Portsmouth Ferry Port Information
Portsmouth is one of Britain's most famous sea port destinations located on the South coast of England in Hampshire. It is proud of a long naval history dating back over 500 years and is the home of the Royal Navy.
It is Britain's best connected ferry port and around 3.4 million people travel through Portsmouth Continental Ferry Port each year making it the UK's second busiest port.
Portsmouth has excellent road links that connect it with the rest of the UK. You can sail on nine different routes from Portsmouth ferry port with ferries to France, Spain, Channel Islands and Isle of Wight with 6 different ferry operators, Brittany Ferries, Celtic Link, Condor Ferries, LD Lines, P&O and Wightlink.
Portsmouth Ferry Port & Terminal Services
The extensive harbour boasts three modern terminals. Britain's second busiest continental ferry port can be found north of the Naval base. The Isle of Wight Passenger Ferry Terminal, operating services to the Port of Ryde, is positioned south of the Naval base, while south of the passenger ferry terminal, you can find the Isle of Wight Car Ferry Terminal, which runs services to the Port of Fishbourne.
The principal Continental Ferry Terminal provides amenities such as an information counter, bar, cafeteria, souvenir shop, newsagent, currency exchange service, picture booth, baby-changing room, public fax machine and payphones.
The travel centre's location is at the boarding lanes' end. The service provides a pub/cafe as well as money exchange, gift and motoring outlets. Passenger amenities at the two Isle of Wight ferry terminal buildings feature refreshment amenities, public telephones, cloakrooms, adapted toilets for physically disabled people and nearby car parking.
Five passenger ferry operators serve the Continental Ferry Terminal.
LD Lines sister company Transmarche Ferries sail from Portsmouth to Le Havre taking 5 hours 30 minutes. In high season LD Lines high speed catamaran reduces the time to 3 hours 15 minutes. There are up to 12 sailings per week.
P&O Ferries offer 2 weekly sailings from Portsmouth to Bilbao Spain with a travel time of around 33 hours 45 minutes.
Brittany Ferries sail cross channel to both France & Spain.
Brittany Ferries to France: Their fastest crossing is from Portsmouth to Cherbourg between March & October taking just 3 hours. Their Portsmouth to Caen route operates up to 4 times a day taking 6 hours but in high season they also operate a high speed service taking just 3 hours 45 minutes. Their other crossing to France is Portsmouth to St Malo sailing daily taking 9 hours. Please note overnight crossings take a little longer.
Brittany Ferries to Spain: Their newest route is from Portsmouth to Santander in Spain. Their new weekly service operated by their luxurious flagship, mv Pont-Aven taking 24 hours.
Celtic Link Ferries operates a route from Portsmouth to Cherbourg daily taking 4 hours 30 minutes.
Condor Ferries offers ferry services from Portsmouth to Cherbourg on Sundays from July to September taking 5 hours 30 minutes. It also offers daily ferry crossings (except on Sundays) to Jersey taking 10 hours, and to Guernsey taking 7 hours.
Wightlink Ferries connects Portsmouth to Isle of Wight. They use 2 terminals in Portsmouth - Portsmouth Harbour for the FastCat passenger catamaran from Portsmouth to Ryde and the Gunwharf Terminal for the car ferry crosiing from Portsmouth to Fishbourne. The FastCat foot passenger catamaran takes just 18 minutes, while the journey onboard the vehicle ferry lasts about 40 minutes.
Hovertravel is the fastest way to the Isle of Wight with up to 32 crossings from Southsea Terminal to Ryde taking just 10 minutes. Foot passengers only.