Cheapest€14.09
- Brittany Ferries BF484806:215h 3m11:24InstowCity Cruises Poole
Door to door 6h 33mCO2 19.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bideford to Poole ferry
Ferries from Bideford to Poole start at €16.29 and take 6h 33m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Bideford to Poole starts at €16.29 and takes 6h 33m door to door, run by 1 operator over 168 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 33mDoor to door
- 5h 3mMoving
- €16.29From
- 19.3 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€27.83
- Brittany Ferries BF392807:302h 15m09:45InstowExeter Quay
- South Western Railway SW588411:1455m12:09Exeter CentralPoole railway station
Changes at Exeter, with 89 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 5h 46mCO2 10.8 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 | €14.09 | 6h 33m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
The ferry gets you into Poole. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Poole
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Bideford to Poole
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.7490 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8930 days
- €16.2921 days
- €17.3914 days
- €23.997 days
- €27.843 days
- €33.341 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 181 percent. The most expensive point is €33.34, 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.
- €20.14Sun
- €16.29Mon
- €16.29Tue
- €16.84Wed
- €17.39Thu
- €18.49Fri
- €20.69Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Bideford
Ferry
- Instow
Poole
Ferry
- City Cruises Poole
- Poole Ferry Terminal
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 168 km against 160 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 Exmouth, Weymouth, Exeter, Torquay. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Poole
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 Poole take?
The Ferry from Bideford to Poole takes 6h 33m door to door, of which 5h 3m is spent moving. The route runs 168 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 Poole cost?
The Ferry from Bideford to Poole starts at €16.29 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 Poole?
1 operators run the Ferry from Bideford to Poole: 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 Poole use?
The Ferry from Bideford to Poole leaves from Instow and arrives at City Cruises Poole. 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 Poole?
Fares for the Ferry from Bideford to Poole bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 181 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Bideford to Poole produce?
The Ferry from Bideford to Poole produces about 19.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 168 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 Poole?
Operators on the Ferry from Bideford to Poole publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 33m 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 Poole on September 10, 2026: 168 km of route against 160 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €16.29, and 6h 33m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Things to do in Poole
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Poole, with free cancellation on most of it.
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