Cheapest€14.64
- Brittany Ferries BF839606:215h 24m11:45InstowMudeford Ferry
Door to door 6h 54mCO2 20.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bideford to Bournemouth ferry
Ferries from Bideford to Bournemouth start at €16.84 and take 6h 54m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Bideford to Bournemouth starts at €16.84 and takes 6h 54m door to door, run by 1 operator over 175 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 54mDoor to door
- 5h 24mMoving
- €16.84From
- 20.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€28.93
- Brittany Ferries BF392807:302h 15m09:45InstowExeter Quay
- South Western Railway SW225911:071h12:07Exeter CentralBournemouth railway station
Changes at Exeter, with 82 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 5h 44mCO2 11.0 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brittany Ferries | €14.64 | 6h 46m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
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When to book Bideford to Bournemouth
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.2990 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8930 days
- €16.8421 days
- €17.9414 days
- €25.097 days
- €28.943 days
- €34.441 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 190 percent. The most expensive point is €34.44, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €20.69Sun
- €16.84Mon
- €16.84Tue
- €17.39Wed
- €17.94Thu
- €19.04Fri
- €21.78Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Bideford
Ferry
- Instow
Bournemouth
Ferry
- Mudeford Ferry
- Hengistbury Head
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 175 km against 167 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 Weymouth, Exeter, Exmouth, New Milton. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Bideford at 06:21 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Bideford to Bournemouth
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Ferry from Bideford to Bournemouth take?
The Ferry from Bideford to Bournemouth takes 6h 54m door to door, of which 5h 24m is spent moving. The route runs 175 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Ferry from Bideford to Bournemouth cost?
The Ferry from Bideford to Bournemouth starts at €16.84 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €21.77. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Ferry from Bideford to Bournemouth?
1 operators run the Ferry from Bideford to Bournemouth: Brittany Ferries. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Ferry from Bideford to Bournemouth use?
The Ferry from Bideford to Bournemouth leaves from Instow and arrives at Mudeford Ferry. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Ferry from Bideford to Bournemouth?
Fares for the Ferry from Bideford to Bournemouth bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 190 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Bideford to Bournemouth produce?
The Ferry from Bideford to Bournemouth produces about 20.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 175 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Ferry from Bideford to Bournemouth?
Operators on the Ferry from Bideford to Bournemouth publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 54m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Bideford to Bournemouth on September 10, 2026: 175 km of route against 167 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €16.84, and 6h 54m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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