South Shields to Peterborough runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:23 and the last around 06:23. One passenger pays between €20.14 and €26.74, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 10h 7m over 295 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€20.14 to €26.74
- 184%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving South Shields
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.
- 06:23First departure
- 06:23Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
DFDS 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 €52.59Mon14
- about €45.44Tue15
- about €44.89Wed16
- about €38.84Thu17
- about €45.99Fri18
- about €48.19Sat19
- about €36.64Sun20
- about €28.39Mon21
- about €28.39Tue22
- about €27.84Wed23
- about €29.49Thu24
- about €32.24Fri25
- about €32.24Sat26
- about €26.74Sun27
- about €22.89Mon28
- about €22.34Tue29
- about €20.14Wed30
- about €27.84Thu1
- about €26.74Fri2
- about €24.54Sat3
- about €22.34Sun4
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 Peterborough. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Peterborough for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Peterborough railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book South Shields to Peterborough
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €26.7490 days
- €19.5960 days
- €19.5945 days
- €18.4930 days
- €22.3421 days
- €26.7414 days
- €36.647 days
- €44.893 days
- €52.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €18.49.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 184 percent. The dearest point is €52.59, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to South Shields to Peterborough 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
295 km
281 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
83,655 → 163,379
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 actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 295 km against 281 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
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 Peterborough railway station
Most of the points near Peterborough railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about South Shields to Peterborough
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 South Shields to Peterborough?
The fastest journey from South Shields to Peterborough takes 10h 7m door to door, of which 9h 55m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 10h 48m, 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 South Shields to Peterborough?
The cheapest fare from South Shields to Peterborough is €20.14, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €28.39. 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 South Shields to Peterborough?
The cheapest way from South Shields to Peterborough is by ferry, at €26.74 for one passenger on 30 September 2026. That journey takes 11h 25m 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 South Shields to Peterborough?
Fares from South Shields to Peterborough bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €18.49. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 184 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for South Shields to Peterborough?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from South Shields to Peterborough, at €26.74. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for South Shields to Peterborough?
January is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from South Shields to Peterborough, at €17.39 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 South Shields to Peterborough?
1 operators sell services from South Shields to Peterborough across 1 mode: DFDS. 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 South Shields to Peterborough?
Every service we sell from South Shields to Peterborough is direct, with around 1 departure a day and a fastest journey of 10h 7m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from South Shields to Peterborough use?
Services from South Shields to Peterborough by ferry leave from South Shields Ferry Terminal and arrive at Poshboatz Boat Trips. 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 South Shields to Peterborough?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from South Shields to Peterborough 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 South Shields to Peterborough on 13 September 2026: 295 km of route against 281 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €20.14, and 10h 7m 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 Peterborough a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Peterborough and across United Kingdom
Day trips that leave Peterborough in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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The two ends, compared
South Shields reaches 8 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 48 to 489 km. Peterborough reaches 53 places in 2 countries, from 48 to 332 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving South Shields
- 8Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Peterborough
Leaving Peterborough
- 53Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 7Operators