Southampton Ferry

Southampton ferry port in England connects you with Cowes in Isle of Wight with a choice of up to 20 ferry crossings per day. The duration of the Southampton to Cowes crossing is from 1 hour and the crossing is operated by Red Funnel.

Southampton

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Southampton Ferry Services

  • Red Funnel
    • 20 Sailings Daily 1 hr
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Southampton Guide

A glance at the map gives some idea of the strategic maritime importance of Southampton, which stands on a triangular peninsula formed at the place where the rivers Itchen and Test flow into Southampton Water, an eight-mile inlet from the Solent. Sure enough, Southampton has figured in numerous stirring events: it witnessed the exodus of Henry V's Agincourt-bound army, the Pilgrim Fathers' departure in the Mayflower in 1620 and the maiden voyages of such ships as the Queen Mary and the Titanic.
The Second World War hit Southampton particularly hard, because of its strategic importance as the major industrial area on the South Coast. Pockets of Georgian architecture remain, but much of the city was levelled. The accuracy of the locally-based Ordnance Survey's maps did not go unrecognised by the Luftwaffe: the German bomber pilots used them to bomb Southampton.