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By Sea

We are within easy reach from the UK, Ireland and the Channel Islands by sea. 

Hénansal is situated 40 minutes from the port of St Malo, but there are plenty of other cross-channel routes serving northern France. The best options are listed below in order of distance from our gites and with links to the relevant operators.

Once you've picked your route, see the Getting Here page for driving directions from the port.

Ferry ports serving northern France

St Malo

With a distance of under 50k, St Malo is our closest ferry port and is served by:

Roscoff
The port of Roscoff is about 90 minutes drive and is served by
Brittany Ferries from Plymouth. The same company also serves Cork, in Ireland.

Irish Ferries serves Roscoff from Rosslare.

Caen
Ouistreham (Caen) is about 2½ hours drive and is served by Brittany Ferries from Portsmouth.

Cherbourg
The port of Cherbourg is 3 hours drive and is served by Brittany Ferries from Poole and Portsmouth, and Condor Ferries from Portsmouth.

Cherbourg is also served from Ireland by Irish Ferries from Rosslare.

Le Havre
The port of Le Havre is just over 3 hours drive and is served by L&D Lines from Portsmouth and by Transmanche Ferries from Portsmouth and Newhaven.

Other ports
The ports of Dieppe, Boulogne, Calais and Dunkirk, and the Eurotunnel car train provide quicker, more frequent crossings from the south of England but are 5 to 6 hours drive from Hénansal. Lines that operate these routes are:


Ferry routes
The map below shows the main ferry routes from southern England to Brittany and Normandy:

Emerald Coast Gites (Brittany, France): Gettining here by sea. Ferry routes to Brittany and Normandy.

Ferry Operators
The links below take you to the website of the main operators:

Emerald Coast Gites (Brittany, France): Link to Brittany Ferries website.

Emerald Coast Gites (Brittany, France):  Link to Condor Ferries website.

Emerald Coast Gites (Brittany, France): Link to Norfolkline website.

Emerald Coast Gites (Brittany, France):  Link to P&O website.

Emerald Coast Gites (Brittany, France):  Lik to Eurotunnel website.

Emerald Coast Gites (Brittany, France):  Link to H and D Ferries website

Emerald Coast Gites (Brittany, France): Link to Irish Ferries website

Emerald Coast Gites (Brittany, France):  Link to L&D Lines website

Emerald Coast Gites (Brittany, France):  Link to SeaFrance website.

Emerald Coast Gites (Brittany, France):  Link to SpeedFerries website.

Emerald Coast Gites (Brittany, France):  Link to Transmanche Ferries website.