Ports you have visited/used

[GRALISTAIR]

Ok, for those who do a lot of cruises, they will have visited a lot of ports. I have only done 4 cruises but also travelled around the US a lot. Here is my list of ports in the order I first sailed from/to.

Dover
Ostend
Portsmouth
Ryde
Le Havre
Lymington Pier
Calais
Fleetwood
Douglas
Holyhead
Dun Laoghaire
Newhaven
Dieppe
Kos
Kalymnos
Pserimos
Bodrum
Whitehall Street Manhattan.
St.George Staten Island
Galveston TX
Bolivar TX
Dauphin Island AL
Ft Morgan AL
Canal St New Orleans
Algiers Point New Orleans
Honolulu, Oahu
Kahului, Maui
Hilo, Hawaii
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Nawiliwili, Kauai
Lewes, DE
Cape May NJ
Whittier, AK
Hoonan, Icy Strait Point AK
Juneau AK
Skagway, AK
Ketchikan, AK
Vancouver, BC
Hatteras NC
Ocracoke (north) NC
Ocracoke (south)
Swan Quarter, NC
Charlotte, VT
Essex, NY
Plattsburgh, NY
Grand Isle, VT
Muskegon, MI
Milwaukee, WI
San Juan Puerto Rico
St Thomas USVI
Antigua
Bridgetown Barbados
Pointe Seraphine St Lucia
St Kitts
Philipsburg St Maarten,
Miami, FL
Key West, FL
Nassau, Bahamas

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Not that many, and a moot point as to whether some of these I've listed below are maybe just ferry terminals, rather than 'ports')...

• Southampton/East Cowes (IoW);
• Poole/St. Helier (Jersey);
• Uig (Skye)/Tarbert (Harris);
• Armadale (Skye)/Mallaig;
• Kyle of Lochalsh/Kyleakin (this before the Skye Bridge opened);
• Glenelg/Kylerhea (Skye);
• Sconser (Skye) / East Suisnish (Raasay) (before the terminal on Raasay was moved).
• Sconser (Skye) / Clachan (Raasay) (after the terminal on Raasay was moved).

 

[Arriva Fan]

Douglas
Heysham
Liverpool
Larne
Belfast
Dublin
Cairnryan
Largs
Cumrae Slip

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Lymington
Yarmouth
Sea ports:

Portsmouth
Ryde
Southampton Red Funnel
East Cowes
West Cowes
Dover
Calais
Oostende
Newhaven
Dieppe
Brighton Marina
Southampton Ocean
Lisboa
Gibraltar ( anchored offshore )
Barcelona
Ajaccio
Civitavecchia

Battery Park
Ellis Island
Liberty Island



Hoverports:

Dover
Calais
Bologne
Southsea
Ryde
Woolston ( private )
Duver, Bembridge ( private )
Lee on Solent ( private )
Bembridge beach ( no formal ramp )
Alum Bay beach ( no formal ramp )



Edited because I forgot Gibraltar...

 

[GRALISTAIR]

My Portsmouth Ryde combination was to see 05001 !

 

[dgl]

Not many but,
Lymington
Yarmouth
Southampton
Cowes
Dover
Weymouth
Poole
Plymouth
Roscoff
Calais
St. Peter Port
St. Helier

 

[Peterthegreat]

OK not sure how many of these qualify as ports but these are ones I've done a journey from A to B (rather than a pleasure trip)

UK
Hull
Hull Corporation Pier
Harwich PQ
Tilbury
Gravesend
Sheerness
Dover Eastern Docks
Dover Western Docks
Dover Hoverport
Folkestone Harbour
Newhaven
Portsmouth Ferryport
Portsmouth Harbour
Ryde Pier Head
Lymington
Yarmouth IoW
Southampton
Plymouth
Fishguard
Holyhead
Birkenhead
Heysham
Ardrossan
Wemyss Bay
Gourock
Rothesay
Dunoon
Brodick
Oban
Craignure
Mallaig
Armadale
Kyle of Lochalsh
Kyleakin
Belfast

