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United Kingdom

216 crossings between 43 ports, run by 54 operators, serving 45 cities. The busiest city is London with 482 destinations, and the busiest port is Southampton with 54 crossings. 54 airports carry scheduled service, so most of this network can be left by air as well as by sea.

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Cities

45 cities, each showing everything it reaches across every terminal and airport that serves it.

London reaches 482 destinations

Manchester reaches 329 destinations

Edinburgh reaches 317 destinations

Birmingham reaches 299 destinations

Bristol reaches 284 destinations

Glasgow reaches 282 destinations

Belfast reaches 269 destinations

Newcastle upon Tyne reaches 266 destinations

Leeds reaches 266 destinations

Southampton reaches 265 destinations

Liverpool reaches 258 destinations

Nottingham reaches 243 destinations

Showing the 12 widest-reaching of 45. Every city →

The ports that matter

Ranked by how many crossings each carries. The first is 2.7× the second.

Southampton crossings 54 crossings on record

Dover crossings 20 crossings on record

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne crossings 16 crossings on record

Belfast crossings 14 crossings on record

Liverpool (Wavertree Shopping Centre) crossings 12 crossings on record

Portsmouth crossings 10 crossings on record

Oban crossings 10 crossings on record

Aberdeen Bus Station crossings 7 crossings on record

Poole Seldown Coach Station (Stand 2) crossings 6 crossings on record

Plymouth Coach Station crossings 6 crossings on record

Troon crossings 5 crossings on record

Larne crossings 5 crossings on record

Hull crossings 5 crossings on record

Fleetwood crossings 4 crossings on record

Who runs the boats

54 operators appear in United Kingdom crossings.

Ambassador Cruise Line

Amtrak

Cunard

DFDS

Fred Olsen Cruise Lines

Isle of Man Steam Packet

Isles Of Scilly Travel

Isles of Scilly Steamship Company

Long Island Rail Road

Norwegian Cruise Line

Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Stena but will not be our last

Victorian architecture

The longest and the shortest

166 of 216 crossings carry a time.

Longest held

Southampton – Valparaiso-Santiago 2184 h 00 Seabourn Cruises

Southampton – Sydney 1824 h 00 Oceania Cruises, PO Cruises

Southampton – Trieste (Autostazione) 1608 h 00 Oceania Cruises

Brisbane – Southampton 1416 h 00 PO Cruises

Southampton – Valletta 1272 h 00 Fred Olsen Cruise Lines

Southampton – Yokohama 1224 h 00 Cunard

Hong Kong – Southampton 1128 h 00 Cunard, PO Cruises

Singapore – Southampton 936 h 00 Cunard, Oceania Cruises

Shortest held

Bronxville – Fleetwood 2 min Metro-North Railroad

Fleetwood – Mt Vernon East 2 min Metro-North Railroad

Dover – Durham 7 min Amtrak

Bridgehampton – Southampton 8 min Long Island Rail Road

East Hampton – Southampton 9 min Long Island Rail Road

Portsmouth – Ryde 10 min Brittany Ferries, Hovertravel

Bournemouth (Coach Station) – Poole Seldown Coach Station (Stand 2) 15 min FlixBus-eu

Port Talbot Bus Station – Swansea University (Bay Campus) 15 min FlixBus-eu

Every crossing we hold

All 216 of them, alphabetically, 25 at a time. Each has its own page.

Aberdeen Bus Station – Dundee (Overgate Center -West Marketgait) 1 h 19 FlixBus-eu

Aberdeen Bus Station – Edinburgh Bus Station 288 h 00 Aurora Expeditions

Aberdeen Bus Station – Kirkwall 7 h 15 Northlink Ferries

Aberdeen Bus Station – Lerwick 14 h 30 Northlink Ferries

Aberdeen Bus Station – Orkney not held

Aberdeen Bus Station – Shetland not held NorthLink

Aberdeen Bus Station – Tromso 336 h 00 Aurora Expeditions

Amsterdam – Hull not held

Amsterdam – Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 15 h 45 DFDS, DFDS Seaways

Amsterdam – Southampton 264 h 00 Oceania Cruises

Ardrossan – Brodick 55 min Caledonian MacBrayne

Ardrossan – Campbeltown not held

Barcelona – Dover 264 h 00 Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America

Barcelona – Southampton 168 h 00 Cunard, Disney Cruise Line, MSC Explora Journeys

Barra – Oban not held

Basseterre – Southampton 408 h 00 PO Cruises

Belfast – Cairnryan 2 h 15 Stena Line

Belfast – Copenhagen Busterminal 360 h 00 Silversea Cruises

Belfast – Douglas 2 h 45 Steam Packet, Victorian architecture

Belfast – Dundee 120 h 00 Ambassador Cruise Line

Belfast – Edinburgh Bus Station 264 h 00 Seabourn Cruises, Silversea Cruises

Belfast – England not held Stena Line

Belfast – Holyhead not held Stena Line

Belfast – Lisbon (Oriente) 264 h 00 Oceania Cruises, Seabourn Cruises, Silversea Cruises

