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Prices listed are only a guide as they may
change throughout the year.
Some map links may show a road sea route,
rather than the direct sea route.
Isle of Arran - Ardrossan
The large Car Ferry on this run, Caledonian
Isles, travels between Ardrossan (Ayrshire)
and Brodick
(largest town on Arran) about
every 3 hours with a crossing time of about 55
minutes. Price guide about £9 per
passenger return and £55 per car return.
Hot meals served on board. Although you can
just turn up and wait in line, it is best to
pre-book cars as can be fully booked in summer
months.
www.calmac.co.uk/destinations/arran
. Map .
Isle of Arran - Kintyre Peninsular
This small car ferry travels between Lochranza on
the northern tip of Arran to
Clonaig on the Kintyre Peninsular about every
hour and a half. No need to book, just wait in
line. Price guide, about £8 per passenger
return and £36 per car return.
www.calmac.co.uk/destinations/kintyre
. Map .
Isle of Barra - Oban
The large ferry, The Clansman,
on the run between Oban and
Castlebay
(largest town on Barra) departs
once a day with a crossing time of around 5
hours. Hot meals are served on board. Price
guide about £25 per passenger and
£114 per car.
www.calmac.co.uk/destinations/barra .
Map .
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Belfast (Northern
Ireland) - Cairnryan (Southwest
Scotland)
Travel by the one of two 30,000 ton
superfast ferries bewteen Belfast
& Cairnryan
and enjoy a ferry crossing with a
restaurant, spa, movies and executive
lounge. Travel time 2 hours 15 minutes.
Price guide about £110 return car +
driver and £46 return foot
passengers. The Stena website often lists
cut price crossings and crossings with
coach tours included under Special
Offers. The coach tour to the northern
coast of Ireland including Ballycastle,
the Whiskey town of Bushmills, Rede Rope
Bridge and Giants Causeway is
exceptionally popular. Belfast City
tour buses often meet the ferries at
the port.
www.stenaline.co.uk/ferry/routes/cairnryan-belfast/
. Map .
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Isle of Bute - Wemyss
Bay
There are two ferries, MV Bute and MV
Juno, that run all day between Wemyss Bay and
Rothsey
(largest town on Bute) about 18
times a day with a crossing time of around 35
minutes. Price guide about £8 per
passenger and £33 per car. The mansion and
estate Mount Stuart is
one of the islands top attractions.
www.calmac.co.uk/destinations/bute
. Map .
Isle of Cumbrae -
Largs
Two small calmac
ferries run between Largs and a
slip on Cumbrae about 4 miles north of the
Islands main town of Millport. A
regular bus service transfers foot passengers
from the slip to Millport. Crossing time of
around 10 minutes. Price guide about £5
per passenger and £23 per car return.
Cumbrae is well known for its cycle lane around
the island and its many cycle hire shops, also,
the interesting Cathedral of the
Isles.
www.calmac.co.uk/destinations/cumbrae .
Map .
Dunoon - Gourock
The small calmac ferry MV Saturn runs between
Dunoon on the
north side of the Firth of Clyde and Gourock on the
south side of the Firth of Clyde every hour,
crossing time 20 minutes. Price guide about
£7 per passenger, no cars.
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dunoon/calmacferry
. Map .
Isle of Islay - Kennacraig
(Kintyre Peninsular) & Oban
The calmac ferries MV Hebridean Isles
& MV Isle of Arran run between
Kennacraig the Isle of Islay &
Oban 3 or 4
times a day with a crossing time from
Kennacraig to Islay around 2 hours 20 minutes.
Price guide from Kennacraig to Islay about
£12 per passenger and £62 per car
return.
www.calmac.co.uk/destinations/islay
. Map .
Larne (Northern Ireland) -
Cairnryan (Southwest Scotland)
Larne -
Cairnryan in
just an hour. That's how long the P&O Express
(Once the holder of the Blue Riband for the
fastest Atlantic Crossing) takes to speed you
across the sea. Or if you prefer a more
leisurely cruise, our Superferries will glide
you over in only 105 minutes. Price guide about
£104 per car plus driver return. About
£20 per foot passenger. An excellent port
for anyone wishing to drive along the scenic
eastern and northern coasts of Northern Ireland
to North Antrim with the
most popular tourist attraction being the
Giants Causeway.
www.poferries.com .
Map .