Spain
Santander

France
Roscoff
Caen
Le Havre
Cherbourg
Dieppe
Boulogne
Boulogne Hoverport
Calais
Calais Hoverport
Dunkerque

Belgium
Oostende
Zeebrugge

Netherlands
Hoek van Holland
Rotterdam

Germany
Puttgarden
Warnemünde
Sassnitz
Kiel
Lübeck
Lindau
Friedrichshafen

Switzerland
Romanshorn

Austria
Bregenz
Wien

Hungary
Budapest

Poland
Swinoujscie

Croatia
Split

Italy
Ancona
Messina
Villa San Giovanni

Ireland
Dublin
Rosslare

Denmark
Esbjerg
Rødby
Gedser
Kalundborg
Aarhus
Frederikshaven
Helsingör
Copenhagen

Sweden
Göteborg
Malmö
Helsingborg
Stockholm

Finland
Helsinki
Turku

Isle of Man
Douglas

 

[Cheshire Scot]

In the UK and Ireland with some attempt at grouping and some probably not worthy of being called ports!
Lerwick, Kirkwall, Stromness, Scrabster, Aberdeen
Stornoway, Tarbert (Harris), Lochmaddy, Ullapool
Kyle of Lochalsh, Kyleakin, Glenelg, Kylerhea, Armadale, Mallaig, Fort William, Arisaig, Muck, Rum
Lochboisdale, Castlebay, Coll, Tiree, Tobermory, Craignure, Ulva, Staffa (not really a port), Fionnphort, Iona
Oban, Lismore, Colonsay, Port Askaig, Port Ellen, Kennacraig
Claonaig, Lochranza, Brodick, Rothesay, Wemyss Bay, Millport, Cumbrae Slip, Tighnabruich, Ardrishaig, Tarbert (Loch Fyne, Inverary
Largs, Fairlie, Innellan, Dunoon, Gourock, Kilkreggan, Helensburgh, Craigendoran, Glasgow, Greenock (Princes Pier), Leith
Arrochar, Ardlui, Inversnaid, Tarbet, Luss, Rowardennen, Balmaha, Balloch, Loch Katrine
Ardrossan, Stranraer, Larne, Belfast, Dublin, Dun Laoghaire, Rosslare,
Liverpool, Woodside, Seacombe, Salford, Holyhead, Fishguard
Ramsgate, Dover (East, West and Hoverport), Folkestone, Portsmouth, Southampton, Lymington, Poole, Plymouth, Harwich, Hull (Ferryport and Corporation Pier) New Holland, North Shields,
Tilbury, Gravesend, Swanage, Totnes, Dartmouth, Brixham, Yarmouth (IoW), Ryde, East Cowes
Lakeside, Bowness, Ambleside, Pooley Bridge, Glenridding, Coniston

I may have missed a few (but not many)

European (mainly) Ferry ports
Santander*, Dieppe, Oustreham, Le Havre*, Boulogne, Calais, Oostende, Zeebrugge*, Hoek van Holland, Bergen*, Stavanger*, Oslo*, Bygdoy, Kristiansand,*
(and too many others to mention in Norway on the Hurtigruten and several other coastal routes),
Hirtsals, Rodby, Puttgarden, Gedser, Warnemunde*, Kalundborg, Aarhus
Helsingor, Helsingborg, Stockholm*, Turku, Helsinki*, Gothenburg, Frederikshaven
Rotterdam* and Europort, Genoa, Bastia, Piombino, Elba*, Messina*, Villa San Giovanni, Stavoren, Enkhuisen, Vlissingen, Breskens

Those marked * also feature on my list of 105 ports visited on Cruises which I am happy to list if anyone is interested, mainly in Europe but also North Africa (3), Asia (1), USA (4) and Canada (4) plus UK departure / arrival ports of Southampton, Tilbury and North Shields also on the above list.

Apologies, quite a few late edits/corrections (not proof read!).

