Harwich – Hook of Holland
Ferry to Holland
Harwich – Hook of Holland
Ferry to Holland
The Harwich Hook of Holland ferry route connects England with Holland. Currently there is just the 1 ferry company operating this ferry service, Stena Line. The crossing operates up to 13 times each week with sailing durations from around 7 hours 15 minutes.
Harwich Hook of Holland sailing durations and frequency may vary from season to season so we’d advise doing a live check to get the most up to date information.
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Harwich International ferry port can be found in Essex on the east coast of England, about one mile upstream from the town of Harwich, opposite the port of Felixstowe and is a natural gateway to Europe. The ferry terminal itself is in Parkeston and the main passenger ferry activity in Harwich is provided by the Stena Line route to the Hook of Holland in the Netherlands and is operated by modern state-of-the-art ships. Approximately 1 million passengers pass through the ferry terminal each year either starting or completing their trip. Harwich ferry port has in the past featured connections with Sweden (Gothenburg) and Germany (Cuxhaven) with DFDS Seaways but both services ceased around 2005 and as yet have not been restarted by other ferry companies. If you are passing through then be sure to visit Dovercourt which lies just to the south of Harwich. The older town of Dovercourt has been settled since prehistoric times and the iron lighthouses or 'Leading Lights' which sit along the picturesque Blue Flag beach are worth a look.
The Hook of Holland (locally known as the Hoek van Holland, or corner of Holland,) is a small port town in the south-west of the country. Ferries both enter and leave this industrious port through the New Waterway, an impressively large shipping canal that stretches from the North Sea and into the major city of Rotterdam. This waterway runs perpendicular to a long sandy beach, a popular holiday destination for summer cyclists, and is lined by a narrow promenade from which pedestrians can almost touch the close-sailing ships. The Hook of Holland is well connected to the rest of the mainland. The epicentre of Dutch politics can be found in the parliamentary buildings of The Hague just 10 miles east, while the capital of Amsterdam is just an hour and a half drive across the A4. There’s plenty of hotspots for history buffs to visit too. One such site is Fort 1881, once manned by the German army in World War II, that still guards the mouth of the New Waterway and is now a museum dedicated to its rich wartime past. The busy but well-ordered terminal offers a number of daily trips from southern Holland to the seaside town of Harwich in the east of England, a relatively short cruise across the North Sea. It’s a route that has been in operation since 1893, save for brief suspensions during World Wars I and II, and is now used by the thousands of travellers who bridge the Anglo-Dutch gap every year.