Larne (Northern Ireland) -
Troon
Larne -
Troon in under
2 hours. That's how long the P&O Express
(Once the holder of the Blue Riband for the
fastest Atlantic Crossing) takes to speed you
across the sea. Price guide about £124 per
car plus driver return. About £20 per foot
passenger. An excellent port for anyone wishing
to drive along the scenic eastern and northern
coasts of Northern Ireland to North Antrim with the most
popular tourist attraction being the Giants
Causeway.
www.poferries.com .
Map .
Isle of Lewis -
Ullapool
The calmac ferry MV Isle of
Lewis runs between Stornoway
(largest town on the the Isle of Lewis)
& Ullapool 2 or 3
times a day with a crossing time of around 2
hours 50 minutes. Price guide about £18
per passenger and £94 per car
return.
www.calmac.co.uk/destinations/lewis .
Map .
Isle of Lismore -
Oban
A small calmac
ferry runs between Oban and
Achnacroish which is on the Southeast side of
the island a few miles south of Port Appin
(largest town on Lismore). The ferry runs about
5 times a day with a crossing time of around 55
minutes. Price guide about £6 per
passenger and £53 per car return.
www.calmac.co.uk/destinations/lismore .
Map .
Isle of Mull -
Oban
Three calmac
ferries run between Oban and
Craignure which
is on the East side of the Mull 20 miles
south of Tobermory
(largest town on Mull). The ferry runs about 7
times a day with a crossing time of around 45
minutes. Price guide about £9 per
passenger and £65 per car return.
www.calmac.co.uk/destinations/mull .
Map .
Isle of Orkney -
Aberdeen
The large Northlink
ferries depart Aberdeen four
days a week on the 6 hour voyage north to
Kirkwall on the
Orkney Islands.
This ferry then departs Kirkwall 40 minutes
later for an 8 hour voyage north to Lerwick on the
Shetland
Islands. Price guide about £25 per
passenger and £100 per car each way
between Kirkwall and Aberdeen.
www.northlinkferries.co.uk/aberdeen-ferry
. Map .
Isle of Orkney -
Caithness
The Pentland Ferries MV Pentalina B
offers the quickest way for passengers and
their cars to travel between Caithness and
Orkney, taking the most sheltered route to
ensure comfort. Crossing from Gills Bay (Caithness
northern Scotland) to St Margarets
Hope ( 11 miles south of the largest town
Kirkwall on the
Orkney Isles)
takes about one hour. Price guide about
£14 per passenger each way and £33
per car each way.
www.pentlandferries.co.uk . Map .
Isle of Orkney - John o
Groats
Every day all summer from 1st May to 30th
September. You have a choice of Day Tours of
Orkney from John O' Groats
or Inverness.
Crossing from John O' Groats
(Caithness northern Scotland) to Burwick ( 17
miles south of the largest town Kirkwall on the
Orkney Isles)
takes about 40 minutes. Price guide about
£40 per passenger for a day tour that
includes the ferry return and a coach tour of
Orkney.
www.jogferry.co.uk . Map .
Isle of Orkney -
Scrabster
The large Northlink Ferry MV Hamnavoe
departs Scrabster near Thurso
(northern Scotland) 3 times a day on the 90
minute crossing to Stromness 16
miles west of Kirkwall on the
Orkney Islands.
Crossing time 90 minutes. Price guide about
£17 per passenger and £52 per
car.
www.northlinkferries.co.uk/scrabster-ferry
. Map .
Isle of Shetland -
Aberdeen
The large Northlink
ferries depart Aberdeen four
days a week on the 6 hour voyage north to
Kirkwall on the
Orkney Islands.
This ferry then departs Kirkwall 40 minutes
later for an 8 hour voyage north to Lerwick on the
Shetland
Islands. Price guide about £33 per
passenger and £133 per car each way
between Lerwick and Aberdeen.
www.northlinkferries.co.uk/aberdeen-ferry .
Map .
Isle of Skye -
Mallaig
The medium sized Calmac ferry the MV Coruisk
travels between Mallaig (west
Highlands) and Armadale on the
Island of Skye.
Armadale is situated on the south side of Skye
about 15 miles south of Portree
(largest town on Skye). There are 8 crossings
each way per day taking about 30 minutes. Price
guide about £7 per passenger return and
£40 per car return.
www.calmac.co.uk/destinations/skye .
Map .
