By Plane

New low-cost carriers now make flying to our area extremely cheap and convenient. Below

is a table of who flies to where: Please ensure that you book your hire car when booking

your flight or you may be disappointed.

 

Flight & ferry information last updated July 2008

From To Airline Drive from airport
Birmingham La Rochelle Flybe 90 mins
  Poitiers Ryanair 50 mins
Bristol La Rochelle Easy Jet 90 mins
Dublin La Rochelle
Ryanair
 90 mins
  Tours Ryanair 90 mins
East Midlands Limoges Ryanair 60 mins
Edinburgh La Rochelle Jet2 90 mins
Gatwick La Rochelle Easy Jet 90 mins
Glasgow La Rochelle Flybe 90 mins
  Limoges Flybe 60 mins
Leeds/Bradford La Rochelle Jet2 90 mins
Liverpool Limoges RyanAir 60 mins

London Stansted

Angouleme

La Rochelle

Limoges

Poitiers

Tours

RyanAir

40 mins

90 mins

60 mins

50 mins

90 mins

Manchester La Rochelle Flybe 90 mins
Newcastle Limoges Flybe 60 mins
Southampton La Rochelle FlyBe 90 mins
  Limoges FlyBe 60 mins
       

By car

With the excellent French motorway network we are very accessible from the Channel Ferry

Ports.

All times are approximate, subject to traffic delays in the peak season. Any stops must be

added.

From England & Wales Arrival Port Carrier Crossing Time Driving Time Web Link
Dover Boulogne LD Lines 50m 6h LD Lines
Dover Calais P&O 1h 30m 6h 30m P&O Ferries
Dover Calais SeaFrance 1h 15m 6h 30m Seafrance
Dover Dunkerque Norfolk Lines 2h 7h Norfolkline
Folkestone Calais EuroTunnel 35m 6h 30m Eurotunnel
Harwich Hook of Holland Stena Line 6h 15m 8h 30m

Stena Line
Hull Rotterdam P&O 12h 8h 30m P&O Ferries
Hull Zeebrugge P&O 14h 7h P&O Ferries
Newcastle Amsterdam DFDS 16h 8h 30m DFDS
Newhaven Dieppe LD Lines 4h 50m 5h LD Lines
Plymouth Roscoff Brittany Ferries 5h 15m 5h 45m Brittany Ferries
Poole Cherbourg Brittany Ferries 2h 15m 6h Brittany Ferries
Poole Saint Malo Condor 4h 50m 4h 25m Condor Ferries
Portsmouth Caen Brittany Ferries 6h 4h 25m Brittany Ferries
Portsmouth Cherbourg Brittany Ferries 2h 45 6h Brittany Ferries
Portsmouth Cherbourg Condor 5h 15m 6h Condor Ferries
Portsmouth Le Havre LD Lines 5h 30m 4h 45m LD L ines
Portsmouth Saint Malo Brittany Ferries 8h 45m 4h 25m Brittany Ferries
Ramsgate Ostend Transeuropa Ferries 4h 6h 45 Trans Europa Ferries
Weymouth Saint Malo Condor 6h 4h 25m Condor Ferries
           
           
From Ireland          
Cork Roskoff Brittany Ferries 13h 5h 45m Brittany Ferries
Rosslare Cherbourg Celticlink Ferries 18h 6h Celtic Link
Rosslare Cherbourg Irish Ferries 17h 30m 6h Irish Ferries
Rosslare Le Havre LD Lines 20h 4h 45m LD Lines
Rosslare Roscoff LD Lines 16h 5h 45m LD L ines
           
           
From Scotland          
Rosyth Zeebrugge Superfast Ferries 18h 7h Superfast Ferries
           
           
           

 

By train

Catch the Eurostar from St. Pancras, Ebbsfleet International or Ashford, change at Lille (which avoids having to cross Paris) and you will be in Poitiers in less than 6 hours. For tickets & timetables, see www.tgv.co.uk