Southampton cruise ports
Five terminals, one chauffeur.
Southampton's five passenger cruise terminals — City, Horizon, Mayflower, Ocean, QEII. Direct sail-day transfers with pickup timing co-ordinated against each cruise line's check-in window. London → terminal runs direct from St Pancras, priced before you book.
Volume discount
5% off £350+
Auto-applied at booking on transfers from £350.
Return discount
+5% on returns
Stacks with volume discount on return-leg bookings.
Pricing
Fixed at quote
Quoted price holds — no day-of re-quote, no hidden fees.
Five Southampton terminals
Pick your terminal.
- Port of SouthamptonFixed fare
City Cruise Terminal
City Cruise Terminal sits at Berth 101 in the Western Docks, entered through Dock Gate 10 — the closest of the western terminals to the city-centre waterfront, and the main Southampton base for Princess Cruises and Holland America, with seasonal Cunard departures. Despite the name it is not in the city centre; it is inside the working dock estate, and the walk from the gate is not one to attempt with cruise luggage. Drop-off is at the terminal forecourt and the chauffeur takes the cases from the boot to the porter.
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Horizon Cruise Terminal
Horizon Cruise Terminal at Berth 102 on West Bay Road is Southampton's newest passenger terminal — a 55 million pound facility opened in 2021, and home to the UK's first cruise shore-power connection. It sits in the Western Docks behind Dock Gate 10 and primarily serves MSC Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line, with occasional Royal Caribbean dual-use weeks. Modern drive-through forecourt, and a short walk from kerb to check-in desks.
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Mayflower Cruise Terminal
Mayflower Cruise Terminal at Berth 106 on Herbert Walker Avenue is P&O's primary Southampton base and one of the busiest cruise terminals in the UK on British-holiday-season turnaround days. Cunard's Queen Mary 2 alternates here for some sailings and Fred. Olsen uses it regularly. It sits in the Western Docks behind Dock Gate 10, and the walk from the gate itself is about a mile — which is why being dropped at the gate rather than the terminal forecourt is a genuine problem here.
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Ocean Cruise Terminal
Ocean Cruise Terminal sits at Berths 46/47 on Cunard Way in the Eastern Docks, entered through Dock Gate 4 — about a four-minute walk from the gate. It handles Disney Cruise Line during their UK season, Princess overflow weeks and a rotation of smaller and seasonal operators. Kerbside flow at the drop-off is good, and the terminal is adjacent to QEII behind the same gate, which makes the eastern pair easy to confuse with each other and hard to confuse with the western three.
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QEII Cruise Terminal
QEII Cruise Terminal — named for the Queen Elizabeth II, whose retirement gave the building its identity — is Royal Caribbean's primary Southampton terminal and Cunard's for Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria sailings. It sits at Berths 38/39 in the Eastern Docks, entered through Dock Gate 4, adjacent to Ocean. Sail-day traffic peaks on Saturdays for Royal Caribbean turnarounds, when a single ship can put several thousand passengers through the forecourt inside three hours.
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Frequently asked
Quick answers.
- All five: City Cruise Terminal, Horizon Cruise Terminal, Mayflower Cruise Terminal, Ocean Cruise Terminal, QEII Cruise Terminal. Pickup direct at the terminal forecourt; chauffeur assists with luggage from boot to porter handoff.
- Yes — St Pancras to any of the 5 terminals is a route we run regularly, priced upfront before you book. Popular for London-residing passengers arriving by Eurostar from Paris, Brussels, or Amsterdam who want a direct chauffeur transfer to Southampton without a Waterloo connection.
- Most cruise lines publish a check-in window (e.g. 12:30-15:30 for Royal Caribbean, 11:00-14:00 for P&O). We time pickup against your window so you arrive 30-45 minutes into the slot — avoiding the early-arrival queue and the late-arrival rush.
- Disembarkation is scheduled — your cruise line publishes the exit slot. Book the return pickup 60-90 minutes after your scheduled exit time. We don't track ships the way we track flights, so build in margin for cabin clearance and customs.