Cheapest€11.88
- Brittany Ferries BF894606:002h 5m08:05InstowExeter Quay
Door to door 3h 35mCO2 7.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Traveling from Bideford to Exeter costs €11.88 at the cheapest and takes 3h 34m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 61 km. Cheapest is by Ferry, fastest is by Ferry.
At a glance
- Distance
- 61 km
- Fastest
- 3h 34m
- Average
- 3h 39m
- Services per day
- 5
- Cheapest
- €11.88
- CO2 per passenger
- 7.0 kg
Every way to make this journey
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 13, 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferry | 3h 35m | 2h 5m | 1h 30m | €11.88 | 7.0 kg | 5 |
- 3h 35mFastest, by Ferry
- €11.88Cheapest, by Ferry
- 7.0 kgLowest CO2, by Ferry
- 61 kmDistance traveled
The cheapest and the fastest on September 13, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Today's real departures
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
No live timetable for this trip yet.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
Prices over the next three weeks
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Bideford to Exeter | ThuSep 10 | FriSep 11 | SatSep 12 | SunSep 13 | MonSep 14 | TueSep 15 | WedSep 16 | ThuSep 17 | FriSep 18 | SatSep 19 | SunSep 20 | MonSep 21 | TueSep 22 | WedSep 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferry | €12.44 | €11.89 | €12.99 | €11.88 | €11.88 | €11.88 | €11.88 | €11.88 | €11.88 | €11.88 | €11.88 | €11.88 | €11.88 | €11.88 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-13 · €11.88
The trip ends at Exeter Central. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Exeter for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Bideford to Exeter
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €11.887 days
- €12.993 days
- €12.441 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 9 percent. The most expensive point is €12.99, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 7 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €11.88Sun
- €11.88Mon
- €11.88Tue
- €11.88Wed
- €11.88Thu
- €11.88Fri
- €11.88Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €11.88Sep
- €11.88Oct
- €11.88Nov
- €11.88Dec
- €11.88Jan
- €11.88Feb
The route
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
- 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 61 km against 58 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 Plymouth, Paignton, Torquay, Weston-super-Mare. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Bideford at 06:00 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.
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Bideford
Rail
- Bideford railway station
- Bideford Quay railway station
- Instow railway station
Ferry
- Instow
Exeter
Rail
- Exeter Central
- Exeter Central railway station
- Exeter St Davids railway station
Bus
- Exeter Bus Station
Air
- EXT
Ferry
- Exeter Quay
Landing at EXT after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.
A car waiting when you land in Exeter
A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.
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Who runs this route
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 | €11.88 | 3h 34m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
What the fare is made of
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €8.99 | 76% |
| Taxes | €0.90 | 8% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 17% |
| Total you pay | €11.88 | 100% |
We cannot promise Exeter Central still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.
Baggage storage near Exeter Central
Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.
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Questions about Bideford 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 it take to get from Bideford to Exeter?
The fastest journey from Bideford to Exeter takes 3h 34m door to door, of which 2h 5m is spent moving, on the Ferry. Most services take around 3h 39m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Bideford to Exeter?
The cheapest fare from Bideford to Exeter is €11.88, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.88. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Bideford to Exeter?
The cheapest way from Bideford to Exeter is by Ferry, at €11.88 for one passenger on September 13, 2026. That journey takes 3h 35m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Bideford to Exeter?
Fares from Bideford to Exeter bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 9 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Bideford to Exeter?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Bideford to Exeter, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Bideford to Exeter?
September is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Bideford to Exeter, at €11.88 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Bideford to Exeter?
1 operators sell services from Bideford to Exeter across 1 modes: Brittany Ferries. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Bideford to Exeter?
20 percent of the services we sell from Bideford to Exeter are direct. The rest connect at Plymouth, Paignton, Torquay, Weston-super-Mare, with about 64 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Bideford to Exeter use?
Services from Bideford to Exeter by Ferry leave from Instow and arrive at Exeter Quay. Allow about 1h 30m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Bideford to Exeter?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Bideford to Exeter allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Bideford to Exeter on September 9, 2026: 61 km of route against 58 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 3h 34m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The ferry is the simple part. What you do once you are in Exeter is somebody else's catalog.
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