Thanks to all who advised Newhaven ferry

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rosalan

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We had never considered Newhaven as a crossing to France until a couple of earlier threads hinted at a few advantages. Anyway, we always used the tunnel or Dover. After finding their phone number which was not obvious and is in France, we settled our crossing without any problems. Being now very old ie over 60, we got a price to beat our expectations with 20% off. Had we been less than 7M it would have been £160. Thank you for telling us of Newhaven.
 
rosalan said:
We had never considered Newhaven as a crossing to France until a couple of earlier threads hinted at a few advantages. Anyway, we always used the tunnel or Dover. After finding their phone number which was not obvious and is in France, we settled our crossing without any problems. Being now very old ie over 60, we got a price to beat our expectations with 20% off. Had we been less than 7M it would have been £160. Thank you for telling us of Newhaven.
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I'm 7.5m always book as 7m, no one checks and the ferries are never more than ½ full.
 
We are hopefully going this way instead of Dover. Are you allowed to overnight near the harbour as we will be travelling down the day before catching the ferry.
 
bertiebasset said:
We are hopefully going this way instead of Dover. Are you allowed to overnight near the harbour as we will be travelling down the day before catching the ferry.
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Bertie Basset if you are just after o’nite no facs then dont go to harbour, ( its more of a small terminal in a crumbling tarmac carpark ) that looks really depressing compared to Dieppe) but head for Fort Road, right down the bottom end by the sea.
You can find it on park4night..
Its a safe place
No noise , if u get there early the fort is worth a visit , hope this helps
Its a great trip across from there
 
We might come over in our little van in a few months time....maybe newhaven is worth a look ? :unsure:
 
rosalan said:
We had never considered Newhaven as a crossing to France until a couple of earlier threads hinted at a few advantages. Anyway, we always used the tunnel or Dover. After finding their phone number which was not obvious and is in France, we settled our crossing without any problems. Being now very old ie over 60, we got a price to beat our expectations with 20% off. Had we been less than 7M it would have been £160. Thank you for telling us of Newhaven.
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Is that single or return and what time of year as I could not find that price realise 20% off.
 
Return, booked it today. Late June. You have to ask for the 20% off at time of booking on the phone. Phone answered in French but passed on to English speaker, very helpful.

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Just had a look on there site £209 so £167 with the discount.

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where will they be during the crossing? And where will we be allowed?
 
Wingingit#1 said:
where will they be during the crossing? And where will we be allowed?
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We've been Newhaven - Dieppe with the dog several times.
The dog stays in the vehicle and you go up to the passenger areas. Car deck access is locked at departure. You can only visit the dog very briefly by special arrangement at the Info/Recept desk once aboard. You can't take the dog out of the vehicle. A crew person has to accompany you to the dog. We found that our dog (a Westie, 12 yrs old now), fared better unvisited.
Bear in mind that with the loading etc the dog will be on its own for maybe 5 hours and there are a lot of noises; lorry engines, ramps clanking and creaking, ship's equipment warning dee-daahs going off etc. My son leaves his dog in his caravan with the blinds closed.
 
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Spriddler said:
We've been Newhaven - Dieppe with the dog several times.
The dog stays in the vehicle and you go up to the passenger areas. Car deck access is locked at departure. You can only visit the dog very briefly by special arrangement at the Info/Recept desk once aboard. You can't take the dog out of the vehicle. A crew person has to accompany you to the dog. We found that our dog (a Westie, 12 yrs old now), fared better unvisited.
Bear in mind that with the loading etc the dog will be on its own for maybe 5 hours and there are a lot of noises; lorry engines, ramps clanking and creaking, ship's equipment warning dee-daahs going off etc. My son leaves his dog in his caravan with the blinds closed.
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Tam stayed in the van with the dogs.
 
We will be coming back from Newhaven in July with our dog, 😉 I think she has a built in clock and sat nav because she knows when its dinner time, and not only gets excited when we are approaching our destination 😯 leads the way on our walks in the mountains. 😀 Bob.
 
Just booked Dieppe to Newhaven return from 28/3 until 20/4 with 2 adults , 1 dog and a 7.5m Moho was £260 return, £110 less than tunnel plus less driving and £350 cheaper than Caen to Portsmouth. Did this route last year and was ok and easy for us visiting family on south coast from our home in southern Spain and will make a nice trip up through France again

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