Slough to Penzance runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:26 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €25.64, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 13h 6m over 399 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €25.64, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€25.64
- 202%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Slough
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:26First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
Brittany Ferries runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €62.48Sat19
- about €60.29Sun20
- about €43.79Mon21
- about €43.79Tue22
- about €45.44Wed23
- about €47.64Thu24
- about €48.74Fri25
- about €47.09Sat26
- about €37.74Sun27
- about €37.18Mon28
- about €35.53Tue29
- about €38.83Wed30
- about €39.38Thu1
- about €34.44Fri2
- about €34.99Sat3
- about €33.88Sun4
- about €25.64Mon5
- about €26.19Tue6
- about €30.58Wed7
- about €34.98Thu8
- about €31.69Fri9
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The ferry gets you into Penzance. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Penzance for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Slough to Penzance
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €36.0890 days
- €20.6960 days
- €25.6445 days
- €28.3930 days
- €31.6921 days
- €34.4414 days
- €48.747 days
- €43.793 days
- €62.481 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €20.69.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 202 percent. The most expensive point is €62.48, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Slough to Penzance 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
399 km
380 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
164,793 → 19,872
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
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 399 km against 380 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 Exeter, Truro, St Austell, Reading. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 14 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. 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
Penzance is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Lelant Saltings
Most of the points near Lelant Saltings open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Slough to Penzance
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 Slough to Penzance?
The fastest journey from Slough to Penzance takes 13h 6m door to door, of which 12h 23m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 14h 2m, 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 Slough to Penzance?
The cheapest fare from Slough to Penzance is €25.64, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €40.49. 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 Slough to Penzance?
The cheapest way from Slough to Penzance is by ferry, at €25.64 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 13h 53m 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 Slough to Penzance?
Fares from Slough to Penzance bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €20.69. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 202 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Slough to Penzance?
Friday is the cheapest day to depart from Slough to Penzance, at €34.44. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Slough to Penzance?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Slough to Penzance, at €21.24 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 Slough to Penzance?
No operator record names Slough to Penzance directly. Brittany Ferries publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Slough to Penzance?
20 percent of the services we sell from Slough to Penzance are direct. The rest connect at Exeter, Truro, St Austell, Reading, 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 Slough to Penzance use?
Services from Slough to Penzance by ferry leave from French Brothers and arrive at Gwelva. 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 Slough to Penzance?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Slough to Penzance 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 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.
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 Slough to Penzance on September 18, 2026: 399 km of route against 380 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €25.64, and 13h 6m 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 Penzance a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Penzance and across United Kingdom
Day trips that leave Penzance in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Slough reaches 67 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 17 to 380 km. Penzance reaches 39 places in 1 countries, from 33 to 425 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Slough
- 67Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 14Operators
Arriving in Penzance
Leaving Penzance
- 39Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators