Cheapest€15.19
- Stena Line SL363906:337h 56m14:2912 Quays TerminalBelfast Ferry Terminal
Door to door 9h 26mCO2 28.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Birkenhead to Belfast ferry
Ferries from Birkenhead to Belfast start at €20.69 and take 9h 26m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Birkenhead to Belfast starts at €20.69 and takes 9h 26m door to door, run by 1 operator over 244 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 9h 26mDoor to door
- 7h 56mMoving
- €20.69From
- 28.1 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Stena Line | €15.19 | 8h 43m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
The ferry gets you into Belfast. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Belfast
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When to book Birkenhead to Belfast
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €20.6990 days
- €11.8960 days
- €15.1945 days
- €16.8430 days
- €25.6421 days
- €26.7414 days
- €36.647 days
- €39.393 days
- €44.341 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.89.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 273 percent. The most expensive point is €44.34, 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.
- €23.44Sun
- €22.34Mon
- €22.89Tue
- €22.34Wed
- €26.74Thu
- €26.74Fri
- €27.84Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Birkenhead
Ferry
- 12 Quays Terminal
- Woodside (Mersey Ferry)
Belfast
Ferry
- Belfast Ferry Terminal
- Belfast Cruise 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 244 km against 233 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 Glasgow, Manchester, Derby, Leeds. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Birkenhead at 06:33 and the last at 06:33, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Birkenhead to Belfast
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 Birkenhead to Belfast take?
The Ferry from Birkenhead to Belfast takes 9h 26m door to door, of which 7h 56m is spent moving. The route runs 244 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 Birkenhead to Belfast cost?
The Ferry from Birkenhead to Belfast starts at €20.69 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €15.19. 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 Birkenhead to Belfast?
1 operators run the Ferry from Birkenhead to Belfast: Stena Line. Between them they file around 1 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 Birkenhead to Belfast use?
The Ferry from Birkenhead to Belfast leaves from 12 Quays Terminal and arrives at Belfast Ferry Terminal. 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 Birkenhead to Belfast?
Fares for the Ferry from Birkenhead to Belfast bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.89. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 273 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Birkenhead to Belfast produce?
The Ferry from Birkenhead to Belfast produces about 28.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 244 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 Birkenhead to Belfast?
Operators on the Ferry from Birkenhead to Belfast publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 9h 26m 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 Birkenhead to Belfast on September 10, 2026: 244 km of route against 233 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €20.69, and 9h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
Being on the water gives Belfast a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Things to do in Belfast
Day trips that leave Belfast in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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