European Lakes - mmm, quite a few, mainly Switzerland and Italy, I'd need to think about them, and quite a few on the Rhine in Germany too

Further Edit: Add Patras, Ancona, Dunkirk (both the old train ferry berth (through locks) and the later trainferry berth a few miles out) to the European list, and Hythe Pier to the UK one.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

@Cheshire Scot impressive

 

[Pegpilot]

Ushuaia, Argentina, and Longyearbyen, Svalbard spring to mind - not sure how much further north or south you can get and still be in a commercial port. Ushuaia notable for its anti-British propaganda signs at the port gates to this day (this is where Clarkson got driven out of town by the locals), and Longyearbyen notable for its Polar Bear warning signs - not sure which worried me more !

 

[The exile]

UK

Oban
Craignure
Kyle Of Lochalsh
Kyleakin
Mallaig
Wemyss Bay
Gourock
Dunoon
Rothesay
Campbeltown
Scrabster
Stromness
Hoy
Tingwall
Brinian
Sconser
Clachan (Raasay)
Fionnphort
Iona
South Queensferry
Inchcolm
Newcastle
Southampton
East Cowes
Portsmouth Harbour Station
Ryde Pier Head
Lymington
Yarmouth (IoW)
Portsmouth (International)
Dover Western Docks
Dover Eastern Docks
Folkestone
Ramsgate

Elsewhere in Europe

Romanshorn
Friedrichshafen (As a Brit who has spent a sizeable portion of his life in Germany, I still enjoy the fact that my first ever arrival was by boat from the South!)

Saint Malo
Boulogne
Calais
Dunkerque
Oostende
Ijmuiden
Puttgarden
Rodby
Helsingor
Helsingborg
Skarberget
Bognes
Lavrio
Coressia

That's ignoring various river and lake ferries both in the UK and abroad.

 

[Topological]

Southampton, Portsmouth, Harwich, Hoek van Holland, Cherbourg, St Malo, Macao, Shenzhen, Hong Kong (with various islands), Sydney (various)

Counting smaller boats, then I have used ferries in Malaysia, Thailand and across the River Mersey.

Counting car ferries, then the two ends of the Dartmouth ferry.

 

[Cheshire Scot]

And just afew more for my UK and European lists:

South Queensferry, North Queensferry (yes, pre Forth Road Bridge) both terminals of the Ballachulish Ferry, both terminals of the Corran Ferry, Campbeltown , Caernarfon Sorrento, Capri, Ischia, Cannes, St Tropez, Barrierro, Lisbon, Ayamonte, Villa Real de San Antonio

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Here's my list in order of use, not as impressive as some!

Penrhyn Point
Barmouth Beach
Folkestone
Boulogne
Exmouth
Starcross
Dover
Calais
Southampton
East Cowes
Ċirkewwa (Malta main island)
Mġarr (Gozo)
Newhaven
Dieppe

(Edited to add the Barmouth and Exe estuary ferries, didn't realise such small boat services were being counted!)

 

[thejuggler]

Far more than I expected - more a list of ferries and destinations than full on ports.

Dover
Ramsgate
Portsmouth
Poole
Southampton
Sheerness
Weymouth
Guernsey
Penzance
St Marys
Heysham
Douglas
Greenock
Ardrossan
Brodick
Lochranza
Claonaig
Kenncraig
Port Ellen
Port Askaig
Feolin
Cuan
Luing
Oban
Coll
Colonsay
Craignure
Fionnphort
Iona
Kilchoan
Tobermory
Mallaig
Armadale
Glenelg
Kylerhea
Kyle of Localsh
Kyleakin
Sconser
Raasay
Ullapool
Stornoway
Kirkwall
Anstruther - Isle of May (!)
Corran
Ardgour
Staffa
Klaksvik
Reykjavik
Isafjordur
Akureyri
Oslo
Stavanger
Bergen
Olden
Gerainger
Alesund
Flaam
Copenhagen
Helsingborg
Calais
St Malo
Cherbourg
Brest
Le Verdon
Vigo
Lisbon
Stockholm
Tallinn
Warnemunde
St Petersburg
Zeebrugge
Hook of Holland
Pangkor
Perak

