Cheapest€15.74
- Brittany Ferries BF770806:267h 16m13:42PORTSMOUTHBrittany Ferries, Plymouth
Door to door 8h 46mCO2 26.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Portsmouth to Plymouth ferry
Ferries from Portsmouth to Plymouth start at €15.74 and take 8h 46m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Portsmouth to Plymouth on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Ferries from Portsmouth to Plymouth starts at €15.74 and takes 8h 46m door to door, run by 1 operator over 232 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 8h 46mDoor to door
- 7h 16mMoving
- €21.24 to €34.99From
- 06:26 to 07:30First and last departure
- 4Per day
- 26.7 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€21.24 to €34.99 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
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Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €32.24Mon21
- about €30.04Tue22
- about €27.29Wed23
- about €28.39Thu24
- about €34.99Fri25
- about €32.79Sat26
- about €22.88Sun27
- about €22.33Mon28
- about €22.34Tue29
- about €21.77Wed30
- about €23.98Thu1
- about €21.79Fri2
- about €25.09Sat3
- about €21.24Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026
Ferry operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brittany Ferries | €15.74 | 8h 26m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
The ferry gets you into Plymouth. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Plymouth for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Portsmouth to Plymouth
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €22.3390 days
- €19.0460 days
- €14.6445 days
- €13.5430 days
- €16.2921 days
- €21.2414 days
- €22.887 days
- €27.293 days
- €32.241 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €13.54.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 138 percent. The most expensive point is €32.24, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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
- €22.33Mon
- €22.34Tue
- €21.77Wed
- €23.98Thu
- €21.79Fri
- €25.09Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Portsmouth
Ferry
- PORTSMOUTH
- Portsmouth Harbour
- Portsmouth International Port
Plymouth
Ferry
- Brittany Ferries, Plymouth
- PLYMOUTH
- Plymouth Millbay
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 232 km against 221 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 Bournemouth, Cowes, Weymouth, Torquay. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Portsmouth at 06:26 and the last at 07:30, across 4 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 31m | 1h 47m | 44m | €30.03 | 7.7 kg | 2 |
| Ferry | 8h 46m | 7h 16m | 1h 30m | €15.74 | 26.7 kg | 4 |
Questions about Portsmouth to Plymouth
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 Portsmouth to Plymouth take?
The Ferry from Portsmouth to Plymouth takes 8h 46m door to door, of which 7h 16m is spent moving. The route runs 232 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 Portsmouth to Plymouth cost?
The Ferry from Portsmouth to Plymouth starts at €15.74 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €22.60. 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 Portsmouth to Plymouth?
1 operators run the Ferry from Portsmouth to Plymouth: Brittany Ferries. Between them they file around 4 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 Portsmouth to Plymouth use?
The Ferry from Portsmouth to Plymouth leaves from PORTSMOUTH and arrives at Brittany Ferries, Plymouth. 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 Portsmouth to Plymouth?
Traveling from Portsmouth to Plymouth by Train costs €30.03 and takes 2h 31m door to door, against 8h 46m 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 Portsmouth to Plymouth?
Fares for the Ferry from Portsmouth to Plymouth bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €13.54. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 138 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Portsmouth to Plymouth produce?
The Ferry from Portsmouth to Plymouth produces about 26.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 232 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 Portsmouth to Plymouth?
Operators on the Ferry from Portsmouth to Plymouth publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 46m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
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.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Portsmouth to Plymouth on September 20, 2026: 232 km of route against 221 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €15.74, and 8h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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