Isle of Coll & Isle of
Tiree - Oban
Calmac ferries make one round trip per day from
Oban to
Coll and Tiree. The crossing takes
about 3 hours between Oban and Coll and a
further 1 hour between Coll and Tiree. Price
guide about £20 per passenger return and
£104 per car return.
www.calmac.co.uk/destinations/tiree .
Map .
Isle of Uist -
Oban
Calmac ferries make 4 round trips per week
between Oban and
Lochboisdale on
the Island of Uist (Outer
Hebrides). Thr trip takes about 7 hours.
Price guide about £27 per passenger return
and £126 per car return.
www.calmac.co.uk/destinations/uist-north
. Map .
www.calmac.co.uk/destinations/uist-south
Zeebrugge (Belgium) -
Rosyth (by Edinburgh) passenger service
ended in 2010
The large ferries used to provide 3 crossing
per week between Zeebrugge and Rosyth with the
trip taking about 18 hours. Price guide was
about £47 one way foot passenger with
airline type seat or from £88 per cabin
one way. Car prices with a cabin were from
about £350 return. The new ferry on the
route only carries freight. The small town of
Zeebrugge is situated about 10 miles north of
Bruges, the historic
capital of West Flanders, Flanders being one of
the three regions of Belgium. Bruges is one of
Belgium's chief tourist attractions.
www.norfolkline.com/EN/Scotland_ferries/ .
Map .
Update
The opening of the Cairnryan Stena
Ferry Terminal 21st November 2011 will
lead to the closure of the Ferry Terminal
in Stranraer, ending a service
between Stranraer and Belfast that began
in 1862. Stranraer harbour area is now
set to undergo redevelopment.
The last three Stena ships on that
route were withdrawn from service and
replaced by the 2 sisters ships, Stena
Superfast VII & VIII. The ships taken
out of service were the 7,000 ton Stena
Caledonia, 9,000 ton Stena Navigator, and
19,000 ton Stena Voyager. The Stena
Voyager is a jet engine powered 40
knot plus catamaran that would have been
able to do the new crossing between
Cairnryan & Belfast in well under 2
hours. This ship had been operated
between Stranraer & Belfast from
entering service in 1996. The jet engines
high fuel usage led to this ship being
taken out of service after the service
between Cairnryan and Belfast began, it
will probably be put up for sale. Her
sister ship Stena Discovery was sold in
2010 to a company in Venezuela. A second
sister ship Stena Explorer will now only
be operated in the summer between
Holyhead and Dublin due to high fuel
costs. These are the largest fast ferries
in the world, the shipping equivalent of
Concorde, a fantastic design, just too
expensive to run.
Stena
Superfast VII & VIII are now the
largest ferries to have been operated
from Scotland. They are 30,285 tons, 669
feet long, with 10 decks and can travel
about 30 knots, crossing between
Cairnryan and Belfast in about 2 hours 15
minutes. They were originally built for
the Estonian ferry company Tallink in
2001 for the route between Tallinn
(Estonia), Helsinki (Finland) &
Rostock (Germany). These ships are ice
class 1A Super that allows them to
operate in extreme ice conditions.
Hopefully they will not be encountering
any ice in the Irish Sea.
The new ships have onboard facilities
such as free WiFi, free movies,
restaurant and exclusive Stena Plus
Lounge. You can also relax in their
Nordic Spa, with a jacuzzi & sauna.
Their POD lounge is an interactive zone
with all the latest in technology from
iPads to Xboxes.
The previous largest ferries operating
out of Scotland were on the run between
Rosyth and Zeebrugge, these included 2
superfast ferries at about 30,000 tons,
then from 2009, the Scottish
Viking at 27,000 tons. Scottish
Viking was replaced in 2010 by an 11,000
ton freight only ferry named Tor
Finlandia, there is no passenger service
on that route now.
The largest P&O
ferries operating between Cairnryan
and Larne/ Ireland are about 21,000 tons.
The next largest ferry operating out of
Scotland is the Hrossey
at 11,700 tons traveling between
Aberdeen, Orkney and Shetland Isles.
The largest ferries running to the
Scottish western Islands are the 6,700
ton Isle of
Lewis running between Ullapool in
Northwest Scotland and Stornoway on the
Isle of Lewis, and the 5,200 ton Caledonian
Isles traveling between Ardrossan and
the Isle of Arran.
The largest ferry operating out of the
UK is the P&O Pride of
Rotterdam at about 60,000 tons,
operated between Hull and Rotterdam.
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