Cheapest€11.88
- Brittany Ferries BF496606:264h 22m10:48Avon BoatingCardiff Sailing Centre Pontoons
Door to door 5h 52mCO2 15.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Stratford-upon-Avon to Cardiff ferry
Ferries from Stratford-upon-Avon to Cardiff start at €13.54 and take 5h 52m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Stratford-upon-Avon to Cardiff on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Ferries from Stratford-upon-Avon to Cardiff starts at €13.54 and takes 5h 52m door to door, run by 1 operator over 135 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 52mDoor to door
- 4h 22mMoving
- €13.54 to €23.99From
- 06:26 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 15.5 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.
€13.54 to €23.99 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.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €21.79Tue15
- about €23.44Wed16
- about €23.99Thu17
- about €17.39Fri18
- about €21.24Sat19
- about €20.14Sun20
- about €16.29Mon21
- about €13.54Tue22
- about €13.54Wed23
- about €14.09Thu24
- about €17.94Fri25
- about €17.39Sat26
- about €14.09Sun27
- about €15.19Mon28
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
Lowest CO2€21.77
- Brittany Ferries BF309507:303h 23m10:53Avon BoatingBristol Marina
- Arriva Cross Country AC935612:0426m12:30Bristol Temple MeadsCardiff Central
Changes at Bristol, with 71 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 6h 7mCO2 13.7 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Ferry operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brittany Ferries | €11.88 | 5h 38m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
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When to book Stratford-upon-Avon to Cardiff
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.4490 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €15.1914 days
- €16.297 days
- €23.993 days
- €21.791 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 102 percent. The most expensive point is €23.99, 3 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.
- €14.09Sun
- €15.19Mon
- €13.54Tue
- €13.54Wed
- €14.09Thu
- €17.39Fri
- €17.39Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Stratford-upon-Avon
Ferry
- Avon Boating
Cardiff
Ferry
- Cardiff Sailing Centre Pontoons
- City Centre Water Bus Stop
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 135 km against 128 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 Swansea, Bristol, Weston-super-Mare, Didcot. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 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 Cardiff
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 Cardiff take?
The Ferry from Stratford-upon-Avon to Cardiff takes 5h 52m door to door, of which 4h 22m is spent moving. The route runs 135 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 Cardiff cost?
The Ferry from Stratford-upon-Avon to Cardiff starts at €13.54 for one passenger, as of September 14, 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 Cardiff?
1 operators run the Ferry from Stratford-upon-Avon to Cardiff: 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 Cardiff use?
The Ferry from Stratford-upon-Avon to Cardiff leaves from Avon Boating and arrives at Cardiff Sailing Centre Pontoons. 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 Cardiff?
Fares for the Ferry from Stratford-upon-Avon to Cardiff bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 102 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Stratford-upon-Avon to Cardiff produce?
The Ferry from Stratford-upon-Avon to Cardiff produces about 15.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 135 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 Cardiff?
Operators on the Ferry from Stratford-upon-Avon to Cardiff publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 52m 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 Cardiff on September 14, 2026: 135 km of route against 128 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €13.54, and 5h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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