Cherbourg to Poole runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 18:15 and the last around 18:15. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 37m over 135 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.88, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€11.88
- 107%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Cherbourg
First and last sailing as the operators themselves filed them for September 17, 2026, counted in this direction only. The return crossing runs on its own timetable and this page does not speak for it.
- 18:15First departure
- 18:15Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Departures on September 28, 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. We hold no fare for these services, so there is no price here to mislead you.
16:1509:3041h 15m
FR CER-GB POOBrittany Ferries6 changes
Cherbourg → Seldown Coach Station (Stop S2)
Bikes carriedStep-free
Brittany Ferries timetable16:1522:3730h 22m
FR CER-GB POOBrittany Ferries7 changes
Cherbourg → Poole
Bikes carriedStep-free
Brittany Ferries timetable
Sailings on September 17, 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
18:1521:453h 30m
BRITTANY FERRIESVessel BARFLEURDirect
CHERBOURG → POOLE
from €44.00deckseat €58.00 €67.00 €103.00
Vehicles carriedPets carried
Fares on the crossing run from €44.00 to €103.00 on September 17, 2026, depending on the sailing and on whether you take a deck space, a seat or a cabin.
Brittany Ferries runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this trip
AFerry holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.
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Fares by date
What the operator is charging, by departure date.
September 17, 2026
€44.00
BRITTANY FERRIES
This crossing was checked for one date, and that is the only date we hold a fare for. The operator sells the rest of the season.
The ferry gets you into Poole. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A room in Poole for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Poole railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Cherbourg to Poole
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.9990 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €14.0921 days
- €15.7414 days
- €17.397 days
- €23.993 days
- €24.541 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 107 percent. The most expensive point is €24.54, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Cherbourg to Poole and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
18:15 → 22:52
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
135 km
122 km as the crow flies, 11% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
26,655 → 151,500
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey 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 135 km against 122 km in a straight line, a detour of 11 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Gosport, Cowes, Ryde, Portsmouth. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 5 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.
Who runs this route
The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Baggage storage near Poole railway station
Most of the points near Poole railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Cherbourg to Poole
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 Cherbourg to Poole?
The fastest journey from Cherbourg to Poole takes 5h 37m door to door, of which 4h 9m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 5h 53m, 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 Cherbourg to Poole?
The cheapest fare from Cherbourg to Poole is €11.88, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €15.74. 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 Cherbourg to Poole?
The cheapest way from Cherbourg to Poole is by ferry, at €11.88 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 5h 39m 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 Cherbourg to Poole?
Fares from Cherbourg to Poole bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 107 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Cherbourg to Poole?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Cherbourg to Poole, at €13.54. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Cherbourg to Poole?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Cherbourg to Poole, 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 Cherbourg to Poole?
1 operators sell services from Cherbourg to Poole across 1 mode: 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 Cherbourg to Poole?
20 percent of the services we sell from Cherbourg to Poole are direct. The rest connect at Gosport, Cowes, Ryde, Portsmouth, 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 Cherbourg to Poole use?
Services from Cherbourg to Poole by ferry leave from Cherbourg and arrive at Cherbourg. 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 Cherbourg to Poole?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Cherbourg to Poole 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
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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Cherbourg to Poole on September 17, 2026: 135 km of route against 122 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 5h 37m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Poole a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

Day trips out of Poole and across United Kingdom
Day trips that leave Poole in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Cherbourg reaches 32 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 106 to 684 km. Poole reaches 58 places in 3 countries, from 35 to 823 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Cherbourg
- 32Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Poole
Leaving Poole
- 58Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 3Operators
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