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Hull to Zeebrugge Ferry Guide - What to know surpassing you go UK ferry crossings to France, Ireland, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Isle of Man and more… TermsContact UsCookiesAbout UsPrivacy    HomeBelgiumHull to ZeebruggeRamsgate to OstendChannel IslandsPoole to GuernseyPoole to JerseyPortsmouth to GuernseyPortsmouth to JerseyDenmarkHarwich to EsbjergFranceDover to CalaisDover to DunkirkPlymouth to RoscoffPlymouth to St MaloPoole to CherbourgPoole to St MaloPortsmouth to CaenPortsmouth to CherbourgPortsmouth to Le HavrePortsmouth to St MaloHollandHarwich to Hook of HollandHull to RotterdamNewcastle to AmsterdamIrelandFishguard to RosslareHolyhead to DublinHolyhead to Dun LaoghaireLiverpool to DublinPembroke to RosslareIsle of ManBelfast to DouglasBirkenhead to DouglasHeysham to DouglasLiverpool to DouglasSpainPlymouth to SantanderPortsmouth to BilbaoPortsmouth to Santander    Home / Belgium / Hull to Zeebrugge Hull to ZeebruggeThe Hull to Zeebrugge ferry crossings is now the only route from UK to Belgium, since the Ramsgate to Ostend route sealed in April this year. The Hull Zeebrugge route is a unconfined option for travellers from the north of England and Scotland who want to take their car, motorbike or caravan to the continent – Dover is a remoter 4 hour momentum south from Hull, with the rented south east of England road network to contend with in between. The Zeebrugge ferry is moreover a unconfined option for foot passengers, cyclists and for those looking for a special mini trip that can include some sight-seeing in the trappy Belgium town of Bruges.DetailsCrossingFrequencyJourney TimeOperator  Hull to ZeebruggeUp to 6 per week14 hours 30 minutesP&OCheck Prices >>FAQsHow long is the ferry crossing from Hull to Zeebrugge? The crossing takes 14 and a half hours on average, although this can vary depending on many things, expressly the weather. Crossings at the weekends are a little longer than weekdays.Does the ferry sail overnight? Yes, at the time of writing, the ferry departs Hull in the evening at 18:30 and arrives in Zeebrugge at 08:45 the next morning during the week, and at 09:30 on Saturday and Sunday sailings.When can I trammels in? P and O state that you can check-in any time during the afternoon of the day of the departure. His makes your momentum to the port a little bit easier since you don’t need to worry if you get there too early. You can get on board, get well-appointed in your cabin, then off to explore the ship’s facilities. Check-in for the crossing closes at 17:00Do I need to typesetting a cabin? All prices on the Hull to Zeebrugge crossing include a standard cabin. These are well-appointed enough, but if you are looking for a bit of uneaten comfort, there is the option to upgrade to a Premier, or plane better, a Club cabin, which includes a TV, kettle (for tea and coffee) and fresh fruit.Hull to Zeebrugge TimetableThe ferry travels every day, overnight, and arrives at Zeebrugge in the morning. The sailing times are quite convenient, as they midpoint you can relax, eat and sleep onboard, and wake up refreshed in the morning for your onward journey. Hull to Zeebrugge Departs: 18:30 Arrives: 08:45 (09:30 Saturday and Sunday)Zeebrugge to Hull Departs: 19:00 Arrives: 08:30 (09:00 Saturday and Sunday)All times are local and are subject to change. Last check-in times are 90 minutes surpassing throw-away time.Booking your Hull to Zeebruge FerryWe have included some information unelevated well-nigh all the things to consider surpassing making your booking, plus all the variegated types of tickets and fares available.Our Tips on Finding theWeightierDeals: When it comes to looking for the weightier deals on fares, we suggest:Go uncontrived to P&O ferries to see what prices are misogynist as a starting pointConsider volitional crossings, such as Hull to RotterdamCompare the various North Sea ferry crossings using a ticket booking wage-earner such asUncontrivedFerriesConsider a MiniTripoffer (usually without car)Look out for P&O 2 for 1 offers (often late season, eg: from September)Look out for P&O LongUnraveloffers (usually a 5 day trip)Other money saving tipsSave 10% on meals if you typesetting them in advanceConsider travelling as a foot passenger and using P&O’s mentor transfer to get to BrugeSince the ferry travels overnight, the cheaper inside cabins (no window) might be fine for your trip, since there’s not much to see in the darkSometimes it’s possible to upgrade your motel when you workbench the ship. This can moreover work out cheaper, but remember, it is a risk and does depend on availabilityFoot PassengersIt is possible to typesetting on the Hull Zeebrugge crossing as a foot passenger. The price will still include a standard cabin. Booking as a foot passenger is a popular nomination for those wanting to make a short municipality unravel or day trip to Bruges, the trappy town in northern Belgium. P&O make this very easy to do as they offer mentor transfers from the ferry port to Bruges and back. Note that mentor transfers should be booked in advance, preferably when you make your ferry booking. At the time of writing, the price of the mentor transfer from Zeebrugge ferry port to Bruges was £6.75.There is moreover an equivalent mentor transfer service offered by P&O between York and Hull. Again, if you want to take wholesomeness of this, you must typesetting