Portsmouth

Is Brittany Ferries Sailing To France?

Coronavirus (COVID-19) travel information We are operating limted freight-only services between the UK, Ireland, France and Spain. Are ferries running from Portsmouth to France? The Portsmouth Cherbourg ferry route connects England with France. Currently there is just the 1 ferry company operating this ferry service, Brittany Ferries. This ferry to France crossing operates up to …

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Why Is It Called Hampton?

Most sources say the name Hampton Roads originated with the Third Earl of Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, a wealthy English nobleman from the southern port city of Southampton, England. (And a close friend of William Shakespeare.) The earl took an interest in the new English settlement on what is now the Peninsula. Where did Hampton get …

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