Ferries across Britain and Ireland
NaN routes and 13 operators across 3 countries Fares and journey times below come from the same engine that answers the search box.
3,500 Ferries routes run across Britain and Ireland, reaching 72 places in 3 countries through 13 operators On the 16 busiest of them, priced on 8 October 2026, the cheapest fare is €11.88 and the fastest journey is 2h 48m door to door. A median route runs 164 km.
Ferries in Britain and Ireland, in numbers
What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.
- 3,500Routes we sell
- 875Corridors
- 72Places served
- 3Countries
- 13Operators
- 3,084Domestic routes
- 16Cross border routes
- 400Routes out of the region
- 164 kmMedian route
- 1,034 kmLongest route
How the modes compare across Britain and Ireland
Every mode measured on the same 16 corridors in Britain and Ireland, priced on 8 October 2026 for one passenger.
The corridors that matter in Britain and Ireland
Ranked by how much service runs, then priced. The country and city pages carry the rest.
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading to Brent ferry | €11.88 | 3h 27m | 48 km |
| Slough to Portsmouth ferry | €11.88 | 3h 53m | 86 km |
| High Wycombe to London ferry | €11.88 | 3h 10m | 45 km |
| Hounslow to Reading ferry | €11.88 | 3h 8m | 42 km |
| Slough to London ferry | €11.88 | 2h 48m | 33 km |
| Weston-super-Mare to Reading ferry | €15.19 | 4h | 140 km |
| Poole to Plymouth ferry | €16.84 | 7h 15m | 157 km |
| Portsmouth to Cardiff ferry | €17.39 | 4h 6m | 164 km |
| Bournemouth to Plymouth ferry | €17.39 | 7h 11m | 165 km |
| Bristol to London ferry | €18.49 | 7h 7m | 171 km |
| Exeter to Reading ferry | €20.14 | 7h 38m | 196 km |
| Swansea to Reading ferry | €21.24 | 8h 13m | 206 km |
| Portsmouth to Swansea ferry | €22.34 | 6h 8m | 219 km |
| Barking to Cardiff ferry | €22.89 | 4h 55m | 226 km |
| Exeter to London ferry | €23.44 | 9h | 253 km |
| Plymouth to London ferry | €30.59 | 12h 6m | 309 km |
Countries in Britain and Ireland
Every country in Britain and Ireland we sell in, most routes first.
| Country | Routes | Places | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3,484 | 71 | 13 |
| Ireland | 28 | 6 | 3 |
| Isle of Man | 4 | 2 | 1 |
When to book in Britain and Ireland
The same search run at seven lead times across 3 corridors in Britain and Ireland.
- €30.043 days
- €21.797 days
- €17.3921 days
- €11.8945 days
- €17.3984 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Across the routes we sampled the typical fare is lowest around 45 days ahead, at €11.89.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 60 percent. At the dearest point the typical fare is €30.04, 3 days out.
How far people travel to get here
Every origin we sell by Ferries, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 2,092 | 60% | Cowes, 15 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 1,224 | 35% | Cardiff, 200 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 184 | 5% | Plymouth, 768 km |
Ferry operators
The carriers with the largest networks inside Britain and Ireland.
Ferry destinations
Other ways to travel across Britain and Ireland
Common questions about Ferries across Britain and Ireland
How many Ferries routes does Orlero sell across Britain and Ireland?
3,500 of them, across 3 countries reaching 72 places through 13 operators
How much does travelling by Ferries cost in Britain and Ireland?
On the 16 busiest Ferries corridors in Britain and Ireland, priced on 8 October 2026, the lowest fare is €11.88 and the median is €17.39.
Is Ferries the fastest way across Britain and Ireland?
On the corridors we priced, ferry takes a median of 5h 32m door to door, against 2h 7m by Train. Both figures include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the other end.
Which countries in Britain and Ireland have Ferries routes we sell?
United Kingdom, Ireland, Isle of Man.
Who runs the Ferries services in Britain and Ireland?
Brittany Ferries, Stena Line, DFDS, P&O Ferries, P & O Frieght, Irish Ferries, among 13 carriers we sell across Britain and Ireland.
When should I book travel across Britain and Ireland?
Fares on the corridors we sampled bottom out about 45 days before departure. Booking then rather than 3 days ahead was 60 percent cheaper on this sample.
How far apart are the places we sell in Britain and Ireland?
The median route runs 164 km in a straight line and the shortest is 15 km. The longest we sell is 1,034 km, from Bilbao to Rosslare.
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.
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
- Regions
- A region is a set of countries, and a route counts for it when either end is inside it. Countries are grouped from their ISO code alone, so the map grows with the data and nothing here is drawn by hand.
- The sample
- Fares, journey times and carbon are measured on the 16 highest ranked corridors in this region, spread across it rather than taken from the top, so the figures describe the region and not its busiest country.