it via P&O in advance.Bruges Day Trips The throw-away and inrush times of the ferries midpoint that it is possible to make a short day trip to Bruges by ferry. You will victorious at 08:45 and need to be when to check-in at 17:30 at the latest.Take the Hull to Zeebrugge Ferry plus P&OMentorTransfer to BrugesBikes and CyclistsCyclists are unliable to take their bikes on the ferry, at little or no uneaten cost. You will need to include your velocipede in your ferry booking, pretty much as you would a car. However, there is a slight oddity with P&O’s booking for bicycles. At the time of writing it seems their system is set up perfectly for a booking of, say, 4 people with one car. But when it comes to 4 people with four bikes? That was a bit increasingly tricky, and returned the message “Please typesetting any uneaten passengers separately as foot passengers”. The weightier way virtually this that we could find was to make 4 bookings separately, or to undeniability them.Zeebrugge is a unconfined starting point for a cycling tour. If fact it’s one of the best. Why? Because when you dock at Zeebrugge you are right on the North Sea trundling Route – an wondrous route that goes as far virtually the North Sea as possible, taking in a wide range of countries (6 in total), including Scotland, England, Belgium of course, and ending in Norway. Of undertow you might not want to venture quite that far. But right from the start you’ll be enjoying some trappy coastal views of Belgium and cycling into the Netherlands and the Rhine delta region.Taking bikes on a velocipede rack or roof rack on your car is moreover possible. However you must specify this when making your booking and know the full height and length of your vehicle (including roof and velocipede racks) in metres in order to well-constructed your booking.MotorbikesIt is possible to typesetting motorbikes with P&O on the Hull to Zeebrugge route, and motorcycle fares are a little cheaper than charges for cars. Taking a motorcycle on the Hull to Zeebrugge ferry is quite a popular choice, since Zeebrugge is a good starting point for many unconfined motorcycling routes, including the famous Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, which is well-nigh 2.5 hours away. Plus you can take in Ghent, Brussels, Leuven (beer) and Liege withal the way.Taking PetsPets are unliable on the ferry, but must be left in kennels for the elapsing of the crossing. The kennels are air conditioned and situated on the vehicle decks. There is a tuition for pets (at the time of writing it was £17 each way). There are no restrictions or charges for guide dogs. Horses and horse boxes can only be booked by telephone.Caravans and Motor homesCaravans and motor homes can be unprotesting on the ferry crossing. Be prepared when making your booking so that you have all the necessary details, in particular the height and length of the vehicle in metres (metric). You will need to include any roof rack, roof box or roof mounted cycles in the measurements.Vans and Larger VehiclesCars over 1.8 metres in height can be unprotesting but you will need to specify the uneaten height in the booking. Likewise cars with trailers. Horse trailers and boxes can only be booked by telephone, whether empty or occupied.Vans and larger vehicles can moreover be booked on the ferry. As with the larger vehicles mentioned above, you will need to know the height and length of the vehicle in metres in order to make your booking.Moreoverplease note that, as with all ferry operators, P&O have strict rules regarding bookings for tourism and for freight. Any vehicle (of any size) delivering commercial goods on either crossing must be booked as freight.Moreoverany commercial type vehicle longer than 6.5 metres must be booked as freight. Freight bookings for P&O can be found here.Travelling with ChildrenHopefully with a well-appointed cabin, children will be worldly-wise to sleep for much of the way. But surpassing bed, there are quite a few things to alimony the kids happy during the crossing. There are play areas on-board, some special children’s shows, video games, cinema, and organised activities such as squatter painting and unlearn modelling. During summer crossings there’s moreover a kids entertainer.FoodThe Kitchen restaurant offers a kids’ menu so the whole family can enjoy sitting lanugo to an evening meal. Children’s meals are priced at £9.50 for dinner and £5.00 for breakfast. P&O offer self-ruling victual supplies for families travelling with young babies.Sleep Travel cots are misogynist for those who need them, although these can be a real squeeze to get into the standard cabins, and usually have to be placed in between the bunks.CabinNominationYou will need to typesetting a wharfage for each child, plane infants (aged 0 to 3 years) in the travelling party. In other words, you aren’t worldly-wise to book, for example, a 2 wharfage motel if you are a couple travelling with a victual and instead you will need to typesetting at least a 4 wharfage cabin.The variegated types of cabins are listed elsewhere on this page, but to summarise, they start at standard, then premium then club. There are family cabins on-board (usually 5 berth), which you can specify at the time of booking (if available). Many travellers we have spoken to finger the club cabins offer a good nomination and increasingly room. As for the standard and premium, there isn’t that much