Cheapest€15.74
- Stena Line SL769109:267h 12m16:38Liverpool Ferry TerminalBelfast Ferry Terminal
Door to door 8h 42mCO2 26.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Liverpool to Belfast ferry
Ferries from Liverpool to Belfast start at €17.94 and take 8h 23m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Liverpool to Belfast starts at €17.94 and takes 8h 23m door to door, run by 1 operator over 233 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 8h 23mDoor to door
- 6h 53mMoving
- €17.94From
- 26.8 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 | €15.74 | 8h 23m | 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 Liverpool to Belfast
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.9490 days
- €15.1960 days
- €12.4445 days
- €12.4430 days
- €17.9421 days
- €21.7914 days
- €26.747 days
- €28.943 days
- €34.441 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €12.44.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 177 percent. The most expensive point is €34.44, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €21.24Sun
- €17.94Mon
- €17.94Tue
- €19.59Wed
- €23.99Thu
- €21.24Fri
- €21.79Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Liverpool
Ferry
- Liverpool Ferry Terminal
- Liverpool Cruise Terminal
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
- 71% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 29% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 233 km against 233 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Leeds, Douglas, Dublin, Manchester. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Liverpool at 06:33 and the last at 20:03, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Ferries against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 3h 54m | 44m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 59.0 kg | 6 |
| Ferry | 8h 23m | 6h 53m | 1h 30m | €17.94 | 26.8 kg | 6 |
Questions about Liverpool 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 Liverpool to Belfast take?
The Ferry from Liverpool to Belfast takes 8h 23m door to door, of which 6h 53m is spent moving. The route runs 233 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 Liverpool to Belfast cost?
The Ferry from Liverpool to Belfast starts at €17.94 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €19.04. 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 Liverpool to Belfast?
1 operators run the Ferry from Liverpool to Belfast: Stena Line. Between them they file around 6 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 Liverpool to Belfast use?
The Ferry from Liverpool to Belfast leaves from Liverpool Ferry 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.
Is the Ferry the best way from Liverpool to Belfast?
Traveling from Liverpool to Belfast by Flight costs €31.41 and takes 3h 54m door to door, against 8h 23m by Ferry. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Ferry from Liverpool to Belfast?
Fares for the Ferry from Liverpool to Belfast bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €12.44. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 177 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Liverpool to Belfast produce?
The Ferry from Liverpool to Belfast produces about 26.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 233 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 Liverpool to Belfast?
Operators on the Ferry from Liverpool 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 8h 23m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Liverpool to Belfast on September 12, 2026: 233 km of route against 233 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €17.94, and 8h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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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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