Exmouth to Cardiff runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:34 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 42m over 102 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.88, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 24 September 2026
€11.88
- 37%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Exmouth
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.
- 06:34First 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 €16.29Fri18
- about €19.59Sat19
- about €15.74Sun20
- about €12.99Mon21
- about €12.44Tue22
- about €12.99Wed23
- about €11.88Thu24
- about €14.09Fri25
- about €13.54Sat26
- about €11.88Sun27
- about €11.89Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €12.44Wed30
- about €11.88Thu1
- about €11.88Fri2
- about €11.88Sat3
- about €11.88Sun4
- about €11.88Mon5
- about €11.88Tue6
- about €11.88Wed7
- about €11.88Thu8
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 Cardiff. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Cardiff for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Cardiff Central and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Exmouth to Cardiff
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
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €11.887 days
- €15.743 days
- €16.291 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 37 percent. The dearest point is €16.29, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 7 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Exmouth to Cardiff 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
102 km
97 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
36,204 → 372,089
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 102 km against 97 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 Weston-super-Mare, Torquay, Bristol, Paignton. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 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.
The fare from CWL into Cardiff is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Cardiff
Settled in advance, so the ride into Cardiff costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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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 Cardiff Central
Most of the points near Cardiff Central open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Exmouth to Cardiff
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 Exmouth to Cardiff?
The fastest journey from Exmouth to Cardiff takes 4h 42m door to door, of which 3h 14m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 4h 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 Exmouth to Cardiff?
The cheapest fare from Exmouth to Cardiff is €11.88, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.88. 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 Exmouth to Cardiff?
The cheapest way from Exmouth to Cardiff is by ferry, at €11.88 for one passenger on 24 September 2026. That journey takes 4h 44m 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 Exmouth to Cardiff?
Fares from Exmouth to Cardiff bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 37 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Exmouth to Cardiff?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Exmouth to Cardiff, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Exmouth to Cardiff?
October is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Exmouth to Cardiff, 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 Exmouth to Cardiff?
No operator record names Exmouth to Cardiff 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 Exmouth to Cardiff?
20 percent of the services we sell from Exmouth to Cardiff are direct. The rest connect at Weston-super-Mare, Torquay, Bristol, Paignton, with about 47 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 Exmouth to Cardiff use?
Services from Exmouth to Cardiff by ferry leave from Starcross and arrive at Cardiff Sailing Centre Pontoons. 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 Exmouth to Cardiff?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Exmouth to Cardiff 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 Exmouth to Cardiff on 17 September 2026: 102 km of route against 97 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 4h 42m 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 Cardiff a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Cardiff and across United Kingdom
Day trips that leave Cardiff in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Exmouth reaches 38 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 19 to 264 km. Cardiff reaches 119 places in 15 countries, from 21 to 5,419 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Exmouth
- 38Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Cardiff
Leaving Cardiff
- 119Places you can leave for
- 15Countries
- 22Operators