Cheapest€17.39
- Brittany Ferries BF330806:427h 44m14:26London Bridge City PierExeter Quay
Door to door 9h 14mCO2 29.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
London to Exeter ferry
Ferries from London to Exeter start at €20.69 and take 9h 14m at their fastest.
The Ferries from London to Exeter starts at €20.69 and takes 9h 14m door to door, run by 1 operator over 253 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 9h 14mDoor to door
- 7h 44mMoving
- €20.69From
- 29.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brittany Ferries | €17.39 | 8h 57m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
The trip ends at Exeter Central. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
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When to book London to Exeter
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.3990 days
- €14.0960 days
- €16.2945 days
- €16.2930 days
- €19.5921 days
- €25.0914 days
- €31.697 days
- €42.693 days
- €50.391 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €14.09.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 258 percent. The most expensive point is €50.39, 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.
- €25.09Sun
- €22.89Mon
- €20.69Tue
- €21.79Wed
- €25.09Thu
- €28.94Fri
- €23.44Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
London
Ferry
- London Bridge City Pier
- London Eye - Waterloo Pier
Exeter
Ferry
- Exeter Quay
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
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 253 km against 253 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 Hounslow, Weybridge, Staines, Slough. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 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 London at 06:42 and the last at 14:29, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 36m | 1h 52m | 44m | €37.74 | 8.3 kg | 2 |
| Flight | 3h 55m | 45m | 3h 10m | €33.77 | 64.2 kg | 2 |
| Ferry | 9h 14m | 7h 44m | 1h 30m | €20.69 | 29.1 kg | 6 |
Questions about London to Exeter
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 London to Exeter take?
The Ferry from London to Exeter takes 9h 14m door to door, of which 7h 44m is spent moving. The route runs 253 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 London to Exeter cost?
The Ferry from London to Exeter starts at €20.69 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €25.08. 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 London to Exeter?
1 operators run the Ferry from London to Exeter: Brittany Ferries. 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 London to Exeter use?
The Ferry from London to Exeter leaves from London Bridge City Pier and arrives at Exeter Quay. 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 London to Exeter?
Traveling from London to Exeter by Train costs €37.74 and takes 2h 36m door to door, against 9h 14m 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 London to Exeter?
Fares for the Ferry from London to Exeter bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €14.09. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 258 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from London to Exeter produce?
The Ferry from London to Exeter produces about 29.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 253 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 London to Exeter?
Operators on the Ferry from London to Exeter publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 9h 14m 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 London to Exeter on September 10, 2026: 253 km of route against 253 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €20.69, and 9h 14m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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