Barking to Exeter

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Barking to Exeter. From €22.34, fastest 9h 44m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Travelling from Barking to Exeter costs €22.34 at the cheapest and takes 9h 44m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 281 km. Cheapest is by Ferry, fastest is by Ferry.

Checked 9 September 2026Priced for 23 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
281 km
Fastest
9h 44m
Average
10h 22m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€22.34
CO2 per passenger
32.3 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on 23 September 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Ferry10h 40m9h 10m1h 30m€22.3432.3 kg5
  • 10h 40mFastest, by Ferry
  • €22.34Cheapest, by Ferry
  • 32.3 kgLowest CO2, by Ferry
  • 281 kmDistance travelled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 23 September 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€22.34
  1. Brittany Ferries BF943206:229h 10m15:32Barking RiversideExeter Quay

Door to door 10h 40mCO2 32.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Lowest CO2€32.23
  1. Brittany Ferries BF898807:301h 40m09:10Barking RiversideThe Little Green Boat Company - Staines
  2. Brittany Ferries BF862010:107h 28m17:38The Little Green Boat Company - StainesExeter Quay

Changes at Staines, with 60 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 11h 38mCO2 32.2 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.

Today's real departures
OperatorServiceDepartsArrivesTakes
London Buses2 changesSL208:0711:113h 14m
London Buses2 changes6208:1111:113h 6m
London Buses2 changesSL208:4212:163h 38m
London Buses2 changes6208:4912:163h 27m
London Buses2 changesEL109:1012:213h 23m
London Buses2 changes6209:1312:213h 14m

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of travelling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Barking to Exeter
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Barking to ExeterThu10 SeptFri11 SeptSat12 SeptSun13 SeptMon14 SeptTue15 SeptWed16 SeptThu17 SeptFri18 SeptSat19 SeptSun20 SeptMon21 SeptTue22 SeptWed23 Sept
Ferry€42.69€47.09€42.69€38.28€28.94€31.14€31.14€31.69€27.84€32.78€31.69€25.64€25.64€22.34

Cheapest day: 2026-09-23 · €22.34

The journey ends at Exeter Central. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Exeter for the night the ferry gets in

Sort by distance from Exeter Central and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Barking to Exeter

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

  1. €21.7990 days
  2. €16.2960 days
  3. €19.0445 days
  4. €20.1430 days
  5. €26.1821 days
  6. €22.3414 days
  7. €31.147 days
  8. €42.693 days
  9. €42.691 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.29.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 162 percent. The dearest point is €42.69, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€42.69€16.291371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

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. €31.69Sun
  2. €25.64Mon
  3. €25.64Tue
  4. €26.18Wed
  5. €31.69Thu
  6. €29.49Fri
  7. €32.78Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €31.14Sept
  2. €23.99Oct
  3. €18.49Nov
  4. €16.84Dec
  5. €16.84Jan
  6. €15.74Feb

The route

BarkingBarkingExeterExeter
The journey

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 281 km against 268 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 Hounslow, Staines, Richmond, Weybridge. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Barking at 06:22 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.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Barking

Ferry
  • Barking Riverside
  • Royal Wharf

Exeter

Rail
  • Exeter Central
  • Exeter Central railway station
  • Exeter St Davids railway station
Coach
  • Exeter Bus Station
Air
  • EXT
Ferry
  • Exeter Quay

Landing at EXT after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Exeter

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

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€22.349h 44m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets
  • Brittany Ferries
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Ferry fare we sell on 2026-09-23, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€18.5083%
Taxes€1.858%
Our service fee€1.999%
Total you pay€22.34100%

We cannot promise Exeter Central still has a left luggage office, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Exeter Central

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Questions about Barking to Exeter

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 it take to get from Barking to Exeter?

The fastest journey from Barking to Exeter takes 9h 44m door to door, of which 9h 10m is spent moving, on the Ferry. Most services take around 10h 22m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Barking to Exeter?

The cheapest fare from Barking to Exeter is €22.34, checked on 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €28.94. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Barking to Exeter?

The cheapest way from Barking to Exeter is by Ferry, at €22.34 for one passenger on 23 September 2026. That journey takes 10h 40m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Barking to Exeter?

Fares from Barking to Exeter bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €16.29. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 162 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Barking to Exeter?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Barking to Exeter, at €25.64. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Barking to Exeter?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Barking to Exeter, at €15.74 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Barking to Exeter?

1 operators sell services from Barking to Exeter across 1 modes: Brittany Ferries. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Barking to Exeter?

20 percent of the services we sell from Barking to Exeter are direct. The rest connect at Hounslow, Staines, Richmond, Weybridge, with about 56 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Barking to Exeter use?

Services from Barking to Exeter by Ferry leave from Barking Riverside and arrive at Exeter Quay. Allow about 1h 30m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Barking to Exeter?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Barking to Exeter allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Barking to Exeter on 9 September 2026: 281 km of route against 268 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €22.34, and 9h 44m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The ferry is the simple part. What you do once you are in Exeter is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Exeter and across United Kingdom

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Exeter, with free cancellation on most of it.

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