Cheapest€15.74
- Brittany Ferries BF230206:266h 47m13:13Avon BoatingInstow
Door to door 8h 17mCO2 26.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Stratford-upon-Avon to Bideford ferry
Ferries from Stratford-upon-Avon to Bideford start at €21.77 and take 8h 17m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Stratford-upon-Avon to Bideford on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Ferries from Stratford-upon-Avon to Bideford starts at €21.77 and takes 8h 17m door to door, run by 1 operator over 227 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 8h 17mDoor to door
- 6h 47mMoving
- €21.77 to €38.84From
- 06:26 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 26.1 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.
€21.77 to €38.84 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.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €35.54Wed16
- about €38.84Thu17
- about €34.44Fri18
- about €31.69Sat19
- about €30.04Sun20
- about €25.64Mon21
- about €25.63Tue22
- about €21.79Wed23
- about €22.89Thu24
- about €27.84Fri25
- about €27.28Sat26
- about €22.34Sun27
- about €22.33Mon28
- about €21.77Tue29
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 15m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
The ferry gets you into Bideford. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Bideford for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Stratford-upon-Avon to Bideford
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €19.0490 days
- €19.0460 days
- €17.9445 days
- €19.5930 days
- €15.7421 days
- €21.7714 days
- €25.637 days
- €34.443 days
- €35.541 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €15.74.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 126 percent. The most expensive point is €35.54, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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.
- €22.34Sun
- €22.33Mon
- €21.77Tue
- €21.79Wed
- €22.89Thu
- €27.84Fri
- €27.28Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Stratford-upon-Avon
Ferry
- Avon Boating
Bideford
Ferry
- Instow
What the journey actually looks like
- 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 227 km against 217 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 Cardiff, Bristol, Weston-super-Mare, Swansea. 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 Stratford-upon-Avon at 06:26 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Stratford-upon-Avon to Bideford
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 Stratford-upon-Avon to Bideford take?
The Ferry from Stratford-upon-Avon to Bideford takes 8h 17m door to door, of which 6h 47m is spent moving. The route runs 227 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 Stratford-upon-Avon to Bideford cost?
The Ferry from Stratford-upon-Avon to Bideford starts at €21.77 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €21.77. 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 Stratford-upon-Avon to Bideford?
1 operators run the Ferry from Stratford-upon-Avon to Bideford: Brittany Ferries. Between them they file around 5 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 Stratford-upon-Avon to Bideford use?
The Ferry from Stratford-upon-Avon to Bideford leaves from Avon Boating and arrives at Instow. 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 Stratford-upon-Avon to Bideford?
Fares for the Ferry from Stratford-upon-Avon to Bideford bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €15.74. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 126 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Stratford-upon-Avon to Bideford produce?
The Ferry from Stratford-upon-Avon to Bideford produces about 26.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 227 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 Stratford-upon-Avon to Bideford?
Operators on the Ferry from Stratford-upon-Avon to Bideford publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 17m 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 Stratford-upon-Avon to Bideford on September 15, 2026: 227 km of route against 217 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €21.77, and 8h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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