From 1 October the Flushing ferry drops from two boats an hour to one. It still runs every day of the winter, 09:00 to 16:15 with an earlier pair on weekdays, taking ten minutes between Flushing Quay and Steps 1 on Falmouth's Prince of Wales Pier. An adult pays £4.50 each way. The times come from a single published timetable, so treat them as the plan rather than a guarantee: tide and weather have the last word.
Winter timetable 1 October – 31 March and summer timetable 1 April – 30 September, as published on the Fal River site that the Flushing Ferry links to as its current timetable; no year is given. Read on 1 October 2026, the first day of the winter service. No second official source publishes these times. Fal River — Flushing Ferry timetable · 2026-10-01
October changes the rhythm of Falmouth's inner harbour. All summer the Flushing ferry leaves each side twice an hour, pausing for a break around midday; from 1 October it switches to a single departure an hour from each side, but runs straight through lunchtime. The winter day begins with an 08:20 from Flushing on weekdays and ends with the 16:15 from Falmouth, seven days a week, until the end of March.
The boat belongs to the Flushing Ferry, a family-owned company that crosses between Flushing Quay and the Prince of Wales Pier in Falmouth all year round. It does not publish its timetable on its own site: its "Current Timetable" link goes to the Fal River visitor site, which also shows a live running status for the route.
In winter it is above all the village's short way into town. Flushing, in Mylor parish, looks across the water at Falmouth, and the boat turns the long way round by road into a ten-minute hop. Walkers use it too, starting or finishing the path round Trefusis Point to Mylor.
Every ticket is a single, so there is no return discount: an adult going over to Flushing for lunch and back pays £4.50 twice, £9.00 in all. Children and bicycles are £2.50 each way.
Neither page gives the age at which a child fare stops, a price for dogs (friendly dogs are welcome), or which payment methods the crew take. If any of that matters, ring the ferry on 07974 799773 before you set off.
| Adult | £ 4.50 |
| Child | £ 2.50 |
| Bicycle | £ 2.50 |
Fares as published on the Flushing Ferry's own site and on the Fal River timetable page, both undated, read on 1 October 2026. Flushing Ferry — fares · 2026-10-01
Only about 740 metres of water separate the Prince of Wales Pier and Flushing Quay, which face each other across the inner harbour; the timetable allows about ten minutes. It is one of several short Cornish harbour crossings on this site that keep a village on the far bank within walking distance of a town, like the Polruan ferry across the mouth of the Fowey, which also keeps running through the winter.
The ferry leaves from Steps 1 on the Prince of Wales Pier, off Falmouth's High Street. The pier is shared with other Fal boats, including the St Mawes ferry, so check the steps number rather than following the first queue you see.
Boarding is down steps, up to about twenty of them at low tide, and they can be slippery. For parking, the St Mawes ferry's own guidance names Cornwall Council's Town Quarry car park on The Moor as the one to use for this pier.
At Flushing the boat comes in to the steps on the village quay, off Trefusis Road. Access is by steps here too; if your mobility is limited, the advice is to cross when the tide is higher.
The village shop is about 100 metres from the quay, to the left along Trefusis Road, and the quay is the starting point for the level walk round Trefusis Point to Mylor.
The walk from Flushing to Mylor around Trefusis Point is easy and level, with views across Carrick Roads to St Mawes, St Just in Roseland and St Anthony lighthouse. Out of the village the other way, the coast leads to Kiln Quay and two quiet beaches.
Cycles cost £2.50 a crossing, the same as a child. Expect to carry the bike down the steps, especially at low tide.
Friendly dogs are allowed. Pushchairs are too, but children must be taken out of them before you descend the steps to board.
At low water there can be around twenty steps down to the boat at each end. If you have limited mobility, plan your crossing around higher tides.
The Fal River page for this ferry shows a live running status, and the Flushing Ferry posts weather changes on Facebook. Services are tide and weather dependent.
Both ferries use the Prince of Wales Pier, but the St Mawes ferry is a different company's twenty-minute crossing to the Roseland. For Flushing, look for Steps 1.
The crossing is old. According to the ferry company, its royal charter dates from 1660, when Charles II granted the ferry rights to Sir Peter Killigrew, and local men once rowed passengers across to Greenbank Quay, as the rowers on the Walberswick ferry in Suffolk still do. The same history credits Dutch settlers with building the quays and renaming the village, which was earlier called Nankersey.
Today's service is less romantic and more useful: motor boats, fixed times, and a timetable that changes twice a year, on 1 April and 1 October.
Yes, every day from 1 October to 31 March, but hourly rather than twice an hour. The first boats are 09:00 from Flushing and 09:15 from Falmouth, with an extra 08:20 and 08:30 on weekdays; the last are 16:00 and 16:15.
From Steps 1 on the Prince of Wales Pier. The St Mawes ferry uses the same pier, so check the steps before you queue.
Yes. In March only, the winter timetable adds a 17:00 from Flushing and a 17:30 from Falmouth.
No. All tickets are singles: each way an adult pays £4.50, and a child or a bike £2.50.
No. Both leave from the Prince of Wales Pier and both appear on the Fal River website, but the Flushing Ferry is a separate family-run business with its own boats, phone number and fares.
Possibly. The timetable says additional sailings may run during the October half term and the Easter holidays, and asks you to check on the day.
It is difficult. Each landing means steps, up to about twenty at low tide, and anyone with restricted mobility is advised to cross when the tide is higher.