Route · GB

Manchester, Greater Manchester to Nantes

1 operator run this water, from 1 h 22.

Getting from Manchester, Greater Manchester to Nantes

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Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Air France, Flybe MAN → NTE 691 km non-stop DH4 E75 in the air 2 h 52 est. rate not held 507 km/h average

Other ways to reach Nantes

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Nantes without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Paris (Orly, Val-de-Marne) – Nantes 56 min Air France

Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise) – Nantes 58 min Air France

Southampton – Nantes 1 h 02 Air France

London – Nantes 1 h 04 Air France, easyJet

Toulouse/Blagnac – Nantes 1 h 04 Airlinair

Lesquin – Nantes 1 h 08 Airlinair

Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône – Nantes 1 h 10 Airlinair

Montpellier/Méditerranée – Nantes 1 h 14 Airlinair

Geneva – Nantes 1 h 15 easyJet

Perpignan/Rivesaltes – Nantes 1 h 15 VOLOTEA Airways

And other ways to reach Manchester, Greater Manchester

Castletown – Manchester, Greater Manchester 43 min Flybe

London – Manchester, Greater Manchester 48 min American Airlines

Norwich, Norfolk – Manchester, Greater Manchester 49 min Flybe

Dublin – Manchester, Greater Manchester 50 min Aer Lingus

Belfast – Manchester, Greater Manchester 51 min Flybe, easyJet

Southampton – Manchester, Greater Manchester 51 min Flybe

Edinburgh – Manchester, Greater Manchester 52 min Flybe

Exeter, Devon – Manchester, Greater Manchester 53 min Flybe

Glasgow – Manchester, Greater Manchester 53 min Flybe

Newquay – Manchester, Greater Manchester 58 min Flybe

Where else these quays go

Also from Manchester, Greater Manchester

Aberdeen · Abu Dhabi · Agadir (Temsia) · Alicante · Almería · Amsterdam · Antalya · Atlanta · Attock · Balice · Barcelona · Beauvais · Belfast · Bergen

Also from Nantes

Ajaccio · Amsterdam · Barcelona · Bastia · Bâle / Mulhouse · Calvi · Casablanca · Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône · Dublin · Düsseldorf · El Matorral · Ferno (VA) · Figari · Firenze (FI)

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Manchester, Greater Manchester–Nantes crossing 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.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.