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Falmouth to Christchurch

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Falmouth to Christchurch. From €17.39, fastest 9h, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Falmouth to Christchurch runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:26 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €17.39, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 9h over 254 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €17.39, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026

€17.39

  • 177%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Falmouth

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:26First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Falmouth and Christchurch.

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Brittany Ferries runs this service and does not sell it here. Direct Ferries takes the payment.

Buying this journey

Direct Ferries 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

  1. about €40.49Mon21
  2. about €33.34Tue22
  3. about €36.09Wed23
  4. about €31.14Thu24
  5. about €38.29Fri25
  6. about €34.99Sat26
  7. about €28.39Sun27
  8. about €23.43Mon28
  9. about €22.88Tue29
  10. about €22.89Wed30
  11. about €24.54Thu1
  12. about €23.99Fri2
  13. about €27.29Sat3
  14. about €23.98Sun4
  15. about €17.39Mon5
  16. about €17.39Tue6
  17. about €20.14Wed7
  18. about €24.54Thu8
  19. about €20.69Fri9
  20. about €19.04Sat10
  21. about €17.94Sun11

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The ferry gets you into Christchurch. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Christchurch for the night the ferry gets in

Sort by distance from Christchurch railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Falmouth to Christchurch

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

  1. €22.8890 days
  2. €20.6960 days
  3. €15.7445 days
  4. €14.6430 days
  5. €17.9421 days
  6. €23.9814 days
  7. €28.397 days
  8. €36.093 days
  9. €40.491 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €14.64.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 177 percent. The dearest point is €40.49, 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.
€40.49€14.64137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Falmouth to Christchurch 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

254 km

242 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

31,98831,372

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

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 254 km against 242 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 Paignton, Torquay, Weymouth, Plymouth. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 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.

Who runs this route

Christchurch is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Christchurch railway station

Most of the points near Christchurch railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Falmouth to Christchurch

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 Falmouth to Christchurch?

The fastest journey from Falmouth to Christchurch takes 9h door to door, of which 7h 54m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 9h 37m, 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 Falmouth to Christchurch?

The cheapest fare from Falmouth to Christchurch is €17.39, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €27.29. 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 Falmouth to Christchurch?

The cheapest way from Falmouth to Christchurch is by ferry, at €17.39 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 9h 24m 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 Falmouth to Christchurch?

Fares from Falmouth to Christchurch bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €14.64. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 177 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Falmouth to Christchurch?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Falmouth to Christchurch, at €22.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 20 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Falmouth to Christchurch?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Falmouth to Christchurch, at €14.64 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 Falmouth to Christchurch?

Brittany Ferries publish service areas covering both Falmouth and Christchurch, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Falmouth to Christchurch?

20 percent of the services we sell from Falmouth to Christchurch are direct. The rest connect at Paignton, Torquay, Weymouth, Plymouth, with about 54 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 Falmouth to Christchurch use?

Services from Falmouth to Christchurch by ferry leave from Steps 1 and arrive at Christchurch 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 Falmouth to Christchurch?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Falmouth to Christchurch 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Falmouth to Christchurch on 20 September 2026: 254 km of route against 242 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €17.39, and 9h 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 Christchurch a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Christchurch and across United Kingdom

Day trips that leave Christchurch in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Falmouth reaches 38 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 29 to 393 km. Christchurch reaches 37 places in 1 countries, from 32 to 275 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Falmouth

  • 38Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

Arriving in Christchurch

Leaving Christchurch

  • 37Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

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