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A cruise starts badly in only one way: watching the terminal clock from the M25. We drive to every UK cruise terminal — Southampton, Dover, Portsmouth, Tilbury and Harwich — with the pickup planned backwards from your check-in window, a fixed fare agreed before you travel, and a boot that actually fits cruise luggage.
Every terminal, door to gangway, fixed fare. Tap through for the port's own page — terminals, timing advice and booking.
| Port | Terminals | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Southampton | City, Ocean, Mayflower, Horizon & QEII | BOOK NOW |
| Dover | Western Docks cruise terminals | BOOK NOW |
| Portsmouth | Portsmouth International Port | BOOK NOW |
| Tilbury (London) | London International Cruise Terminal | BOOK NOW |
| Harwich | Harwich International | BOOK NOW |
Terminals, fixed fares from your area, timing advice and booking — each port covered properly.
All five terminals — City, Ocean, Mayflower, Horizon & QEII. London from £141, Heathrow £110, Southampton Airport just £29.
Southampton cruise transfersCruise Terminal 1 & 2 in the Western Docks. London from £141 — and nationwide pickups: Leicester £318, Cardiff £407.
Dover cruise transfersThe London International Cruise Terminal on the Thames — just ~28 miles from the centre. From £73, the quickest port run of all.
Tilbury cruise transfersHarwich International — cruise calls plus the Stena ferry to Hook of Holland. London from £138, Stansted £80.
Harwich cruise transfersPortsmouth International Port — cruise and Channel sailings. London from £133, and quick from across Hampshire.
Portsmouth cruise transfersBristol/Avonmouth, Liverpool and Newcastle (Port of Tyne) — long runs, still one fixed fare, still timed to your boarding window. Any postcode quoted.
Get a fixed quoteIndicative saloon fares from central London — MPVs for cruise luggage and 8–16 seaters for groups quoted at booking. The quote is the price.
| Port | Distance / time | Saloon |
|---|---|---|
| Tilbury (London Intl) | ~28 mi · ~50 min | £73 |
| Portsmouth | ~75 mi · ~2 hr 15 | £133 |
| Harwich | ~78 mi · ~2 hr 20 | £138 |
| Southampton | ~80 mi · ~2 hr 25 | £141 |
| Dover | ~80 mi · ~2 hr 25 | £141 |
| Route | Distance / time | Saloon |
|---|---|---|
| Southampton Airport → Port | ~6 mi · ~15 min | £29 |
| Stansted → Harwich | ~45 mi · ~1 hr 20 | £80 |
| Heathrow → Southampton | ~62 mi · ~1 hr 50 | £110 |
| Gatwick → Southampton | ~62 mi · ~1 hr 50 | £110 |
| Gatwick → Dover | ~85 mi · ~2 hr 35 | £150 |
| Heathrow → Dover | ~95 mi · ~2 hr 50 | £168 |
| Route | Distance / time | Saloon |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge → Dover | ~120 mi · ~3 hr 35 | £212 |
| Leicester → Dover | ~180 mi · ~3 hr 30 | £318 |
| Birmingham → Dover | ~190 mi · ~3 hr 40 | £336 |
| Cardiff → Dover | ~230 mi · ~4 hr 15 | £407 |
| Birmingham → Southampton | ~130 mi · ~2 hr 50 | £230 |
Boarding usually closes well before the printed sailing time. Give us the ship and departure, and we set the pickup with motorway buffer — you watch the sea, not the clock.
Full timing guideTwo weeks of formal nights doesn't travel light. Tell us passengers and cases; we send a saloon, MPV, 8-seater or 16-seat minibus accordingly — no roof-box improvisation at the kerb.
Luggage & vehicle guideDocking runs late, disembarkation queues happen. We monitor the ship's arrival and adjust the pickup — the fare stays exactly as booked.
Disembarkation guideA fortnight's port parking runs £190–£280 before fuel. For many parties the return transfer costs less — and when driving wins, we say so.
Transfer vs parking costsLand at Heathrow or Gatwick, sail from Southampton or Dover. We track the flight, meet you in arrivals and drive direct to the terminal.
Door-to-gangway from any London postcode or Home Counties address — one car, one fixed price, no luggage-on-the-train gymnastics.
Family cruises and celebration groups fit in one 8- or 16-seater instead of a convoy — one pickup time, one vehicle, one bill.
8-seater fixed-fare hire 16-seater minibusThe four questions every cruise party asks — answered properly, with the numbers.
Boarding closes before the time on your ticket. The backwards arithmetic, port-by-port pinch points — Southampton's summer Saturdays, Dover's ferry traffic, the Dartford Crossing — and the days that need extra buffer.
Read the timing guideA family of four travels with 5–6 large cases. The honest sizing table — saloon, MPV, 8-seater, minibus — how terminal porters work, and what must stay in your day bag.
Read the luggage guideWalk-off vs coloured tags, realistic ashore times (07:30–10:30), where the driver waits at each port, and whether a same-day flight from Heathrow is actually makeable.
Read the disembarkation guidePort parking for a fortnight runs £190–£280. The honest side-by-side for three real parties — including the case where driving yourself genuinely wins.
Read the cost guideMost lines want check-in complete 60–90 minutes before departure, and boarding often closes earlier than the printed sailing time. Tell us the ship and time — we plan the pickup backwards with buffer built in.
Tell us passenger and case count at booking and we send the right vehicle — saloon for a couple, MPV or minibus for families and groups with big cases.
We monitor the ship's arrival. Late docking and slow disembarkation move the pickup time, never the price.
Yes — fly-cruise runs like Heathrow→Southampton or Gatwick→Dover are among our most common. Flight tracked, met in arrivals, driven direct.
Both are from £141 fixed for a saloon — around 80 miles and 2 hours 25. An MPV with cruise luggage is from £176 and an 8-seater from £192, with every Southampton and Dover cruise terminal covered.
Yes — nationwide pickups are a speciality: Leicester to Dover from £318, Birmingham from £336, Cardiff from £407, with comfort stops built in on longer runs. One fixed price for the whole car, timed to your boarding window.
Often — official port parking for a 7-night sailing typically runs £100–£160, roughly double for 14 nights. A return fixed-fare transfer from much of the South costs less than the parking alone, with no driving tired after the voyage.
Southampton has five cruise terminals — City, Ocean, Mayflower, Horizon and QEII — and your cruise line assigns yours, confirmed on your e-ticket shortly before sailing. Tell us the ship name and we deliver to the right terminal door; if the allocation changes, the fare doesn't.
We'll handle the arithmetic, the luggage and the M25. You handle the packing.