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Apparently, they're going to start allowing foot passengers again this year. Or so the website says. I think the main issue is the total lack of infrastructure for foot passengers any more. Used to be easy to, for example, get off the ferry and straight on to a train, but now thanks to Eurostar, people no longer get the 'boat train' from London to Paris via Dover-Calais, so it looks like they've removed it all.
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I exited Calais a couple months ago. The mapmyride route I'd made wanted to take me on that N216 road so I backtracked a bit when I realised what it was. There is NO signage. I got escourted out of the port complex, but straight onto fairly hostile roads. Fine after a km or so though.
Interesting fact, you can't use the ferry as a footpassenger. The only other cyclist I met was on the way back and he'd borrowed his neighbour's mountain bike to get on as he had some complicated car rental problems and this was the cheapest way to get over.