Ferry Weymouth - Jersey

Weymouth – Jersey with Condor Ferries

This route links Weymouth with Jersey, operated by Condor Ferries. The two ferry terminals are about 160 kilometres (85 nautical miles) apart in a straight line. Use the search engine above for current timetables and fares, or use the Direct Ferries button at the top of the page to compare the sailings.

Founded in 1964 by two Channel Islands businessmen, Condor Ferries is the main link between the UK, Jersey, Guernsey and Saint-Malo, carrying around a million passengers a year as well as the islands' freight. Since 2020 it has been owned by a consortium led by an infrastructure fund, with Brittany Ferries as a minority shareholder.

Weymouth

Weymouth sits close to the middle of the Jurassic Coast, England's first natural World Heritage Site, where the cliffs expose some 185 million years of geological history and fossil-hunters and walkers come for Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door. Just along the coast, the Isle of Portland, joined to the mainland by Chesil Beach, an eighteen-mile bank of shingle, gave its pale limestone to St Paul's Cathedral and much of the rebuilt City of London. Back in town, the Victorian Nothe Fort, now a museum, overlooks the harbour entrance, and the long, gently shelving beach is one of the most family-friendly on the south coast.

Jersey

Jersey has a long history of attracting colourful characters. The actress Lillie Langtry, the "Jersey Lily" who became a favourite of Edward VII, was born here in 1853. In 1959 the naturalist Gerald Durrell opened a zoo in the grounds of Les Augrès Manor, and today the Durrell Wildlife Park is a leading centre for breeding endangered species. The island celebrates with the Battle of Flowers, a summer parade of floral floats held since 1902, and with some of the biggest tides in Europe, a range of up to about twelve metres, which cuts off the Corbière lighthouse from the shore twice a day until the causeway reappears. Place names often have French forms, a reminder that Jersey's legal and cultural roots lie in Normandy, though everyday speech is English.