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yeah ferry is the way. i have done a few routes, newhaven-dieppe, portsmouth-le havre, portsmouth-st-malo, portsmouth-cherbourg-poole ... dover-calais obviously
a number of those with a kid on the back seat or trailer as well. -
+1.
St Malo is only over night now I think. But at least you get a nice early start the next day.
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I recently went to France with my family but came back a week early and booked my own ferry and had a realisation that may be of interest to people, especially given Eurostar look like they are no longer going to take bikes.
You can take your bike on Brittany Ferries at no extra cost and you don't have to dismantle it or anything like that. They even let you on before the cars.
Pretty quick direct trains (that you don't have to book bikes on) to Portsmouth or Poole from London. Some of the crossings are very slow or overnight but there is one that does it in 3 hours.
Not sure if this common knowledge but it actually seems quite a quick, cheap and relaxed way to get your bike into France, especially from London.