| Cross Channel ferry offerings are among the widest | | | | prefer to cross at night. Alternatively you can travel on |
| list that is available on the internet. If you are looking for | | | | the fast craft which will get you there in three and |
| a stress free and easy way of getting across the | | | | three quarter hours in the day time. There is also a |
| channel then book your Cross Channel ferry trip with | | | | fast craft daily crossing from Portsmouth to |
| Ferry France, a leading ferry ticket provider. | | | | Cherbourg, which takes around three hours. If you are |
| Major Routes and Operators | | | | travelling to France from Ireland, Brittany Ferries offers |
| You can cross from Dover to Calais in seventy | | | | one weekly sailing of fourteen hours between Cork |
| minutes when you choose to cross with SeaFrance | | | | and Roscoft. |
| who offer up to 15 crossings every day. You can also | | | | If you are travelling from Portsmouth to St. Malo then |
| travel from Dover to Calais when you choose P&O | | | | Brittany Ferries offers a daily service with a crossing |
| ferries which also have a crossing time of 70 minutes | | | | time of eight and three quarter hours but it takes |
| but can offer as many as 25 crossings a day. | | | | longer at night when the crossing time is eleven and a |
| Norfolk Line Ferries | | | | half hours. There are three sailings a day from Poole |
| The Norfolk line offers four passenger ferry routes | | | | to Cherbourg and this is their shortest crossing |
| including eleven sailings a day between Dover and | | | | between England and France. There are three ferries |
| Dunkirk and from Dunkirk to Dover with a fast | | | | a day from Plymouth to Roscoft with eight hours |
| crossing time of only one hour and 59 minutes. The | | | | allowed for overnight crossing while the crossing takes |
| ferry route is close to the main motorways and thus a | | | | only six hours if you travel during the day. |
| more convenient way of reaching Calais than many | | | | Condor Ferries |
| other routes. | | | | Condor Ferries run from Portsmouth to Cherbourg on |
| The Norfolk line also offers three sailings a week | | | | a daily basis except for Sundays. Sunday crossings |
| between Rosyth and Zeebrugge, the crossing time for | | | | are only available between the 25th May and 17th |
| this route is 20 hours. There are crossings from | | | | September. Condor Ferries also operate various |
| Liverpool (Birkenhead) to both Dublin and Belfast. | | | | crossings to the Channel Islands every day with fast |
| There are 12 sailings a week to Dublin and the | | | | crossing times of between two hours and two hours |
| crossing time is seven hours, it takes eight hours to | | | | forty minutes. |
| cross to Belfast and there are 13 sailings a week. | | | | LD Ferries |
| Brittany Ferries | | | | LD lines operate daily services from Portsmouth to Le |
| If you wish to travel to Caen in France then you will | | | | Havre and Newhaven to Le Havre with crossing times |
| need to travel from Portsmouth via Brittany Ferries. | | | | of five and seven and a half hours and five hours to |
| The company operates multiple daily crossings to | | | | Le Havre. It also runs crossings between Dover and |
| Caen with an approximate crossing time of six hours if | | | | Boulogne and Ostend to Ramsgate. |
| you travel during the day and seven hours if you | | | | |