Ferry routes to British Mainland

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[edit] From the South Coast

The modern Seven Sisters Ferry, leaving Newhaven for Dieppe

Major airports and ferry routes (some are missing)

Dover to Dunkirk; 1 hour Norfolk Line
Dover to Calais; 90 minutes Seafrance and P&O
Dover to Bolounge: 45 minutes (fastcraft) Speed Ferries
Folkstone to Calais: 35 minutes Eurotunnel
Newhaven to Dieppe 4 hrs Transmanche
Newhaven to Le Harve: 5 hrs Transmanche
Portsmouth to Le Harve 6hrs LD Lines
Portsmouth to Caen; 6hrs Brittany Ferries
Portsmouth to Cherbourg: 7hrs (3:40 fastcraft) Brittany Ferries
Portsmouth to Bilbao: 36 hrs P&O
Poole to Cherbourg: 5 hours Brittany Ferries
Plymouth to Roscoff: 6 hours Brittany Ferries
Plymouth to Santander 24 hours Brittany Ferries

Portsmouth and Southampton act as ports for transport to the Isle of Wight, also routes to Guernsey and Jersey often leave from other South Coast Ports

[edit] To Ireland

The Irish Ferries Ulysses, the world's largest ferry

Pembroke and Fishguard to Rosslare; 4 hours Stena Line
Holyhead to Dublin 2 hours Stena Line and Irish Ferries
Liverpool to Dublin; 6 hours P&O Irish Sea
Fleetwood to Larne; 6 hours Stena Line
Strantander to Belfast; 1 hour Stena Line
Pembroke to Rosslare 4 hours Irish Ferries

[edit] East coast Routes

Newcastle to Scandinavia, Hamburg and the Netherlands (Amsterdam)
Hull to Rotterdam: 10 hours P&O North Sea Ferries]
Hull to Zeebrugge: 8 hours
Harwich to Scandinavia
Harwich to Hook van Holland; 7 hours Stena Line
Ramsgate to Ostend: 4 hours Transeuropa
these routes may be subject to change, it is recommended to contact the ferry operators and book ahead