Dover, Southampton and Harwich seem to be the most popular UK departure ports for cruise ships. But what you poor people who donâ? T live anywhere near these ports? Having to fly, drive or get a bus or train, it easily on another day to your holiday and not everyone has the time. To help you, bottom trawls Yes?? Ve the Internet to find alternative UK departure for 2008. Most are round-trip flights, flying back with the occasional disembarking at another UK port or to England, all of which are pointed out. So take a look. They were able to, where you can go to be surprised.

Liverpool

They have quite a choice if you live near Liverpool thanks to Fred Olsen. You can get a Taste of Portugal or Iberia have a Canary Christmas, discover the secrets of Norway to spend Easter in the Med try out, castanets and Calvados (Portugal, Spain and France) or have an Adriatic Adventure. All on a return trip from Liverpool. Other Fred Olsen cruises from the home of the Beatles are:

Black Prince, The Orinoco Delta (Liverpool Liverpool)
Black Prince, Canaries Interlude (Liverpool Liverpool)
Black Prince, Mini Cruise (Liverpool to Greenock)
Black Prince, A British Summer (Liverpool Liverpool)
Black Prince, Celtic Late Summer (Liverpool Liverpool)
Black Prince, Canaries Collection (Liverpool Liverpool)
Black Prince, Eastern Mediterranean Cruise (Liverpool Liverpool)
Black Prince, The Fortunate Islands (Liverpool Liverpool)
Black Prince, Pre-Christmas Escapade (Liverpool Liverpool)

Thomson also offers two round-trip cruises from Liverpool. You can enter a Taste of Ireland or explore Idyllic Iberia aboard Thomson Celebration.

London

Okay, maybe not in London who want far from Southampton or Dover, but do you really think you will carry your luggage in London on the tube, with a fortune for a taxi, you get to a station or to attempt in traffic get out of London? Fortunately, five Silversea Cruises offers deviation from the Tower Bridge, although with four of them you will fly back to England. You can choose to fly trip to Stockholm, Copenhagen, Lisbon and Monte Carlo and back, or go on a journey around the UK to get back to land on the Tower Bridge.

Yachts of Seabourn also offer a cruise from Tower Bridge that takes you to the Grand Harbors of Europe before you fly back from Copenhagen.

Alternatively, some deviation Transocean cruises from Tilbury aboard Marco Polo. Discover Explore the majestic fjords of Norway, the British Isles, admire some Icelandic Wonders & Northern Isles or enjoy some sunshine to the West Indies. All begin and end in Tilbury. Other Transocean cruises from here:

Marco Polo, Springtime Fjordland (x 4) (Tilbury to Tilbury)
Marco Polo, Whitsun Fjords (Tilbury to Tilbury)
Marco Polo, The North Cape Explorer (Tilbury to Tilbury)
Marco Polo, Baltic Cities & St Petersburg (Tilbury to Tilbury)
Marco Polo, Celtic Explorer (Tilbury to Tilbury)

Edinburgh

ITA?? S quite a journey from Scotland to get the popular UK cruise ports, but do not worry! Classic International Cruises and Fred Olsen both offer four cruises from Leith. Cruise to Saint Petersburg on the Baltic Cities on Classic International Cruisesâ? Ship Athena on a round trip from Leith. Alternatively, do youâ? An explorer once again how the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen that lies within the Arctic Circle on Fred Olsenâ head?? S Boudicca, a round trip from Leith. Polar Star Expeditions also offer a trip to Spitsbergen from Leith, but you will fly back to England.

Other cruises from Leith are:

Classic International Cruises, Athena, Norwegian Fjords (Leith Leith)
Classic International Cruises, Athena, Iceland and Northern Isles (Leith Leith)
Classic International Cruises, Athena, Northern Cape and the Midnight Sun (Leith Leith)

Fred Olsen, Boudicca, UK Mini Cruise (Leith to Newcastle)
Fred Olsen, Boudicca, Baltic Cruise (Leith Leith)
Fred Olsen, Boudicca, Summertime in Norway (Leith Leith)

Travel Scope, on the other hand, offer a cruise to North Cape and the Land of the Midnight Sun aboard Van Gogh on a round trip from the port of Rosith.