Belfast – Liverpool (Wavertree Shopping Centre) 8 h 00 Stena Line

Belfast – London-Tilbury 288 h 00 Seabourn Cruises, Viking Cruises

Belfast – Reykjavik 288 h 00 Seabourn Cruises

Belfast – Scotland 2 h 22 Stena Line

Belfast – Southampton 384 h 00 Oceania Cruises

Belfast – Stranraer not held Stena Line

Bergen – Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 15 h 00

Bergen – Troon 288 h 00 SeaDream Yacht Club

Bilbao (Bus Station) – Portsmouth 29 h 30 Brittany Ferries

Bluff – Oban not held

Bordeaux (Saint-Jean - Paludate) – Dover 240 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages

Boston – Southampton 456 h 00 Princess Cruises

Boulogne – Dover not held P&O Ferries

Bournemouth (Coach Station) – Poole Seldown Coach Station (Stand 2) 15 min FlixBus-eu

Bournemouth (Coach Station) – Southampton 40 min FlixBus-eu

Bridgehampton – Southampton 8 min Long Island Rail Road

Bridgend-Sarn – Swansea University (Bay Campus) 25 min FlixBus-eu

Bridgetown – Southampton 336 h 00 MSC Cruises, PO Cruises

Brisbane – Southampton 1416 h 00 PO Cruises

Bristol UK – Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 96 h 00 Ambassador Cruise Line

Brodick – Campbeltown not held Caledonian MacBrayne

Brodick – Troon 1 h 20 Caledonian MacBrayne

Bronxville – Fleetwood 2 min Metro-North Railroad

Buenos Aires – Southampton 504 h 00 Princess Cruises, Seabourn Cruises

Caen (central bus station) – Portsmouth 6 h 14 Brittany Ferries

Cairnryan – Larne 2 h 00 P&O Irish Sea, PO Ferries, modern ferries

Calais (P&O Ferry) – Dover 1 h 25 DFDS, DFDS Seaways, FlixBus-eu

Calais (P&O Ferry) – Folkestone (Eurotunnel) 30 min Eurotunnel, FlixBus-eu

Cape Town – Southampton 432 h 00 Cunard, PO Cruises, Seabourn Cruises

Castlebay – Oban 4 h 45 Caledonian MacBrayne

Cherbourg – Poole Seldown Coach Station (Stand 2) 4 h 30 Brittany Ferries

Cherbourg – Portsmouth 5 h 30 Brittany Ferries

Chester Bus Interchange (Stand N) – Liverpool (Wavertree Shopping Centre) 40 min FlixBus-eu

Civitavecchia-Rome – Dover 240 h 00 Carnival Cruise Line

Civitavecchia-Rome – Southampton 216 h 00 Cunard, MSC Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line

Coll – Oban not held Caledonian MacBrayne

Colonsay – Oban not held

Copenhagen Busterminal – Dover 192 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Seabourn Cruises

Copenhagen Busterminal – Southampton 168 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys, Norwegian Cruise Line

Cork – Swansea University (Bay Campus) not held

Craignure – Oban 50 min Caledonian MacBrayne

Cuxhaven – Harwich not held Stena Line

Darlington (Town Hall) – Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 1 h 00 FlixBus-eu

Dieppe (Central bus station) – Newhaven 4 h 24 DFDS, DFDS Seaways

Douglas – Heysham 3 h 45 Steam Packet

Douglas – Larne 4 h 45 Steam Packet

Douglas – Liverpool (Wavertree Shopping Centre) 2 h 45 Isle of Man Steam Packet, Steam Packet

Dover – Dunkerque 2 h 00 FlixBus-eu

Dover – Dunkirk 2 h 00 DFDS, DFDS Seaways

Dover – Durham 7 min Amtrak

Dover – Fredrikstad 240 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages

Dover – Hamburg central bus station not held HX Expeditions, Seabourn Cruises

Dover – IJmuiden 288 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Dover – Lisbon (Oriente) 240 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages, Azamara Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line

Dover – London Victoria Coach Station 2 h 10 FlixBus-eu

Dover – Miami 504 h 00 Seabourn Cruises

Dover – Norfolk 384 h 00 Carnival Cruise Line

Dover – Portsmouth UK 192 h 00 Saga Cruises

Dover – Reykjavik 288 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Seabourn Cruises

