This brought back memories! Use to do this trip in the late 80’s when the ferry use to go up the river into the town centre!

Very interesting video! Great work! 🤩👍🏼 My godfather lives in Seaford. It is a beautiful region! It is always great to observe the ships from the sea shore. Just subscribed!

I did this crossing Friday night 31st May 2024, was 5 hours 😮

Lovely video as usual, but I would just mention that a ferry built in 2006 is not old and there are many out there much older. May need a refit internally but that’s all.

Hi Johnny this vessel is currently having it’s interior completely rebuilt. Seven Sisters has just finished her rebuild. It would be worth returning to see the finished result.

Johnny your videos are a special treat - thanks so much.

Did this crossing last year, fair review. There is something very special about watching the coast appear over the horizon, beats air travel every time

Thank you for this video, brings back so many memories, use to do this in the late eighties when the ship used to sail right into Dieppe!

Great video as always Johnny, thank you for sharing. Every visit to Newhaven, I tell myself I'll take the ferry. Bucket list for 2024!

Brings back memories of a day trip with our friends in Sussex, when the aim used to be to load up with cheap alcohol. Liked the shots of Dieppe.

Thank you for sharing! I like this route to France and tried this a few times. I thank you for sharing your experience

That was a charming report, thank you; we always enjoy your beautifully filmed videos and ever cheerful demeanour. Wishing you a jolly Winter Solstice (22nd Dec.) and Merry Christmas!

really enjoy your videos keep up the inspiring travel vlogs!

Thanks for compiling this trip report Johnny. I had forgotten this route still existed (let alone that it would take foot passengers) seeing as so much coverage nowadays is given to Dover.

Love your low-key style. Enjoyable videos that are quite well done.

Cracking video Johnny! hope you enjoy your interrailing - I did it in the Summer in Benelux and it was amazing, got to see so many places I wouldn't ever see if I didn't go by train.

Another good video of the ferry,looks clean and fresh,look how smooth the sea is,a good bargain price journey,

Great ferry route have used it four times this year love dieppe

Nice video and beautifull ferry on route from Newhaven to Dieppe . Very good !

Nice review. Would welcome a new review with the two ships having seemingly been renovated over winter 2023/2024!

Under Armour can be a life saver! As Canadians, when we hear Dieppe we think of the Pre-D-Day landings in 1942 and the terrible losses suffered in Operation Jubilee. It would be the bloodiest day for Canadian soldiers in the entire war. Just a bit of history.

Enjoyed this mate. Been meaning to do this myself. Looks a bit old school but that’s the way I like them 👍

Looking forward to these travels

I caught the Cote D'Albatre in December 2022 from Newhaven to Dieppe and returned on the same boat 8 days later. Thanks for sharing, I took a car so had no idea what the accommodations were like for foot passengers, our car wasn't searched and we had a quick passport check in a booth (sort of like a toll booth) at ether side before being free to go. Much more pleasant way to travel with a baby compared to flying.

Thanks for the vlog. A few years ago when the old terminal was open Stenna also operated from there. In the summer they had a sailing at 4am so you could see the sun coming up as you crossed. Arrive at 09.30 into the the main basin ( now the marina) and have a day out in Dieppe. A lunch of moules et frittes with a glass of local cider and a relaxing afternoon. Then catch the 6pm sailing and be back for 9.30. A wonderful day out. Sadly the timetable doesn't allow that now.

Was looking for one on the polar express!!!! Season greetings and just subscribed

Merry Christmas

We used this route a couple of times when there were problems on the Dover-Calais route during the Summer peak-period. The Transmanche ferries take an eternity to offload at the destination when fully loaded. Depending upon where they tell you to park, it can take up to 45 minutes to get off. The ferries themselves are OK but much smaller and tend to feel cramped (at peak times which is when we travelled on them). The food is OK but nothing special. On a sunny and warmer day, it’s best to ‘get up top’ and relax on the open decks rather than endure the busy inside space. In their favour, these ships are much better than the vessels I used on the route back in the 1970s. They were dreadful. It’s a real shame they don’t provide a shuttle bus to the town centre and rail station.

Great stuff. The ferry looked like it was from a slightly bygone ago of car ferry travel. I thought she looked fantastic.

Love your videos Johnny and already looking forward to your continuing French adventure. I often have holidays in your part of the world and wonder if you might be able to put a video together about IKB’s Atmospheric Railway. I know there’s precious little left but with your local knowledge you might be able to take us through the story…..great work, keep it up! 👍😃

This is a regular route for myself and a few freinds who (now we are retired) have 3 day relaxation trips. Ok, we have a few drinks. Dieppe is a beutiful town and there are some great restaurants in the town. I look forward to your video on the Dieppe stay. Over all with the budget hotel we use it is a cheap minibreak.

ive been on the ferry with my dad and my older brother before last summer i took the midnight crossing to Dieppe from Newhaven i had tasty food on the ferry and i got sweets and chocolate in the gift shop i wish you could get something from the gift shop to keep you going

I have used this route twice this year ... in both directions .... but unfortunately they have been the overnight crossings. It is less expensive travelling from Scotland during the day and so I miss out on seeing much crossing La Manche. Your little video was a chance to see what I had missed. Both my crossings were during the high season and cabins were at a premium resulting in a tiring, uncomfortable voyage. A nice breakfast, however, set me up for onward travel. By the way, the ship's name Côte d' Albâtre, translates as the alabaster coast (the cliffs you see on reaching France).

