Christchurch to Barking runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:26 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €11.89, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 29m over 165 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.89, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026
€11.89
- 171%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Christchurch
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:26First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Brittany Ferries runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this journey
AFerry 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 €32.23Sun20
- about €23.44Mon21
- about €23.44Tue22
- about €20.14Wed23
- about €20.69Thu24
- about €26.19Fri25
- about €25.64Sat26
- about €16.84Sun27
- about €17.94Mon28
- about €16.29Tue29
- about €19.04Wed30
- about €19.04Thu1
- about €17.94Fri2
- about €18.49Sat3
- about €15.74Sun4
- about €11.89Mon5
- about €11.89Tue6
- about €14.09Wed7
- about €16.84Thu8
- about €14.09Fri9
- about €12.99Sat10
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.
The ferry gets you into Barking. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Barking for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Barking Riverside and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Christchurch to Barking
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €14.6490 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €12.9930 days
- €12.9921 days
- €18.4914 days
- €25.647 days
- €23.443 days
- €32.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 171 percent. The dearest point is €32.23, 1 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Christchurch to Barking and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
165 km
157 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
31,372 → 218,534
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey 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 165 km against 157 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 East Molesey, Surbiton, Weybridge, Southampton. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Barking Riverside
Most of the points near Barking Riverside open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Christchurch to Barking
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 Christchurch to Barking?
The fastest journey from Christchurch to Barking takes 6h 29m door to door, of which 5h 44m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 6h 54m, 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 Christchurch to Barking?
The cheapest fare from Christchurch to Barking is €11.89, as of 19 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €17.94. 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 Christchurch to Barking?
The cheapest way from Christchurch to Barking is by ferry, at €11.89 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 7h 14m 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 Christchurch to Barking?
Fares from Christchurch to Barking bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 171 percent, measured on 19 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Christchurch to Barking?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Christchurch to Barking, at €16.29. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 19 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Christchurch to Barking?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Christchurch to Barking, at €11.88 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 Christchurch to Barking?
No operator record names Christchurch to Barking directly. Brittany Ferries publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Christchurch to Barking?
20 percent of the services we sell from Christchurch to Barking are direct. The rest connect at East Molesey, Surbiton, Weybridge, Southampton, with about 50 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 Christchurch to Barking use?
Services from Christchurch to Barking by ferry leave from Christchurch Quay and arrive at Barking Riverside. 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 Christchurch to Barking?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Christchurch to Barking 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
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Christchurch to Barking on 19 September 2026: 165 km of route against 157 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.89, and 6h 29m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Barking a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Barking and across United Kingdom
Day trips that leave Barking in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Christchurch reaches 37 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 32 to 275 km. Barking reaches 69 places in 4 countries, from 27 to 425 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Christchurch
- 37Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
Arriving in Barking
Leaving Barking
- 69Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 10Operators