and 6h 14m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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