 

[185143]

Belmont
Gutcher
Toft
Ulsta
Bressay
Lerwick
Lerwick Holmsgarth
Kirkwall Hatson
Kirkwall
North Ronaldsay
Papa Westray
Pierowall
Westray
Shapinsay
Scrabster
Ullapool
Stornoway
Berneray
Leverburgh
Lochboisdale
Eriskay
Ardmhor
Mallaig
Armadale
Coll
Oban
Craignure
Colintraive
Rhubodach
Rothesay
Largs
Wemyss Bay
Cumbria
Gourock
Kilcreggan
Dunoon
Hunter's Quay
McInroy's Point
Brodick
Ardrossan
Troon
Cairnryan
Belfast
Dublin
Rosslare
Fishguard
Holyhead
Birkenhead (Stena)
Seacombe
Wallasey
Liverpool Pier Head
Liverpool (IoM)
Heysham
Douglas
Newcastle (DFDS)
North Shields
South Shields
Harwich
Dover
Barking Riverside
Embankment Pier
Newhaven
Sandbanks
Shell Bay
Portsmouth (Hovertravel)
Portsmouth (Wightlink)
Ryde Pier Head
Ryde
Calais
Dunkirk
Dieppe
Cherbourg
Nice
Ijmuiden
Hook of Holland
Fredrikshavn
Gothenburg
Kiel
Porto Torres
Several in Istanbul

I think that's my lot. Bound to be some I've missed.

 

[Arriva Fan]

Douglas
Heysham
Liverpool
Larne
Belfast
Dublin
Cairnryan
Largs
Cumrae Slip

I made an error. I have to add Hull & Rotterdam Europort to mine.

 

[gg1]

Not as many as some, and a few of these are pushing the definition of 'port'.

Dover
Holyhead
Kyle of Lochalsh
Kyleakin
Mallaig
Armadale
Kylerhea
Glenelg
Dartmouth
Kingswear

Dublin
Dun Laoghaire
Greencastle
Greenore
Killimer
Tarbet

Calais
Boulogne

San Francisco
Larkspur

 

[oldman]

Tilbury-Aden and Aden-Mombasa, both there and back, aged 8 weeks on the first voyage and 19 months on the last (on the Ben Lawers).

Also the less exotic and now disappeared Fairlie Pier on the Clyde.

 

[Class73Electro]

I'm a maritime enthusiast, so have quite a few!

UK:
Dover
Folkestone
Newhaven
Portsmouth / Southsea (Hovercraft)
Ryde
Fishbourne
Southampton
Cowes
Lymington
Yarmouth
Poole
Fishguard
Harwich
Rothesay
Wemyss Bay
Largs
Cumbrae
Ardossan
Brodick
Lochranza
Claonaig
Tarbert (Loch Fyne)
Partavidie
Colintraive
Rhubodach
McInroy's Point
Hunters Quay
Dunoon
Gourock
Penzance
Isles of Scilly
St Helier
St Peters Port
Alderney

OK a few of those are not really ports, just slipways!

Europe:
Calais
Boulogne
Dieppe
Ouistreham (Caen)
Le Havre
Cherbourg
Dunkerque
St Malo
Bilbao
Hamburg
Cirkewwa
Mgarr
Valletta
Pozzallo
Stockholm
Turku
Helsinki
Tallinn
Kapellskar
Mariehamn
Rosslare
Pireaus
Aegina
Paros
Milos
Poros
Trondheim
Tromsø
Bodø
Rafina
Marmari
Tinos
Mykonos
Sifnos
Gdansk
Nynashamn
Genoa
Porto Torres
Olbia
Hoek van Holland

US:
New York
Staten Island

 

[chipbury]

As a merchant navy engineer this thread intrigued me, I looked through my records and think I've been to 139 ports where the ship has tied up. There were several more where we'd anchored or drifted about for a bit.

