Cheapest€13.54
- Brittany Ferries BF627906:115h 30m11:41Town QuayExeter Quay
Door to door 7hCO2 18.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Southampton to Exeter ferry
Ferries from Southampton to Exeter start at €15.19 and take 7h at their fastest.
The Ferries from Southampton to Exeter starts at €15.19 and takes 7h door to door, run by 1 operator over 158 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 7hDoor to door
- 5h 30mMoving
- €15.19From
- 18.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 27, 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 | €13.54 | 6h 17m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
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When to book Southampton to Exeter
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.1990 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €15.7421 days
- €16.2914 days
- €22.897 days
- €29.493 days
- €31.141 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 162 percent. The most expensive point is €31.14, 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.
- €19.04Sun
- €15.19Mon
- €15.19Tue
- €15.74Wed
- €16.29Thu
- €17.39Fri
- €19.59Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Southampton
Ferry
- Town Quay
- Hythe 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
- 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 158 km against 151 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, New Milton, Poole, Christchurch. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 14 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. 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 Southampton at 06:11 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
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 1m | 1h 17m | 44m | €23.44 | 5.2 kg | 2 |
| Ferry | 7h | 5h 30m | 1h 30m | €15.19 | 18.2 kg | 4 |
Questions about Southampton 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 Southampton to Exeter take?
The Ferry from Southampton to Exeter takes 7h door to door, of which 5h 30m is spent moving. The route runs 158 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 Southampton to Exeter cost?
The Ferry from Southampton to Exeter starts at €15.19 for one passenger, checked on September 27, 2026. A typical fare is €21.78. 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 Southampton to Exeter?
1 operators run the Ferry from Southampton to Exeter: 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 Southampton to Exeter use?
The Ferry from Southampton to Exeter leaves from Town Quay 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 Southampton to Exeter?
Traveling from Southampton to Exeter by Train costs €23.44 and takes 2h 1m door to door, against 7h 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 Southampton to Exeter?
Fares for the Ferry from Southampton to Exeter bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 162 percent, measured on September 27, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Southampton to Exeter produce?
The Ferry from Southampton to Exeter produces about 18.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 158 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 Southampton to Exeter?
Operators on the Ferry from Southampton 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 7h 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 Southampton to Exeter on September 10, 2026: 158 km of route against 151 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €15.19, and 7h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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