Our school class went on the ferry to Dieppe in a storm. Spectacular outbreak of sea sickness.

Seems a lovely ferry trip. With Dieppe being a lesser important passenger port even a good portuion of the railway has suffered

I do like going on a Ferry. I’ve been on the Ferry from Dover to Calais and from Harwich to Port of Holland.

Thanks for this. I'm going over in July on this route with the car for 5 days at the bargain price of £ 91 when the 20% over 60's discount is applied. You have to ring to get that, not available on line.

Really narrow and old school car-ramp to the ferry. I thought this ship was older, my guess would be in the 80s. Yellow ferries somehow doesn’t match, I think. Anyway, the crossing looks beautiful 😊

This is a fantastic alternative route to Dover, shame to see it so empty out of season. Ironic that the sea was calmer in December than in July when we used the service.

For that size of ferry I'm surprised there isn't a seperate passenger gangway.

Very interesting video again Johnny, I’m so pleased I subscribed to your channel, I did this crossing quite a few years ago now and although longer than the Dover to Calais route, I think it’s good to have more time to relax and just enjoy the journey as you obviously did. I really enjoy your videos as it’s good to see all your varied and well documented journeys in the UK, and as I have been living abroad for some time now your channel brings back so many good memories.

Brilliant video as always!! Such a smooth crossing across the Channel. Is there free meals on this route like the other dfds routes from Dover? Sometimes the older ships are better than some of the new modern ships. Wishing you all the best, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! Hope all is well, take care

What absolute perfect winter day to go sailing. Was absolutely gob smacked how cheap it was. To compare it costs me £35 to get a train from Inverness to Aberdeen.. seemed a little strange they hadn’t changed the branding from the original owners. Yes it was looking its age in places, but at that price..

Better when Dieppe Maritime and Newhaven Marine stations were open allowing a cross platform transfer between train and tub.

Massively efficient service and a somewhat neglected route. Been using it for years since the Portsmouth to Le Havre route closed. I suspect they must make most of their cash from haulage.

It was so calm it probably wasn't using the stabilisers to save fuel.

The route is only marketed by DFDS The operator is TransManche and it explains why the o board product is so different. I understood that the ferries were not originally built for the Newhaven route but became available at a bargain price... they were exercise so slightly too long, necessitating the removal of the outer arm of the marina. I would not be surprised if the route closes when the ships reach the end of their lives. The ships swing in the harbour in poor weather conditions... Great clear vlog. Good to see.

Not sure if it goes to Newhaven but the Eastbourne to Brighton bus is one of the best routes in the country!

do you have a video about ferry Belfast - Liverpool? just booked a ticket

Do you know if you’re allowed to take dogs on this sailing? Planning a spring break trip to France and Spain in a rental car

It seems a bit odd that foot passengers now seem to have to embark and disembark from the ships via the car deck.

Many times. Before worked for TOE in Dieppe.

I got hooked on Amercan football watching the Redskins Dolphins Superbowl on Channel 4. I was staggered that Riggins needed oxygen when he did less than your average rugby player. Just because i liked the name I am a Cowboys fan.

This crossing used to be so much frendlier to the foot passengers until at least the mid 90's, from when both the new port in Dieppe opened (a 30 minute walk from the old Terminal) and Newhaven Marine station closed (the original passanger terminal).

We used the TOE car for UK football matches.By missing tthe Friday boat back.Till the customs pulled the car appart for "drugs from Brighton". The terminal has moved over the water and the maritime station gone. I had a room by the station.One night I waited all night on the historic pebble beach for a stormbound ferry off a train from Paris. The night of Lockerbie the crossing was even stranger.

Was this the same trip as the Southern Daysave?

We considered using this route on our trip to France earlier this year, however we couldn't justify the extra travel time compared with the Dover--Calais route, despite the lower price. Cross-channel ferries really have markedly increased in price since the pandemic, which is a great shame.

Didnt realise ferries were still a thing

We used the TOE car for UK football matches.By missing tthe Friday boat back.Till the customs pulled the car appart for "drugs from Brighton". The terminal has moved over the water and the maritime station gone. I had a room by the station.One night I waited all night on the historic pebble beach for a stormbound ferry off a train from Paris. The night of Lockerbie the crossing was even stranger.