difference between them, untied from largest quality bunks. Both are en-suite, and it’s possible to typesetting a sea view for either motel type.Food and DrinkThere is a café on-board, serving a nomination of drinks, snacks and pastries.There are moreover 2 bars on-board. The Piano Bar offers a quieter, increasingly relaxed choice, and the Sunset Show Bar includes cabaret and music.There are moreover 2 restaurants on-board; The Kitchen and The Brasserie.The Kitchen At the time of writing, dinner was priced at £18.50 and breakfast at £10.50 in The Kitchen. It’s increasingly of a lunch type place, and offers a varied “ eat-as-much-as-you-like buffet” with supplies from virtually the world. There’s moreover a roast dinner available, and a salad bar. It’s possible to save 10% of meal prices if you typesetting your meals in advance, which is weightier washed-up at the same time you typesetting your journey and ferry ticket.The Brasserie This restaurant offers a similar type of menu to the famous Langan’s Brasserie in London. There’s a unconfined nomination of steaks and some fine wines misogynist from the menu. The Brasserie offers a relaxed atmosphere, with waiter service. There is a reprinting of the menu here to requite you an idea of nomination and prices.CabinsThe quality of the cabins is extremely important on a ferry crossing such as the Hull Zeebrugge route. Since the ferry only travels overnight, a poor motel ways a poor night’s sleep, making any onward journey far less enjoyable.A standard motel is included automatically as part of any booking – it’s not possible to typesetting a ticket without a cabin. All the cabins offer towels (no need to bring your own) and an ensuite shower room. The grades of cabins are: standard, premium and club.Standard – 2 or 4 bunks with ensuite. At the time of booking you can segregate an inside or outside view, if still available.Premium – 2, 4 or 5 bunk, with similar facilities to the standard (and nomination of inside or outside view), untied from largest quality bunks. Obviously if you are part of a group of 5 you’ll need to go for the premium cabin.Club – These are quieter and increasingly spacious. They have a colour TV, mini bar (at the time of writing), sea view, fresh fruit, plus a kettle with tea and coffee. They have a largest quality of toiletries, bed linen and towels too.Tips on choosing the right cabin:Standard, Premium or Club? Many travellers we spoke to felt that the difference in matriculation between standard and premium wasn’t so great. An upgrade from standard to club is far increasingly likely to be worthwhile, and conducive to a relaxing journey.Remember that the ferry travels overnight. It will be visionless for most of your trip, so a motel with sea view isn’t hugely beneficial.You can upgrade from a standard motel to a premium or club when you make your booking. But sometimes it’s possible to upgrade your motel when you workbench the ship. In fact this can often work out a cheaper way to upgrade, but remember, it does depend on availability and could be a risk. If you have set your heart on a club matriculation cabin, it would be weightier to typesetting it at the same time you typesetting your ticket.Noise Be enlightened that this is a ship with 2 restaurants and 2 bars, travelling overnight with nearly 1,000 passengers onboard. Unfortunately some of the standard and premium cabins are quite near to the bar areas and therefore might be noisy, until latter time at least. If a quiet night’s sleep is hugely important, then consider booking a club matriculation cabin, which P&O say are all located in the “quiet section” of the ship.Other facilitiesThere is a talkie on-board showing recent mucosa releases. There is moreover a casino, video games arcade, a shop with a big nomination of perfume, some toys, books, newspapers and magazines. The main lounge sometimes offers bingo and quizzes.For increasingly practical things, there is moreover a mazuma machine ATM, money waffly facilities and e-top up facility.At the time of writing there was no Wi-Fi on workbench the ship.The ShipsThe Pride of Bruges and Pride of York are the vessels used for the Hull Zeebrugge crossings. They were originally built in the mid 1980s but upgraded for service on their current route in 2007. Both are scrutinizingly 180 metres long, hold virtually 1,000 passengers and 850 cars.Sea Sickness and Rough Crossings Many sufferers from sea sickness or travel sickness may have some trepidation well-nigh taking an overnight ferry wideness the North Sea. Of undertow there may be some rough crossings, which are increasingly likely during the winter months than summer. However, both ships (Pride of York and Bruges) are built for these kinds of seas and hold very steady (they have a gross tonnage of 31,000 plus) despite some rough water.Moving on from ZeebruggeIf you are travelling onwards from Zeebrugge, it’s very easy to wangle a number of major European cities. Between Zeebrugge and Bruges is a motorway which will get you to most places in Europe. Other motorways surrounding the town will connect you with places such as Calais, Lille, and Ostend. Take the N31 to Brugge, which is only 8 miles yonder as the crow flies. Zurich is a 365 mile drive, Nurnberg is a 371 mile drive, and Paris is a 189 mile drive.MapAbout P&O FerriesP&O Ferries are one of the oldest ferry operators in the world. 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