The ferry service between Poole and Cherbourg is provided by
Brittany Ferries and Condor Ferry Lines.
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Poole
To reach Poole from the rom the East follow the A348 from Ferndown or the A35 from
Bournemouth. To reach Poole from the West follow the A35 to Poole and then take A350.
Follow th signs to Ferries.
Poole Harbour is one of the world's largest natural harbours is set amid the Purbeck
countryside and alongside the town of Poole. The busy commercial port serves both cross
channel ferries and cargo vessels. The Terminal offers a summer cafe, a Bureau de Change,
and a left luggage locker facility.
The conventional ferry crossing time is approx 4 hours 15 minutes and the Fastcraft
crossing time is 2 hours 15 minutes.
Cherbourg
Cherborg is very convenient for travelling to Normandy or Brittany, there are up to 7
sailings to and from Cherbourg each day, either on traditional ferries (which take approx
5 hours by day and 8 hours by night) or on the Portsmouth Express (which takes only 2
hours and 45 minutes).
Cherbourg is at the end of the N13/A13 dual carriageway/autoroute from Paris and this
links to the A84 autoroute (still under construction) to Rennes.
The old part of Cherbourg town centres around the old basin, the fishing port. Its history
goes back at least to Roman times although there aren’t any Roman remains to be seen.
It is over looked by the 'Fort du Roule' which gives fantastic views of the town on a
clear day.
The town is worth spending some time in rather than just rushing through to or from the
ferry or hypermarket and has a number of activities to pass the day. These include a new
attraction, la Cité de la Mer which opened in 2002 in the former trans-Atlantic terminal
building which is cylindrical aquarium and a former nuclear submarine.
The town does not have huge shopping facilities but there are a number of smaller shops
where bargains can be found. There are a number of larger hypermarkets that can be found
on the outskirts of town, the largest being Carrefour at Octeville on the edge of town as
you leave on the main N13.
