Plymouth to Christchurch runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:26 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €12.99, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 56m over 180 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €12.99, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026
€12.99
- 111%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Plymouth
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 €25.09Mon21
- about €25.09Tue22
- about €21.79Wed23
- about €22.34Thu24
- about €28.39Fri25
- about €26.73Sat26
- about €17.94Sun27
- about €19.59Mon28
- about €17.39Tue29
- about €20.69Wed30
- about €20.69Thu1
- about €19.59Fri2
- about €19.59Sat3
- about €16.84Sun4
- about €12.99Mon5
- about €12.99Tue6
- about €15.19Wed7
- about €17.94Thu8
- about €15.19Fri9
- about €14.09Sat10
- about €13.54Sun11
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 Christchurch. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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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When to book Plymouth to Christchurch
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €18.4990 days
- €15.1960 days
- €11.8945 days
- €11.8830 days
- €13.5421 days
- €16.8414 days
- €17.947 days
- €21.793 days
- €25.091 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 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 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Plymouth 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
180 km
172 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
260,203 → 31,372
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 180 km against 172 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, Exmouth, Weymouth, Torquay. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 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 Plymouth 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 Plymouth to Christchurch?
The fastest journey from Plymouth to Christchurch takes 6h 56m door to door, of which 5h 48m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 7h 20m, 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 Plymouth to Christchurch?
The cheapest fare from Plymouth to Christchurch is €12.99, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €19.59. 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 Plymouth to Christchurch?
The cheapest way from Plymouth to Christchurch is by ferry, at €12.99 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 7h 18m 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 Plymouth to Christchurch?
Fares from Plymouth to Christchurch bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 111 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 Plymouth to Christchurch?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Plymouth to Christchurch, at €16.84. 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 Plymouth to Christchurch?
December is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Plymouth to Christchurch, 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 Plymouth to Christchurch?
No operator record names Plymouth to Christchurch 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 Plymouth to Christchurch?
20 percent of the services we sell from Plymouth to Christchurch are direct. The rest connect at Paignton, Exmouth, Weymouth, Torquay, with about 58 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 Plymouth to Christchurch use?
Services from Plymouth to Christchurch by ferry leave from Brittany Ferries, Plymouth 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 Plymouth to Christchurch?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Plymouth 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 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 Plymouth to Christchurch on 20 September 2026: 180 km of route against 172 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €12.99, and 6h 56m 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. We do not sell those either.
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
Plymouth reaches 51 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 802 km. Christchurch reaches 37 places in 1 countries, from 32 to 275 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Plymouth
- 51Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 3Operators
Arriving in Christchurch
Leaving Christchurch
- 37Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators