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Christchurch to Hounslow

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Christchurch to Hounslow. From €11.88, fastest 5h 38m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Christchurch to Hounslow runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:26 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 38m over 135 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

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

  • 88%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Christchurch

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:26First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Christchurch and Hounslow.

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Brittany Ferries runs this service and does not sell it here. Direct Ferries takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Direct Ferries holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €22.34Mon21
  2. about €19.59Tue22
  3. about €20.14Wed23
  4. about €17.39Thu24
  5. about €21.79Fri25
  6. about €21.24Sat26
  7. about €16.84Sun27
  8. about €15.19Mon28
  9. about €13.54Tue29
  10. about €16.29Wed30
  11. about €15.74Thu1
  12. about €15.19Fri2
  13. about €15.19Sat3
  14. about €15.19Sun4
  15. about €11.88Mon5
  16. about €11.88Tue6
  17. about €11.89Wed7
  18. about €14.09Thu8
  19. about €11.89Fri9
  20. about €11.88Sat10
  21. about €11.88Sun11

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The ferry gets you into Hounslow. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Hounslow for the night the ferry gets in

Sort by distance from Hammerton's Ferry and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Christchurch to Hounslow

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €14.6490 days
  2. €11.8960 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €11.8830 days
  5. €11.8821 days
  6. €15.1914 days
  7. €16.847 days
  8. €20.143 days
  9. €22.341 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 88 percent. The most expensive point is €22.34, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€22.34€11.88137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Christchurch to Hounslow and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

135 km

128 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

31,37266,292

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

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 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 Gosport, Cowes, Slough, Southampton. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.

Who runs this route

Hounslow is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Hammerton's Ferry

Most of the points near Hammerton's Ferry open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Christchurch to Hounslow

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 Christchurch to Hounslow?

The fastest journey from Christchurch to Hounslow takes 5h 38m door to door, of which 4h 46m 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 Christchurch to Hounslow?

The cheapest fare from Christchurch to Hounslow is €11.88, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €15.19. 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 Christchurch to Hounslow?

The cheapest way from Christchurch to Hounslow is by ferry, at €11.88 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 6h 16m 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 Christchurch to Hounslow?

Fares from Christchurch to Hounslow bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 88 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Christchurch to Hounslow?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Christchurch to Hounslow, at €13.54. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Christchurch to Hounslow?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Christchurch to Hounslow, 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 Christchurch to Hounslow?

Brittany Ferries publish service areas covering both Christchurch and Hounslow, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Christchurch to Hounslow?

20 percent of the services we sell from Christchurch to Hounslow are direct. The rest connect at Gosport, Cowes, Slough, Southampton, with about 51 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 Christchurch to Hounslow use?

Services from Christchurch to Hounslow by ferry leave from Christchurch Quay and arrive at Hammerton's Ferry. 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 Christchurch to Hounslow?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Christchurch to Hounslow 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.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Christchurch to Hounslow on September 20, 2026: 135 km of route against 128 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 5h 38m 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 Hounslow a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Hounslow and across United Kingdom

Day trips that leave Hounslow in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Christchurch reaches 37 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 32 to 275 km. Hounslow reaches 35 places in 1 countries, from 17 to 393 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Christchurch

  • 37Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

Arriving in Hounslow

Leaving Hounslow

  • 35Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 5Operators

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