Ferry tickets to South Shields

8 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

8 places connect to South Shields by Ferries, across 2 countries, run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €20.14. Origins run from 277 km away to 489 km, with a median of 384 km.

Checked September 30, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in South Shields

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into South Shields, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Peterborough to South Shields ferry€20.1411h 26m281 km
Kings Lynn to South Shields ferry€20.1411h 23m277 km
Velsen to South Shields ferry€33.8917h 18m489 km
IJmuiden to South Shields ferry€33.8917h 56m487 km
  • 8Places you can arrive from
  • 8Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 1Operators

South Shields sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of South Shields railway station

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

Partner links. We do not sell accommodation. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.

Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Ferries, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
200 to 600 km8100%King's Lynn, 277 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into South Shields that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
United Kingdom450%
Netherlands450%
Carriers

Ferry operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
DFDSNoneNone33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
  • DFDS
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in South Shields

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

South Shields

Ferry
  • South Shields Ferry Terminal
  • North Shields Ferry Terminal
Leaving

Leaving South Shields

Common questions about Ferry tickets to South Shields

Where can I travel to South Shields by Ferries from?

8 places connect to South Shields by Ferries on our network, across 2 countries. The nearest is 277 km away in a straight line and the furthest 489 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Ferries to South Shields cost?

The cheapest Ferries fare into South Shields is €20.14 for one passenger, across 8 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 384 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Ferries to South Shields take?

The fastest Ferries journey into South Shields is 11h 23m door to door. The median origin sits 384 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.

Which operators run the Ferries to South Shields?

1 operators run Ferries services into South Shields on our network: DFDS. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalog rather than a name we generated.

Which terminal does the Ferries to South Shields use?

Ferries services into South Shields use 2 named terminals, among them South Shields Ferry Terminal, North Shields Ferry Terminal. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door

Other ways to reach South Shields

The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in South Shields?

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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