Staff at Cowes Floating Bridge wanted to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day and sought permission to suspend charges for the day and ask passengers instead to make a contribution towards the Royal British Legion. Cllr Jordan agreed for the team to support this worthwhile cause. On 8th May 2025, with the Floating Bridge […]
The Cowes Floating Bridge will be operating extended hours this weekend to support the hundreds of crews and thousands of visitors expected for the Round the Island Race. The service will begin at 4am on Saturday, 7 June, to accommodate early morning preparations and crossings. It will continue running throughout the day and into the early […]
The Cowes Floating Bridge will be operating an extended timetable during the weekend of the Isle of Wight Festival. For details for the revised operating hours, please see below: From Cowes Friday 20th June 2025 First Ferry 0500 Last Ferry 0120 Saturday 21st June 2025 First Ferry 0500 Last Ferry 0120 Sunday 22nd June 2025 […]
THURSDAY 8th MAY 2025 There will be no charge for pedestrian and vehicle travellers using the Floating Bridge on the 8th May VE Day. However we will be collecting (cash and card) donations for the Royal British Legion Poppy appeal.
24/04/2025 The annual Isle of Wight Randonnee will be taking place on Sunday 4th May. This fun and challenging event always provides colour and spectacle to the Floating Bridge crossing as upwards of 3,000 cyclists cross from Cowes to East Cowes on the day. As a consequence, loading times at Cowes and disembarking times at […]
The Isle of Wight Floating Bridge annual refit will take place from Monday 24th March to Thursday 3rd April. This years refit works will include lifting eye examinations, replacement of the Novec fire suppression cannisters, replacing the hull anodes, an inspection of the drive motors, inspection of the voids and replacement of void space pipework, […]
Dear Passengers, Please find listed below our Christmas and New Year Operating Schedule. December 23rd 0500-0030 Christmas Eve 0500-0030 Christmas Day 0700-0030 (Service suspended between 1320 and 2000 – launch service NOT IN OPERATION) Boxing Day 0700-0030 December 27th 0500-0030 December 28th 0500-0030 December 29th 0630-0030 December 30th […]
Dear Passengers We are experiencing very high spring tides over the next few days which may affect our operation. 17/10/2024 – High Tide 23:25 18/10/2024 – High Tide 12:06 19/10/2024 – High Tide 12:48 Please note we will not be able to transport disability scooters across during the period of 30 minutes before high tide […]
The following timetable will be in operation during Cowes week running from Friday 26th July until Saturday 3rd August 2024 inclusive. From Cowes The Floating Bridge will run each day from 05:00 until 01:25, with the exception to Sunday 28th July when the service will commence at 06:30. From East Cowes The Floating Bridge will […]
The Cowes Floating Bridge will be running a service from 04:00 Hours to 00:20 Hours on the 15/06/2024 to enable race crews to get to their vessels in time for the first race taking place at 06:00 Hours. Due to an anticipated increase in river traffic and expected high passenger volumes, some crossings may take […]
