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Ferry crossings

Taking a motorcycle on board a ferry is often very reasonable, many ferry operators, charge any pillion as a foot passenger, and a separate fee for bike and rider.

It's worth having a soft cloth handy to cover certain parts of your motorcycle. The loaders will likely provide foam to place underneath securing ropes, but they will not treat your machine with quiet as much respect as you - Tank bra's come in useful here, and keep a good eye on where they are positioning the securing ropes if you think they are attaching it to a part of the bike that will not withstand it do let them know. Remember the loaders need to get all vehicles on the ferry as quickly as possible - that said they wont deliberately set out to mark your motorbike!

Ferry Operators

 

This is intended as a guide only, Destinations will vary by operator and availability. Please check with port or operator for confirmation of available crossings and operating times.

| By Destination | By Port |

By Destination.

Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland

DUBLIN - Holyhead, Liverpool
DUN LOAGHAIRE - Holyhead
ROSSLARE - Fishguard, Pembroke
LARNE - Fleetwood, Troon
BELFAST - Troon, Stranrear

Travel from England via Fleetwood or Liverpool
Travel from
Scotland via Troon, Stranrear
Travel from
Wales via Holyhead, Fishguard or Pembroke

Isle of Man

DOUGLAS - Heysham, Liverpool

Belgium

ZEEBRUGGE - Hull, Rosyth

Travel from England via Hull
Travel from
Scotland via Rosyth

Holland

HOOK OF HOLLAND - Harwich
ROTTERDAM - Hull

France

CALAIS - Dover  (P&O Dover to Calais)
CAEN - Portsmouth
CHERBOUG - Poole, Portsmouth
ST MALO - Poole, Portsmouth
SANTANDER - Plymouth
ROSCOFF - Plymouth

 

 


By Port

CAIRNRYAN - Larne.

DOVER - Calais, France.

HARWICH - Hook of Holland, Esbjerg, Cuxhaven

HEYSHAM - Douglas, Isle of Man

HOLYHEAD - Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Dun Laogharie, Republic of Ireland.

HULL - Rotterdam, Holland. Zeebrugge, Belgium.

LIVERPOOL - Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Douglas, Isle of Man.

FISHGUARD - Larne. Rosslare, Republic of Ireland.

FLEETWOOD - Larne.

NEWCASTLE - Bergen, Gothenberg, Haugesund, Ijmuiden, Kristensand, Stravanger, Dieppe.

NEWHAVEN - Dieppe, France.

MOSTYN - Dublin

TROON - Larn, Republic of Ireland. Belfast, Northern Ireland.

PEMBROKE - Rosslare, Republic of Ireland.

POOLE - Cherbourg, France. St Malo, France.

PORTSMOUTH - Caen, France. Cherbourg, France. Le Harve, France. St Malo, France. Bilbao, Spain.

PLYMOUTH - Santander,Spain. Rosscof, France.

ROSYTH - Zeebrugge, Belgium.

STRANRAER - Belfast, Northern Ireland.

 

 



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