Dover – Rotterdam Central Station 24 h 00 Holland America

Dover – Wells 18 min Amtrak

Dublin – Fishguard not held

Dublin – Holyhead 3 h 15 Irish Ferries, Stena Line

Dublin – Liverpool (Wavertree Shopping Centre) not held

Dublin – Pembroke not held

Dublin – Troon 192 h 00 SeaDream Yacht Club

Dun Laoghaire – Holyhead not held Stena but will not be our last

Dundee – Liverpool (Wavertree Shopping Centre) 144 h 00 Ambassador Cruise Line

Dundee – Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 48 h 00 Ambassador Cruise Line

Dunnon – Gourock not held Western Ferries

East Cowes – England not held Red Funnel

East Cowes – Southampton 1 h 00 Red Funnel

East Hampton – Southampton 9 min Long Island Rail Road

East New York – Southampton 168 h 00 Cunard, MSC Explora Journeys, Norwegian Cruise Line

Edinburgh Bus Station – Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 2 h 25 FlixBus-eu, Fred Olsen Cruise Lines

Edinburgh Bus Station – Southampton 288 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Edinburgh Bus Station – Troon 288 h 00 SeaDream Yacht Club

England – Ryde 22 min Wightlink

Esbjerg – Harwich not held DFDS Seaways, Stena Line

Europoort – Hull 11 h 24

Exeter (Stover Court- Bampfylde Street) – Plymouth Coach Station 1 h 00 FlixBus-eu

Fishbourne – Portsmouth 45 min Brittany Ferries, Wightlink

Fishguard – Rosslare 3 h 30 Stena Line

Fleetwood – Grand Central 32 min Metro-North Railroad

Fleetwood – Larne not held P&O Irish Sea

Fleetwood – Mt Vernon East 2 min Metro-North Railroad

Folkestone (Eurotunnel) – London Victoria Coach Station 2 h 00 FlixBus-eu

Fort Lauderdale – Southampton 336 h 00 Cunard, Disney Cruise Line, Princess Cruises

Fort-de-France – Southampton 360 h 00 MSC Cruises

Galveston – Southampton 384 h 00 Royal Caribbean

Gijon – Poole Seldown Coach Station (Stand 2) 4 h 00

Gourock – Rothesay not held

Hamburg central bus station – Southampton 48 h 00 Cunard, MSC Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys

Harwich – Holland not held Stena Line

Harwich – Hook of Holland 7 h 36 Stena Line

Helsinki, Bus Station (Kamppi) – Southampton 264 h 00 Norwegian Cruise Line, Princess Cruises

Heraklion – Southampton not held Fred Olsen Cruise Lines

Holland – Hull not held P&O Ferries

Holland – Newcastle-Upon-Tyne not held DFDS

Hong Kong – Southampton 1128 h 00 Cunard, PO Cruises

Hull – Rotterdam Central Station 11 h 15 P&O Ferries, PO Ferries

Hull – Zeebrugge 15 h 00 P&O Ferries

Håneskrysset E18 (Kristiansand) – Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 15 h 00

IJmuiden – Liverpool (Wavertree Shopping Centre) 168 h 00 Crystal Cruises

IJmuiden – Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 15 h 45

IJmuiden – Southampton 240 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Silversea Cruises

Isle of Wight – Lymington 40 min Wightlink

Isle of Wight – Portsmouth not held

Isle of Wight – Southampton not held Red Funnel

Istanbul – Southampton 456 h 00 Cunard

Jersey St Helier – Poole Seldown Coach Station (Stand 2) 4 h 30

Jersey St Helier – Portsmouth 9 h 13 Brittany Ferries

Kiel central bus station – Southampton 408 h 00 Cunard

Kirkwall – Lerwick 5 h 30 Northlink Ferries

Kirkwall – Scotland not held NorthLink

Kirkwall – Shetland not held NorthLink

Korsvägen (Gothenburg) – Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 15 h 00

Larne – Scotland 2 h 00 P&O Ferries

Larne – Troon not held

Le Havre (Bus Station) – Portsmouth 6 h 30 Brittany Ferries

Le Havre (Bus Station) – Southampton 24 h 00 MSC Cruises, Oceania Cruises

Leeds City Bus Station (Stand 1) – Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 1 h 55 FlixBus-eu

Leeds Cultural Stop C – Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 2 h 00 FlixBus-eu

Lerwick – Orkney not held NorthLink

Lerwick – Scotland not held NorthLink

Limassol – Southampton 768 h 00 Fred Olsen Cruise Lines

Lisbon (Oriente) – Liverpool (Wavertree Shopping Centre) 264 h 00 Crystal Cruises

Lisbon (Oriente) – Southampton 192 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys, Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises

Lismore – Oban not held

Liverpool (Wavertree Shopping Centre) – M6 Keele Services Northbound 1 h 15 FlixBus-eu

