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Ferry Services in the UK and Ireland
Because Britain and Ireland are islands it is appropriate that there are many ports with ferry services between the two islands and continental Europe. Many of these ferries offer and option of transporting passengers' cars with them for use at their destination. Most passengers without cars usually combine train travel with their sea passage.
For an overview of ports providing ferry services and more detail, go to the ferry pages for England and the Isle of Man, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Channel Islands. Alternatively, if you are interested in a particular port, choose it from the table below.
| ENGLAND AND THE ISLE OF MAN | Bideford, Dover, Douglas (Isle of Man), Fleetwood, Harwich, Heysham, Hull, Isle of Wight, Isles of Scilly, Liverpool, Lymington, Newcastle, North Shields, Newhaven, Penzance, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Southampton, Weymouth |
| IRELAND | Ballycastle, Belfast, Cork, Dublin (Dun Laoghaire), Larne, Rosslare. |
| SCOTLAND | Aberdeen, Cairnryan, Edinburgh (Rosyth), Gills Bay, Glenelg/Bernera, John O'Groats, Lerwick, Orkney Islands, Scrabster, Shetland Islands, Stranraer, Stromness, Troon, Western Isles. Go to the Scotland ferry page for ports not linked in this block. |
| WALES | Fishguard, Holyhead, Pembroke, Swansea |
| CHANNEL ISLANDS | Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark |
Several of the routes from England, Ireland and Scotland to continental Europe involve an overnight passage. By traveling from one point to another while sleeping, tourists can avoid wasting a day of travel time.
The UK-Ireland Fastlinks web site has a useful map of ferry routes between Ireland and Britain; that is, England, Scotland and Wales.