Brittany Ferries has confirmed it will reopen its passenger service from Portsmouth to Le Havre.

The service switched to freight-only during the pandemic.

However, the 114-cabin Cotentin will start taking passengers again from 1 March 2023.

Tickets, costing from £109 for a car and two passengers, are on sale now.

Cotentin will run from Portsmouth to Le Havre at 11.30pm on Sundays and Thursdays, arriving at 8.30am. It will leave Le Havre on Thursdays and Sundays at 5.30pm, arriving at 10pm.

On Fridays, the ship will continue on to Rosslare at 7pm, arriving at 2.30pm on Saturday.

On Sundays and Thursdays Cotentin will run from Le Havre to Portsmouth, leaving at 5.30pm and arriving at 10pm. Then it will return to Le Havre, leaving Portsmouth at 11.30pm and arriving at 8.30am.

On Fridays it will leave Le Havre for Rosslare at 7pm and arrive at 2.30pm on Saturday, before leaving Rosslare at 5.45pm on Saturday and arriving in France at 3pm.