Southampton to Bideford runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:26 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €14.09 and €16.84, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 7h 39m over 207 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
€14.09 to €16.84
- 139%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Southampton
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
- 4Services per day
- 25%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 €34.99Wed16
- about €35.54Thu17
- about €25.64Fri18
- about €31.13Sat19
- about €29.49Sun20
- about €23.99Mon21
- about €19.59Tue22
- about €20.14Wed23
- about €20.69Thu24
- about €26.19Fri25
- about €25.64Sat26
- about €20.69Sun27
- about €21.79Mon28
- about €16.84Tue29
- about €20.14Wed30
- about €19.59Thu1
- about €18.49Fri2
- about €19.04Sat3
- about €19.04Sun4
- about €14.09Mon5
- about €14.64Tue6
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 Bideford. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Bideford for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Bideford railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Southampton to Bideford
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.3990 days
- €17.3960 days
- €16.8445 days
- €17.9430 days
- €14.6421 days
- €16.8414 days
- €19.597 days
- €25.643 days
- €34.991 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €14.64.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 139 percent. The dearest point is €34.99, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Southampton to Bideford 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
207 km
197 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
269,781 → 28,672
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.
- 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 207 km against 197 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 Poole, New Milton, Bournemouth, Christchurch. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 14 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
Bideford is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Bideford railway station
Most of the points near Bideford railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Southampton to Bideford
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 Southampton to Bideford?
The fastest journey from Southampton to Bideford takes 7h 39m door to door, of which 6h 50m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 8h 3m, 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 Southampton to Bideford?
The cheapest fare from Southampton to Bideford is €14.09, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €20.69. 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 Southampton to Bideford?
The cheapest way from Southampton to Bideford is by ferry, at €16.84 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 8h 20m 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 Southampton to Bideford?
Fares from Southampton to Bideford bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €14.64. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 139 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Southampton to Bideford?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Southampton to Bideford, at €16.84. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Southampton to Bideford?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Southampton to Bideford, at €11.89 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 Southampton to Bideford?
1 operators sell services from Southampton to Bideford across 1 mode: Brittany Ferries. 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 Southampton to Bideford?
20 percent of the services we sell from Southampton to Bideford are direct. The rest connect at Poole, New Milton, Bournemouth, Christchurch, with about 56 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 Southampton to Bideford use?
Services from Southampton to Bideford by ferry leave from Hythe Pier and arrive at Instow. 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 Southampton to Bideford?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Southampton to Bideford 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 Southampton to Bideford on 15 September 2026: 207 km of route against 197 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €14.09, and 7h 39m 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 Bideford a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Bideford and across United Kingdom
Day trips that leave Bideford in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Southampton reaches 96 places in 10 countries on services we hold, over distances from 17 to 1,628 km. Bideford reaches 39 places in 1 countries, from 58 to 304 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Southampton
- 96Places you can leave for
- 10Countries
- 21Operators
Arriving in Bideford
Leaving Bideford
- 39Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators