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22/4/2024 at 12:25pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Pixie_Hez on 22/4/2024
We have never tried Newhaven to Dieppe so I have just gone onto Google maps to see where it is exactly. I wondered how far it was from Portsmouth, which is our usual departure point, so asked Google maps and got this response.
Can't stop chuckling to myself on that one!
BUT it's not unique, earlier in year was looking at time/distance/best route from NW London to Rye in E Sussex with the caravan, advised to follow a route via Ireland and along a non existent (ferry?) sea route through Irish sea and along south coast in the Channel (obviously intended a private charter boat!)! .... err, NO THANK YOU!
And you wonder why people drive off cliffs and into duck ponds following a Sat Nav!
To answer your query Pixie, it's about 63 miles between Portsmouth and Newhaven along the coast! Passports and ferries NOT required for that stage of your travels!
Back to OP. Newhaven-Dieppe is inevitable the cheapest western Channel crossing, and rivals some eastern crossings too! It's a relatively quick crossing which has disadvantages for the overnight run as not really enough sleep.
We did it once years ago, on the overnight, and because of our other route commitments it was a disaster for us, too many road miles, too many driving hours, and nowhere near enough sleep! - BUT TBF that was much of our own making! We weren't in a MH/caravan so stopping off for a rest was not an easy option.
We've certainly looked at using it again, but the crossing times never seem to make our journey work as well as other routes, again, a route break would need to be a hotel, as no caravan/MH, so counter productive to cheap ferry fare. For us the overnight Portsmouth-Caen crossing works best as even though expensive in itself, we save on hotels and driving miles, and arrival/departure times fit perfectly with our schedule.
We've done the various channel crossing routes/miles/costs/timings calculations countless times over decades, and sadly never really made the Newhaven crossing 'work' for us and our journey, but if you can make use of a journey break in your MH, then it will likely look a very good option.
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