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The Port Of Dover

There has been a harbour at Dover for many centuries. It's history can be traced back to Roman times. It's geographical position made it an ideal choice for sailors of small ships and boats who could look to it's deep cleft formed in the hills by the River Dour to give it protection when traveling across the strait.

James 1 created Dover Harbour in 1606 and it has continued to grow and develop to becoming possibly the biggest ferry passenger seaport in the world.

During 2001,the number of passengers passing through was in excess of 16 million with more than 1.7 million freight vehicles and 2 million private cars using the port road.

Dover is the preference of P&O Ferries, Sea France and Hoverspeed for the frequent crossings to Calais. Norfolkline choose it for the sailings to Dunkerque and now the new Speed Ferries service for ferries travels to Boulogne from there.

The port is an ideal location on the South East coast for onward travel with excellent links to the UK Rail and motorway networks. Dover ferry Port has 2 main ferry terminals. Currently it offers more than 60 daily services by car ferries, hovercraft and catamarans to Calais. P&O Ferries and Seafrance are equipped with a fleet of 'Jumbo' car ferries with crossing times of 75 minutes. Catamaran services offered by Hoverspeed make the crossing in 45 minutes.