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Brittany Ferries

26 crossings between 16 ports in 5 countries. On 23 they are the only operator on the water; on 0 they are the quickest of several; on 1 a rival is faster.

Sailing with Brittany Ferries

Their busiest port

Three things the timetable does not say

88% alone of their network has no rival at all. On those 23 crossings the question is not who is quicker — it is whether you sail. A comparison site showing one result is not showing you a choice.

1 beaten crossings where another operator is quicker on the same water. Their own site cannot tell you this, and a booking engine sorted by price will not.

9 untimed crossings carry no duration anywhere we can source. They are counted in the 26 and left blank in the bars.

Where they are beaten

2 crossings where a rival is faster or the two are level. This is the section an operator would never publish.

Portsmouth – Ryde 10 km Brittany Ferries 22 min Hovertravel 10 min 3× daily 2 rivals

Fishbourne – Portsmouth 12 km Brittany Ferries 45 min Wightlink 45 min 3× daily 1 rival

Where they are the only boat

23 crossings with no other operator on record.

Cherbourg – England 4 h 15 daily

Cherbourg – Poole Seldown Coach Station (Stand 2) 4 h 30 daily 122 km

Cherbourg – Portsmouth 5 h 30 3× daily 135 km

Caen (central bus station) – Portsmouth 6 h 14 3× daily 180 km

Le Havre (Bus Station) – Portsmouth 6 h 30 3× daily 171 km

Plymouth Coach Station – Roscoff 6 h 40 rate not held 183 km

England – Saint-Malo (Office de Tourisme) 8 h 50 daily

Portsmouth – Saint-Malo (Office de Tourisme) 9 h 01 3× daily 250 km

Jersey St Helier – Portsmouth 9 h 13 3× daily

England – Santander (Bus Station) 20 h 00 rate not held

Plymouth Coach Station – Santander (Bus Station) 21 h 45 rate not held 768 km

Rosslare – Santander (Bus Station) 27 h 30 rate not held 996 km

Bilbao (Bus Station) – Rosslare 28 h 30 rate not held 1019 km

Bilbao (Bus Station) – Portsmouth 29 h 30 3× daily 843 km

Portsmouth – Santander (Bus Station) 29 h 45 3× daily 843 km

Cork – Roscoff not held rate not held 464 km

Cork – Santander (Bus Station) not held rate not held 990 km

Le Havre (Bus Station) – Rosslare not held rate not held 547 km

Bilbao (Bus Station) – England not held rate not held

Caen (central bus station) – England not held rate not held

England – Le Havre (Bus Station) not held rate not held

Plymouth Coach Station – Saint-Malo (Office de Tourisme) not held rate not held 246 km

England – Roscoff not held rate not held

Which months they sail

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

Our records for Brittany Ferries 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.

Where our records stop

No fares. Every comparison on this page is time and frequency only, and the fast-versus-conventional decision is mostly a price decision.

No departure times. 12 of 26 crossings carry a weekly rate; none carry a clock.

No vessels. We hold a fast/conventional class and no ship names.