Cheapest€17.94
- Brittany Ferries BF848406:227h 29m13:51Benson MarinaDittisham
Door to door 8h 59mCO2 25.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Traveling from Didcot to Paignton costs €17.94 at the cheapest and takes 8h door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 219 km. Cheapest is by Ferry, fastest is by Ferry.
At a glance
- Distance
- 219 km
- Fastest
- 8h
- Average
- 8h 30m
- Services per day
- 5
- Cheapest
- €17.94
- CO2 per passenger
- 25.2 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 23, 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferry | 8h 59m | 7h 29m | 1h 30m | €17.94 | 25.2 kg | 5 |
- 8h 59mFastest, by Ferry
- €17.94Cheapest, by Ferry
- 25.2 kgLowest CO2, by Ferry
- 219 kmDistance traveled
The cheapest and the fastest on September 23, 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.
| Operator | Service | Departs | Arrives | Takes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GWR1 changes | GWR | 08:36 | 11:39 | 3h 3m |
| GWR1 changes | GWR | 08:39 | 12:07 | 3h 28m |
| GWR2 changes | GWR | 08:39 | 11:39 | 3h |
| GWR2 changes | GWR | 09:02 | 11:59 | 2h 57m |
| GWR2 changes | GWR | 09:38 | 12:43 | 3h 5m |
| GWR2 changes | GWR | 10:09 | 13:23 | 3h 14m |
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 Didcot to Paignton | 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 | €33.34 | €37.19 | €31.69 | €28.38 | €22.89 | €24.54 | €22.33 | €25.09 | €22.34 | €25.64 | €25.09 | €20.69 | €20.14 | €17.94 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-23 · €17.94
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When to book Didcot to Paignton
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.3990 days
- €12.9960 days
- €15.1945 days
- €15.7430 days
- €21.2421 days
- €17.9414 days
- €22.337 days
- €31.693 days
- €33.341 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.99.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 157 percent. The most expensive point is €33.34, 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 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €25.09Sun
- €20.69Mon
- €20.14Tue
- €21.24Wed
- €25.09Thu
- €23.44Fri
- €25.64Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €24.54Sep
- €19.04Oct
- €14.64Nov
- €13.54Dec
- €13.54Jan
- €12.44Feb
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 219 km against 209 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 Exmouth, Weymouth, Exeter, Bristol. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Didcot at 06:22 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.
Didcot
Rail
- Didcot Parkway railway station
- Churn railway station
- Compton railway station
Ferry
- Benson Marina
Paignton
Rail
- Paignton railway station
- Brent railway station
- Totnes railway station
Bus
- Paignton Bus Station
- Foxhole Hub
Ferry
- Dittisham
- Higher Ferry
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 | €17.94 | 8h | 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 | €14.50 | 81% |
| Taxes | €1.45 | 8% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 11% |
| Total you pay | €17.94 | 100% |
We cannot promise Paignton railway station still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.
Baggage storage near Paignton railway station
Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Didcot to Paignton
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 Didcot to Paignton?
The fastest journey from Didcot to Paignton takes 8h door to door, of which 7h 29m is spent moving, on the Ferry. Most services take around 8h 30m, 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 Didcot to Paignton?
The cheapest fare from Didcot to Paignton is €17.94, checked on September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €22.89. 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 Didcot to Paignton?
The cheapest way from Didcot to Paignton is by Ferry, at €17.94 for one passenger on September 23, 2026. That journey takes 8h 59m 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 Didcot to Paignton?
Fares from Didcot to Paignton bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €12.99. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 157 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Didcot to Paignton?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Didcot to Paignton, at €20.14. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Didcot to Paignton?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Didcot to Paignton, at €12.44 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 Didcot to Paignton?
1 operators sell services from Didcot to Paignton 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 Didcot to Paignton?
20 percent of the services we sell from Didcot to Paignton are direct. The rest connect at Exmouth, Weymouth, Exeter, Bristol, with about 49 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 Didcot to Paignton use?
Services from Didcot to Paignton by Ferry leave from Benson Marina and arrive at Dittisham. 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 Didcot to Paignton?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Didcot to Paignton 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 Didcot to Paignton on September 9, 2026: 219 km of route against 209 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €17.94, and 8h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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