Bath · December
Where to go from Bath in December
161 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what December is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Cardiff 1h 24 United Kingdom Winter Wonderland.
- Derby 2h 43 United Kingdom Derby's Ethical Christmas Market.
- Cambridge 2h 45 United Kingdom Mill Road Winter Fair.
- Sheffield 3h 20 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- York 4h 05 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and York Christmas Festival.
- Lille 4h 28 France Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
On in December
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 1h 24
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 2h 43
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 2h 45
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 3h 20
- York Christmas Festival in York 4h 05
- Christmas Market in Lille 4h 28
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 4h 29
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 4h 29
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 4h 29
- Christmas Market in Newcastle upon Tyne 5h 02
- Montol Festival in Penzance 5h 09
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 5h 44
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 6h 43
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 7h 22
- Skate parade in Utrecht 7h 48
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Bath, December has 7 h 53 of daylight.
- Bristol · United Kingdom 22 min 3–8° 90 mm 7 h 53
- Swindon · United Kingdom 40 min — 7 h 51
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 1h 12 · 1 ch — 7 h 48
- Reading · United Kingdom 1h 12 — 7 h 53
- Warminster · United Kingdom 1h 15 — 7 h 55
- Oxford · United Kingdom 1h 20 · 1 ch — 7 h 50
- Cardiff · United Kingdom 1h 24 · 1 ch — 7 h 52 Winter Wonderland
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 1h 28 · 2 ch — 7 h 48
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 1h 37 — 7 h 56
- London · United Kingdom 1h 41 · 1 ch 3–9° 57 mm 7 h 52
- Exeter · United Kingdom 1h 48 · 1 ch — 8 h
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 1h 52 · 1 ch — 7 h 54
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 1h 56 · 1 ch 2–7° 84 mm 7 h 42
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 1h 56 · 1 ch — 7 h 47
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 1h 58 · 2 ch — 7 h 52
- Worcester · United Kingdom 2h · 2 ch — 7 h 45
- Southampton · United Kingdom 2h 07 4–9° 97 mm 7 h 58
- Guildford · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 1 ch — 7 h 55
- St Albans · United Kingdom 2h 13 · 2 ch — 7 h 49
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 2h 22 · 1 ch — 7 h 57
- Winchester · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 2 ch — 7 h 56
- Coventry · United Kingdom 2h 25 · 2 ch 2–8° 61 mm 7 h 43
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 25 · 3 ch — 7 h 47
- Torquay · United Kingdom 2h 25 · 2 ch — 8 h 02
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 2h 29 · 2 ch 2–8° 52 mm 7 h 50
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 2h 30 · 2 ch — 7 h 48
- Swansea · United Kingdom 2h 31 · 1 ch 5–9° 114 mm 7 h 51
- Crawley · United Kingdom 2h 41 · 2 ch — 7 h 56
- Derby · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 1 ch — 7 h 37 Derby's Ethical Christmas Market
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 2h 45 · 2 ch — 7 h 45 Mill Road Winter Fair
- Portsmouth · United Kingdom 2h 46 3–9° 93 mm 7 h 59
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 2h 47 · 2 ch — 7 h 52
- Colchester · United Kingdom 2h 48 · 2 ch 3–7° 57 mm 7 h 48
- Plymouth · United Kingdom 2h 49 · 1 ch — 8 h 03
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 2h 51 · 2 ch — 7 h 41
- Ludlow · United Kingdom 2h 52 · 1 ch — 7 h 43
- Northampton · United Kingdom 2h 58 · 3 ch — 7 h 45
- Brighton · United Kingdom 2h 59 · 3 ch 4–9° 75 mm 7 h 59
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 3h 01 · 2 ch — 7 h 56
- Ely · United Kingdom 3h 05 · 2 ch — 7 h 43
Journeys from Bath's stations on a Tuesday from 08:00, waiting for the train included, from published timetables as of 19 October 2026. Temperatures and rain are long-term averages from each city's Wikivoyage article (CC BY-SA); daylight is worked out for the middle of the month.
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