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Crossing La Manche!

From To Ferry Operator Distance/Time  (approx)
Dover Dunkerque Norfolk Line 576km, 5hr 45mins
Dover/ Folkstone Calais/ Boulogne Sea France, P&O 554km, 5hr 15mins
Newhaven Dieppe LD Lines Hoverspeed 393km, 4hr 15mins
Portsmouth Le Havre LD Lines 363km, 3hr 45mins
Poole/ Portsmouth Caen/ Ouistreham Brittany Ferries 301km, 3hr 30mins
Portsmouth/ Poole Cherbourg Brittany Ferries 395km, 4hr 15mins
Poole/ Weymouth/ Portsmouth St Malo Condor/Brittany Ferries 340km, 3hr 20mins
Plymouth Roscoff 470km, 5hr 15mins

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Flying to see us

Airport Flights from UK airports Distance by road
Tours Stansted (Ryanair) 50km
Angers Southampton (Eastern Airways) 35km
Nantes East Midlands, Bournemouth, Shannon, Dublin, Stansted (Ryanair) 175km
Paris Orly London City (Air France) 331km
Paris Charles De Gaulle Aberdeen, Birmingham, East Midlands, London (All), Newcastle, Southampton (Air France). Belfast, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, London Luton, Newcastle (Easy Jet). Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Exeter, Manchester, Norwich (FlyBe). Cork, Dublin (Aer Lingus). East Midlands (BMIBaby). Leeds Bradford, Manchester (Jet 2). London Heathrow (BA). 356km
Rennes Dublin (Aer Lingus), Belfast, Exeter, Manchester, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Southampton (FlyBe) 193km
Poitiers Stansted (Ryanair) 120
La Rochelle Leeds Bradford (FlyBe) Bristol (Easyjet) 256km

What a lovely relaxing, peaceful place to stay! We feel totally chilled and are sorry to leave. The gite is perfect in every way. Thankyou for a lovely welcome and recommending the Pelican for a meal. Superb!

Jill, David & John.