Use Torpoint every time we travel to Cornwall.. Staff are friendly and its nice to get out of the car for a while.

Use Torpoint every time we travel to Cornwall.. Staff are friendly and its nice to get out of the car for a while.
There is not much to like or dislike about the ferry , it takes about 6 minutes to cross from one side to the other , it is run on chains & holds about 74 cars , less if there are are buses or lorry`s on board, you can get out of your car and go onto the upper deck...
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The best way to get across the Tamar. A chain ferry that runs all day and in to the night. Can have queues up to 20 mins at peak times but well worth £1.50 for the return trip.
This cuts off so many driving miles if toy want Ramehead, Kingsand, Cawsand and Whitsand bay.
Free to enter Cornwall from Plymouth but a £1.50 (car) charge to get back.
The waiting time is about 10 minutes but if you time it right you get on almost straight away.
I take this route 4/6 times a year and love the...
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This is a modern ferry service with 3 ferries often in service during peak times. The photo alongside needs updating! Useful for going to many parts of the Cornwall coast near the Tamar.
Always fast efficient friendly service and you only pay on the return to Plymouth. The only way to visit Torpoint!
Good view of Naval Dockyard and Tamar bridges. Modest toll best paid in cash. A useful alternative to the bridge.
waited over an hour to travel about 2 hundred metres!! worse on the return journey. Next time I'll go via Saltash.
What is wrong with the torpoint ferry what is right with it.
For a start the old ferries had four toilets, now one that is always stinking , women-children have to use this. the urinal has no water running down it to wash the stink away. board the dam thing up. make men wee in the toilet. Ferry Staff all...
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Fab, regular and reliable, we loved travelling to Edgecumbe Arms and back. Also a good bus service to get back to our accomodation at Rame.
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