Isle of Wight Ferry Crossings Wightlink Ferry Company
Isle of Wight Ferry Crossings Wightlink Ferry Company
promise their customers high standards of service coupled with quick and frequent journey times offering the standard passenger ferry service and a choice of 'Fastcat' service, a catamaran for foot passengers only, which is the perfect option for those on weekend breaks and day returns.
Portsmouth is one of Britain's most advanced and well connected ferry ports dealing with all kinds of vessels from passenger ferries, cruise liners and freight liners. Every year around 3.4 million people pass through Portsmouth ferry port which also offers excellent road links to the rest of the United Kingdom.
The Port of Lymington is a pretty market town close to the New Forest and is probably the most picturesque way to sail across The Solent due largely to its sense of history and the examples of Victorian and Georgian architecture that give it it's distinctive sense of Englishness.
Sailing routes
Wightlink offer routes from Portsmouth to Fishbourne with as many as 37 sailings a day and a crossing time of around 35 minutes. They also offer a service from Lymington to Yarmouth with around 37 sailings per day and a sailing time of around 30 minutes. The final Wightlink service is from Portsmouth harbour to Ryde on the 'Fastcat' catamaran service which goes up to 41 times a day and takes just 15 minutes.
The only other service that goes to The Isle of Wight is provided by Red Funnel and goes from Southampton to Cowes around 24 times a day with a crossing time of around 55 minutes.
Hovertravel also have a service featuring two 98 seat hovercraft that go from Southsea to Ryde.