Round the
Island Isle of Wight
Multistage Ultra
90 Miles, 3 Days
Travel Notes - Isle of
Wight:
Friday -
We aim to have a minibus
shuttle meeting each
Red Jet ferry
Saturday
– No transportation
required (for those
arriving in the morning
they will need to be at
the start on the east
side of the floating
bridge 30 mins prior to
the start time.) Ideally
we would like everyone
there on Friday night.
Sunday
evening – We will
transport people from
the finish to West Cowes
ferry terminal to catch
the
Red Jet back to
Southampton.
2 ferries run from
Southampton to Cowes
Pre-book either ferry
and get a 15% discount -
just quote unique
promotional code
“IOWHM”
(note: only available on
advanced booking)
Southampton <> West
Cowes, Isle of Wight
The Red Jet Hi-Speed
ferry service operates
half-hourly between
Southampton Town Quay
and West
Cowes, Isle of Wight.
The catamarans carry
foot-passengers only,
and the crossing takes
about 23 mins. Our
Minibus picks up from
Red Jet terminal only.
Period return £16.30.
Southampton <> East
Cowes, Isle of Wight
The Red Funnel Car Ferry
service operates an
hourly crossing between
Southampton and
East Cowes, Isle of
Wight.
Car plus four passengers
= £59 Individual return
£15.20
Parking is very
expensive e.g. £35 for
the weekend. Parking a
car with 4 occupants and
return fares on Red Jet
= £100 Compare that with
£59 for car plus 4.
Southampton Central
is a busy station hub
with services provided
by South West Trains,
First Great Western,
Cross Country and
Southern.
City Link, a free
shuttle bus operates
every 15 minutes between
the station and Red
Funnel's ferry terminals
on Town Quay.
Approximate journey
time: 10 minutes.
South West Trains
operate frequent
services on the line
between Weymouth and
London Waterloo (Clapham
Jct, Woking,
Basingstoke, Winchester,
Southampton Airport,
Southampton Central,
Bournemouth Poole,
Weymouth). Approximate
journey time between
Southampton Central and
London Waterloo is 75
minutes.
Cross Country Trains
operate between
Scotland, the North,
Midlands and Birmingham;
First Great Western
run from South Wales
through Bristol and
Salisbury; South West
Trains run services from
Weymouth, Poole and
Bournemouth and
Southern
provide services to
Portsmouth and Brighton.
Integrated ticketing:
Did you know that both
East Cowes and West
Cowes are part of the
national rail network?
This means you can buy a
single, day return or
period return fare from
any train station ticket
office, rail appointed
travel agent,
self-service ticket
machine or train company
telesales service which
includes ferry travel
between Southampton
& East Cowes or
Southampton & West Cowes.
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