Page 13 - (DK Eyewitness) Back Roads Travel Guide - Great Britain

Getting to Great Britain 11

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Arriving by Sea Pembroke in South Wales (4 hours),
The easiest way to compare the while Stena Line has daily 2-hour ARRIVING BY SEA
many services, routes and prices crossings from Rosslare to Fishguard. Brittany Ferries
for ferry services is online at www. 03301 597 000 (UK); 08 25 82 88 28
directferries.co.uk. Arriving by Rail (France); www.brittany-ferries.co.uk
From France: P&O Ferries has Eurostar is the fastest and easiest Condor Ferries
frequent crossings between Calais way into Great Britain from Europe 08456 091 024 (UK); 08 25 13 51 35
and Dover (travel time 1½ hours). by rail. This high-speed train travels (France); www.condorferries.co.uk
DFDS Seaways also has daily sailings through the 52-km (31-mile) Direct Ferries
linking Calais and Dunkirk with Channel Tunnel. Passengers board www.directferries.co.uk
Dover; it also operates a service at Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Lille DFDS Seaways
between Dieppe and Newhaven. or Calais and travel to Ashford in 08715 747 235; +44 (0)20 8127 8303
Brittany Ferries operates services Kent, Ebbsfleet International or (from outside the UK);
from several destinations in France London’s St Pancras Station. The www.dfdsseaways.co.uk
to Portsmouth, Poole and Plymouth, journey from Paris to London can Irish Ferries
while Condor Ferries has one service be as little as 2¼ hours. Direct trains 0818 300 400; www.irishferries.com
between St Malo and Poole. also run from Marseille, Avignon P&O Ferries
From the rest of Europe: P&O and Lyon to London. From London, 01304 448 888 (UK); 08 25 12 01 56
Ferries serves Great Britain from there are train connections to all (France); www.poferries.com
Belgium, Netherlands and Ireland, parts of the country through the Stena Line
while DFDS Seaways has crossings British Rail network. 08447 70 70 70; www.stenaline.co.uk
between Amsterdam and Newcastle. If travelling by rail from Ireland,
Stena Line has daily crossings from there are combined train and ferry ARRIVING BY RAIL
the Hook of Holland to Harwich (6¼ tickets direct to most destinations Eurostar (railway)
hours). P&O Ferries sails overnight in Britain. For information contact 03432 186 186 (UK); +44 (0)1233
617 575 (from outside the UK);
from Zeebrugge in Belgium (13½ Irish Rail. www.eurostar.com
hours), and also from Rotterdam,
Netherlands (11 hours) to Hull. Arriving by Road Irish Rail (Iarnród Éireann)
1850 366 222 (Ireland);
Brittany Ferries has overnight Cars can also be taken through the 353 (0)1 836 6222 (from outside
crossings from Santander in Spain to Channel Tunnel on the Eurotunnel Ireland); www.irishrail.ie
Plymouth (18 hours) or Portsmouth rail shuttle, which runs between ARRIVING BY ROAD
(24 hours), as well as a service that Sangatte near Calais and Folkestone
runs between Bilbao and Portsmouth in Kent. Travel time is 35 minutes Eurolines
08717 818 178 (UK);
(24 hours). and passengers remain with their www.eurolines.de/en/home
From Ireland: Stena Line crosses car. LPG-powered vehicles are
between Belfast and Liverpool not permitted. The terminals link Eurotunnel
08443 35 35 35 (UK); 0810 63 03 04
(8 hours) and from Belfast to to the A16 motorway in France (France); www.eurotunnel.com
Cairnryan in southwest Scotland and the M20 in England.
(2¼ hours). P&O operates services Eurolines provides long-distance
from Larne, just north of Belfast, coach (bus) service to Britain from
to Cairnryan (1 hour) as well as cities across Ireland and Europe.
crossings between Dublin and Journey times can be long, but the
Liverpool (7 hours). Irish Ferries fares are relatively inexpensive.
runs 2-hour crossings from Dublin
to Holyhead in North Wales, as Below left Departure lounge at Gatwick airport
does Stena Line from Dublin. Irish Below centre Ferry terminal, Dover Harbour
Ferries crosses from Rosslare to Below right Boeing 747, Heathrow Airport

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