Some great lists above, makes me realise i've taken very few ferry journeys.

 

[gordonthemoron]

Dover
Folkestone
Harwich
Felixstowe
Holyhead
Dublin
Dun Laogaire
Aberdeen
Lerwick
Kirkstall
Scrabster
Stromness
Hull
Portsmouth

Hoek van Holland
Calais
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Rotterdam Europooort
Boulogne Hoverport
Caen
St Malo
Cuxhaven
Mukran
Trelleborg
Riga
Stockholm
Helsinki
Tallinn
Puttgarten
Rødby
Silifke
Girne
Gazimagusta
Mersin

 

[gswindale]

Dover
Calais
Poole
St Peter Port
St Helier
Lymington
Yarmouth
Fishbourne
Portsmouth
Liverpool
Douglas
Heysham
Oban
Craignure
Gills Bay
St Margarets Hope
Fionnphort
Iona
Basseterre (St Kitts)
Charlestown (Nevis)
Saint John (New Brunswick)
Digby (Nova Scotia)
Caribou (Nova Scotia)
Wood Islands ( Prince Edward Island)
Cirkewwa (Malta)
Gozo

 

[Grumpy]

OK not sure how many of these qualify as ports but these are ones I've done a journey from A to B (rather than a pleasure trip)


Hull Corporation Pier

And not New Holland?

 

[route101]

Gourock, Helensburgh, Kilcreggan, Ardrossan, Troon, Stranraer, Cairnryan Stena, Plymouth, Belfast Stena, Roscoff, Caen, Rottordam,Calais, Dover, Newhaven, Dieppe, Portsmouth, Heysham, Douglas, Rothesay, Brodick.

 

[Polarbear]

My list of ports/ferry terminals includes.

Liverpool; Holyhead; Weymouth; St Helier; Southampton; Portsmouth; Ryde; Lymmington; Freshwater; Cowes West; Dover.

Ardrossan; Brodick; Portavadie; Tarbert; Lochaline; Fishnish; Tobermory; Kilchoan; Ullapool; Stornaway; Mallaig; Lochboisdale; Berneray; Leverburgh; Lerwick; Kirkwall; Stromness; Aberdeen; Armadale; Kylerhea; Glenelg.

Calais; Lisbon; Panama; Curaçao; Tahiti; Melbourne.

 

[High Dyke]

Does standing on the quayside count?

• Dover
• Calais
• Harwich PQ
• Hoek Van Holland
• Portsmouth
• Ryde
• Cowes
• Southampton
• Wemyss Bay
• Rothesay
• New Holland
• Hull Corporation Pier
• Immingham
• Brixham
• Leith
• Newhaven (England)
• Newhaven (Scotland)
• Seahouses
• Reykjavik

Probably others I've forgotten.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Does standing on the quayside count?

imho - no, but I will bow to the majority.

 

[birchesgreen]

Not many and not for some time.

Folkestone (too young to remember where we landed on the continent)
Newhaven (ditto)
Ryde
Portsmouth
Can't remember the ports when i took a ferry from Java to Bali, i do remember the rust bucket being followed by sharks all the way across, and a cat-sized rat which sat on my foot

 

[SuspectUsual]

Dover
Harwich
Felixstowe
Weymouth
Bodinnick
Fowey
Lymington
Yarmouth
Southampton
Cowes

Kyle of Lochalsh
Kyleakin
Mallaig
Armadale
Oban
Craignure
Wemyss Bay
Rothesay
Rhubodach
Colintraive
Ardrossan
Brodick

St Peter Port
Herm
Sark

Calais
Dieppe

Zeebrugge
Oostende

Vancouver
Tobermory (ON not Mull)
South Baymouth

Juneau
Skagway
Ketchikan
Haines

Victoria harbour ferry, Hong Kong

Circular Quay
Darling Harbour
Manly