Liverpool (Wavertree Shopping Centre) – M6 Keele Services Southbound 1 h 25 FlixBus-eu

Liverpool (Wavertree Shopping Centre) – Manchester (Shudehill Interchange) 45 min FlixBus-eu

Liverpool (Wavertree Shopping Centre) – Portsmouth UK 72 h 00 Ambassador Cruise Line

Liverpool (Wavertree Shopping Centre) – Warrington Interchange 35 min FlixBus-eu

Lochboisdale – Oban not held

Lochmaddy – Tarbert Loch Fyne 1 h 00

Lochranza – Tarbert Loch Fyne not held

Los Angeles – Southampton 624 h 00 Cunard

Lymington – Yarmouth 40 min Wightlink

Lymington – Yarmouth Wight not held Wightlink

Miami – Southampton 288 h 00 Cunard, Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises

Middlesbrough (Bus Station) – Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 50 min FlixBus-eu

Montreal – Southampton 336 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne – Portsmouth UK 72 h 00 Ambassador Cruise Line

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne – Stavanger bussterminal not held

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne – Sunderland Interchange 25 min FlixBus-eu

Newquay Bus Station – Penzance Bus Station 1 h 00 FlixBus-eu

Newquay Bus Station – Plymouth Coach Station 1 h 25 FlixBus-eu

Oban – Port Askaig not held Caledonian MacBrayne

Oban – Tiree 3 h 00 Caledonian MacBrayne

Oslo – Southampton 240 h 00 Oceania Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Ostend – Ramsgate not held

Pembroke – Rosslare 4 h 01 Irish Ferries

Penzance Bus Station – St Mary's 2 h 00 Isles Of Scilly Travel, Isles of Scilly Steamship Company

Piraeus-Athens – Southampton 240 h 00 Cunard, Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, Oceania Cruises

Plymouth Coach Station – Roscoff 6 h 10 Brittany Ferries

Plymouth Coach Station – Saint-Malo (Office de Tourisme) not held Brittany Ferries

Plymouth Coach Station – Santander (Bus Station) 20 h 53 Brittany Ferries

Plymouth Coach Station – Truro (Bus Station) 1 h 40 FlixBus-eu

Pointe-a-Pitre – Southampton 552 h 00 MSC Cruises

Poole Seldown Coach Station (Stand 2) – Saint-Malo (Office de Tourisme) not held Condor Ferries

Poole Seldown Coach Station (Stand 2) – Santander (Bus Station) 24 h 00

Port Canaveral – Southampton 336 h 00 Celebrity Cruises, Princess Cruises

Port Talbot Bus Station – Swansea University (Bay Campus) 15 min FlixBus-eu

Portavadie – Tarbert Loch Fyne 25 min

Portsmouth – Ryde 10 min Brittany Ferries, Hovertravel, Wightlink

Portsmouth – Saint-Malo (Office de Tourisme) 9 h 01 Brittany Ferries

Portsmouth – Santander (Bus Station) 29 h 45 Brittany Ferries

Quebec City – Southampton 336 h 00 Cunard, MSC Explora Journeys

Reykjavik – Southampton 192 h 00 MSC Explora Journeys, Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises

Rio de Janeiro – Southampton not held Cunard

Rosyth – Zeebrugge 1 h 20

Rothesay – Wemyss Bay not held

Rothesay – Weymss Bay not held Caledonian MacBrayne

Saint-Malo (Office de Tourisme) – Weymouth not held

San Antonio – Southampton 912 h 00 Princess Cruises

San Francisco Pier 41 – Southampton 552 h 00 PO Cruises

Santa Cruz de Tenerife – Southampton 240 h 00 Fred Olsen Cruise Lines

Santos – Southampton 624 h 00 MSC Cruises

Scotland – Stromness not held NorthLink

Scrabster – Stromness 1 h 30 Northlink Ferries

Singapore – Southampton 936 h 00 Cunard, Oceania Cruises, PO Cruises

Southampton – St Johns Antigua 504 h 00 PO Cruises

Southampton – Stockholm (St Eriksplan) 288 h 00 Oceania Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Silversea Cruises

Southampton – Sydney 1824 h 00 Oceania Cruises, PO Cruises

Southampton – Trieste (Autostazione) 1608 h 00 Oceania Cruises

Southampton – Valletta 1272 h 00 Fred Olsen Cruise Lines

Southampton – Valparaiso-Santiago 2184 h 00 Seabourn Cruises

Southampton – Westhampton 20 min Long Island Rail Road

Southampton – Yokohama 1224 h 00 Cunard

Stornoway – Ullapool 2 h 40 Caledonian MacBrayne

Tarbert Loch Fyne – Uig 1 h 00

Which months these run

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for United Kingdom ferry crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.