Crossing the English channel is somewhat a ‘rites of passage’ these days for your average British person!  It just goes to show you how quick and cheap it is. 
From leaving British shores you can be in France in under an hour! 

Find all the different routes from England right here!  Read on or click around to see which is the nearest port to you going to where in France would suit you best!

Dover to Calais:  The oldest and most traditional route bringing you to one historic part of the world right to another!  Dover still operates the most ferries to Calais with up to 50 crossings a day!  Which takes the duration of 1 ¼ hours.  As well as Calais you can also sail to Boulogne (55 minutes) and Dunker (1 ¾ hours) from Dover.

Portsmouth to Caen and Cherbourg:  Portsmouth sees some 3.4 million passengers pass through there dock every year.  What attracts people to Portsmouth is its ease of access and interconnectivity through roads and railways.  Brittany Ferries schedule 2 crossings a day to Cherbourg (3 hours) and 4 a day to Caen (3 ¾ hours).

New Haven to Dieppe:  Right next to the party town of Brighton, New Haven Port may be small but that’s not to say it doesn’t deal with many passengers crossing the channel.  Transmanche Ferries sail 4 times a day to Dieppe from New Haven taking 3 ¼ hours.  So next time your in Brighton on a night out why not turn that night into a weekend and visit Dieppe!  Either that or send your mate on it while he’s asleep!

Weymouth to St Malo:  St. Malo really is a port town worth seeing, in common with Weymouth, it has some fantastically picturesque views and many activities to keep you occupied.  Condor Ferries operate one crossing from Weymouth to St. Malo a day, taking 5 hours. 

An indication of its popularity can be garnered when you note that the population increases by 4 times during the summer tourist season!  St. Malo is a beautiful place to visit if for a week or  just passing through on your way to your final destination.

Plymouth to Roscoff:  Considering Plymouth has 3 crossing as day to France, we really are blessed in Britain!  Plymouth provides travellers in the south west of England an easily accessible route to France, indeed it presents the shortest route for  passengers to western France and the Iberian Peninsula. 
There are 3 crossings a day to Roscoff from Plymouth taking a time of 6 hours.

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