Poole (England)
Cruise Port schedule, live map, terminals, news
Region
Ireland - UK - British Isles
Local Time
2024-09-08 00:59
15.5°C
3.7 m/s
58 °F / 15 °C
Port Poole cruise ship schedule shows timetable calendars of all arrival and departure dates by month. The port's schedule lists all ships (in links) with cruises going to or leaving from Poole, England. To see the full itineraries (ports of call dates and arrival / departure times) and their lowest rates – just follow the corresponding ship-link.
Day | Ship | Arrival | Departure |
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6 May, 2026 Wednesday | ![]() | 07:00 | 19:00 |
Poole is a port city in Dorset county (southern England), located approx 33 km (21 mi) east of Dorchester and approx 180 mk (111 mi) southwest of London. By population (around 150,000) the town is ranked Dorset's second largest (after Bournemouth).
Poole is a major tourist resort vacation destination, featuring large natural harbour, rich history, beautiful beaches. As commercial port, Poole is an important cross-Channel port serving cargo and passenger ferries. British Royal Marines have a navy base in the harbour. The port serves large ferry boats connecting Poole with Cherbourg (France). Brittany Ferries operates regularly scheduled daily service (one roundtrip) with MS Barfleur, as well as freight line to Bilbao (Spain). Condor Ferries ship Condor Liberation serves seasonally connections to Channel Islands (Guernsey, Jersey) and France (St Malo). The nearest airport (16 km / 10 mi) is Bournemouth Airport (in Hurn) with scheduled Thomson Airways flights to major UK and European airports.
City's economy is based on manufacturing and leisure travel. Sunseeker (world's largest privately owned motor yacht manufacturer) is based here and employs over 1800 workers in its shipyards. Also here are located major manufacturers like Faerch Plast (food packaging), Hamworthy Heating (boiler manufacturer and supplier), Hamworthy Combustion (emissions control and clean-air combustion systems), Lush UK (handmade cosmetics), Mathmos (lava lamps), Kerry Foods (production, packing, distribution), TransDev (Power transmission and conveying), Eurac (vehicle components), Siemens, Southernprint (Wyndeham Group, offset printers), Ryvita (fresh-baked rye breads), Animal (clothing). Other major employers are Nuffield Industrial park, Mannings Heath park, Arena Business Park, Poole Trade Park, Branksome Business Centre.
Service industries include banking, tourism, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Bournemouth University, Arts University, Merlin Entertainment (world's second-largest theme park company after Walt Disney), Dolphin Shopping Centre (Dorset's largest indoor retail complex), shops, bars, restaurants, hotels, guest houses, bed and breakfast rooms, Rockley Park (caravan site by Haven Holidays). Poole Harbour is one of the UK's largest sailing boat locations with popular sailing clubs like East Dorset, Lilliput, Parkstone, Poole Yacht Club, Sandbanks Yacht Company, Royal Motor Yacht Club.
As cruise port, Poole featured the homeporting season (2019-2020) of CMV Astoria. From Poole, Astoria had scheduled roundtrips to Iceland, Scotland, Faroes, British Isles, Norway (Norwegian Fjords), Baltic Sea (Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania, Poland). During its UK season 2019-2020, the CMV boat was also homeported in Hull and Portsmouth.
Poole cruise terminal
South Quay's new cruise berth was officially opened in May 2018. The new dock project (GBP 10 million / USD 12,6 million) is a deepwater quay with capacity to handle larger vessels (with max LOA length 220 m / 722 ft) and passenger capacity over 1000. South Quay Cruise Terminal was part of port's 7-year Poole Harbour expansion project - one of UK's largest port developments in recent years. The project received GBP 8,5 million funding from NatWest (National Westminster Bank) - 1968-established major UK banking group.
- Accidents
Commodore Clipper cruiseferry damaged in dry dock
The schedules of ferries to/from UK's Channel Islands were adjusted after a freight ship was damaged during drydock. The propeller and driveshaft of...
October 21, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Sunstone Ships' Ocean Explorer delivered by China Merchants Heavy Industry
The biggest tonnage provider in the expedition market, SunStone Ships, announced the successful delivery of the 2nd next-generation, INFINITY-class...
July 15, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Port Poole England announces 2021 cruise schedule
Port Poole (England UK) announced that 4 cruise companies will visit the Dorset destination 7 times this year. All ships will make maiden port calls...
May 10, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Port of Poole, England preparing for cruise ship calls
Cruise officials in Poole England UK, introduced new health and safety measures in order to help make land and sea operations "as Covid-secure as...
April 15, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Brexit Buster ferry route UK-Morocco bypasses EU checks
Port Poole (Dorset England) confirmed that a new company planned to open a direct link UK-Morocco. The once-per-week crossing from Tanger Med Port...
March 6, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Brittany Ferries calling for UK officials to allow Covid vaccine travel corridors
Following the news at the weekend that ~15 million people in the UK had received their first COVID vaccine, Brittany Ferries said now was the time...
February 16, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Cotentin ferry returns to the fleet of Brittany Ferries
After nearly 8 years in the Baltic, the Cotentin ferry made a welcome return to the Brittany Ferries fleet. The vessel returned to the route for...
January 5, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Ferry cargo shipping receives UK government GBP 35 million Coronavirus subsidy
Cargo shipping services between the UK and mainland Europe received COVID subsidy on Monday, May 18, with a UK government GBP 35 million (USD 42,5 M...
May 19, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Astoria Leaves Cruise and Maritime Voyages' Fleet
Cruise and Maritime Voyages (CMV) decided to say farewell to the ship Astoria, with 2020 as her farewell season. With 2 new bigger vessels joining...
January 20, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Boudicca Becomes the Biggest-Ever Cruise Ship to Visit Poole
Fred Olsen's cruise liner Boudicca made an inaugural visit to Poole Harbour (Dorse UK) on June 4, becoming port's biggest cruise vessel to berth to...
June 5, 2019 - show more news