Falmouth

If you live right down in the southwest of England, Falmouth is the place for you. Want to travel around the world, but as I youâ? Again, not in a position packing light? Well, TravelScope one 93-days around the world cruises begin and end in Falmouth. More quickly but it takes 4th January 2008. If you donâ? T is the time to spare to go around the world, why not enjoy some sunshine around Spain and Gibraltar, also with TravelScope on a cruise from Falmouth. Other cruises through travel Scope of Falmouth will be offered next year:

Van Gogh, the Caribbean Sunshine (Falmouth to Falmouth)
Van Gogh, Iberian Costas, Corsica and the Côte d’Azur, French (Falmouth to Falmouth)
Van Gogh, Christmas & New Year Sunshine (Falmouth to Falmouth)

Greenock

Glaswegians and their neighbors depart from Greenock on several Fred Olsen cruises. Catch a bit of sunshine before the nights draw in on the 13-night cruises begin and end in Mediterranean canvas Greenock. Or why not discover the joys of Norway) on Norwegian Explorer (Greenock to Greenock? Other cruises from Greenock for the year 2008, all by Fred Olsen:

Black Prince, Canaries Panoramas (Greenock to Greenock)
Black Prince, Mediterranean Medley (Greenock to Greenock)
Black Prince, Museums & Bistros (Greenock to Greenock)
Black Prince, Norwegian Panoramas (Greenock to Greenock)
Black Prince, Tagines & Tapas (Greenock to Greenock)
Black Prince, Greenland Adventure (Greenock to Greenock)
Black Prince, Dublin Mini Cruise (Greenock to Greenock)

Hull

Dona? T fancy the long journey from Hull to the south coast? TravelScope offer two trips begin and end, that in Hull. You can either admire visit the majestic fjords of Norway or cruise east to St Petersburg some of the Baltic Capitals on the road.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Pray Thereâ? S no fog on the Tyne, as you board Fred Olsenâ? Boudicca or Thomsonâ s?? S Celebration. By Fred Olsen you can cruise to France and Spain, exploring the Baltic Sea, spend some Summertime in Norway or discover the land of volcanoes and Vikings.

Thomson offers cruises Norwayâ? S fjords and North Cape, the land of the Vikings and of fire and ice, and the treasures of the Baltic Sea.

All Fred Olsen and Thomson Cruises from Newcastle are the outward and return journeys.

Oban

The Scottish Islands are beautiful and what could be better, as they explore on a cruise. It may be tempting to holidays abroad, but go Thereâ?? S often see so much in his own garden. Iceland Hebridean Cruises offer a variety of cruises around the Hebrides begins and ends in Oban. There are too many to enumerate here, but you can get a Taste of the Hebrides, to go In Search of Bright Waters, Highland and discover Iceland Treasures or find the Secrets of the Western Isles, to name a few. The only cruise departing from Oban that doesnâ? Stop t there is summer in Orcadia, which ends in Scrabster.

Portland

If you are in the vicinity of Portland, live, why not on a cruise with a bit of a difference on the RMS St Helena will run by the St Helena Line. According to their owners, this ship is the only ocean-going vessel in the world, still bears the title of Royal Mail Ship. In addition to the carriage of passengers, the goods it supplies on the island of St. Helena. If you fancy something a bit different, there are two cruises that depart from Portland and finish in Cape Town, you can not travel or vice versa.

Iceland Hebridean Cruises offers a cruise, Jewels of the English Heritage, which runs from Portland and runs along the south coast to Tilbury, where you get off.

Scrabster

For those who are in the far north of Scotland, Iceland Hebridean Cruises offer live three trips deviation from Scabster. If you want a tour, you can explore the Northern Isles to Orkney from Shetland. In the meantime, take home from the far north to Oban, where youâ? Ll end of the cruise on Orkney. Song of Norway takes you (surprise, surprise) to Norway, where youâ? Ll visit some of the countryâ? S stands before flying back to Bergen.

So you see, you donâ? T always in miles before embarking on your cruise. And with a majority of cruises on its outward and return flights, you dona? T must have weight restrictions for your luggage to worry about. Just donâ? T forget, the poor soul who had to carry your kitchen sink tip!