Bolton · August
Where to go from Bolton in August
121 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what August is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Edinburgh 3h 34 United Kingdom Highs of 19°, and Edinburgh Art Festival and 4 more on.
- Leicester 3h 13 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Lincoln 4h United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Weekend at the Asylum.
- Bristol 4h 09 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
- Chelmsford 4h 10 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Portsmouth 4h 57 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Victorious Music Festival.
On in August
- Durham Fringe Festival in Durham 3h 08
- MELA in Newcastle upon Tyne 3h 11
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 3h 13
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 3h 29
- Boro Mela in Middlesbrough 3h 30
- CAMRA Real Ale Festival in Worcester 3h 30
- Edinburgh Art Festival in Edinburgh 3h 34
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Edinburgh 3h 34
- Edinburgh International Festival in Edinburgh 3h 34
- Edinburgh Mela in Edinburgh 3h 34
- Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Edinburgh 3h 34
- Mela in Reading 3h 57
- Reading Festival in Reading 3h 57
- Weekend at the Asylum in Lincoln 4h
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 4h 09
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 4h 10
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 4h 15
- Mela in Swindon 4h 29
- Shuffle in Swindon 4h 29
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 4h 29
- Cardiff Big Weekend in Cardiff 4h 39
- Victorious Music Festival in Portsmouth 4h 57
- Lughnasadh in Dundee 5h 02
- Fringe by the Sea in North Berwick 5h 12
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Bolton, August has 14 h 52 of daylight.
- Manchester · United Kingdom 32 min 13–21° 73 mm 14 h 51
- Salford · United Kingdom 32 min — 14 h 51
- Preston · United Kingdom 34 min — 14 h 53
- Wigan · United Kingdom 49 min — 14 h 51
- Blackpool · United Kingdom 1h · 1 ch — 14 h 53
- Accrington · United Kingdom 1h 01 · 1 ch — 14 h 53
- Stockport · United Kingdom 1h 02 · 1 ch — 14 h 50
- Burnley · United Kingdom 1h 15 · 1 ch — 14 h 53
- Warrington · United Kingdom 1h 18 · 1 ch — 14 h 50
- Huddersfield · United Kingdom 1h 19 · 1 ch — 14 h 52
- Nelson · United Kingdom 1h 27 · 1 ch 11–19° 79 mm 14 h 53
- Runcorn · United Kingdom 1h 28 · 1 ch — 14 h 50
- Liverpool · United Kingdom 1h 35 · 1 ch 14–20° 72 mm 14 h 50
- Altrincham · United Kingdom 1h 35 · 1 ch — 14 h 50
- Leeds · United Kingdom 1h 42 · 1 ch 10–20° 65 mm 14 h 53
- Chester · United Kingdom 1h 51 · 1 ch — 14 h 49
- Wakefield · United Kingdom 1h 59 · 2 ch — 14 h 52
- Sheffield · United Kingdom 2h 06 · 1 ch 13–21° 65 mm 14 h 50
- York · United Kingdom 2h 09 · 1 ch 12–21° 65 mm 14 h 54
- Annan · United Kingdom 2h 17 · 2 ch — 15 h 01
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 1 ch 12–21° 68 mm 14 h 45
- Doncaster · United Kingdom 2h 38 · 1 ch — 14 h 51
- Wrexham · United Kingdom 2h 38 · 2 ch — 14 h 48
- Derby · United Kingdom 2h 42 · 2 ch — 14 h 47
- Shrewsbury · United Kingdom 2h 48 · 1 ch — 14 h 46
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 55 · 1 ch — 14 h 42
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 3h · 2 ch 12–22° 55 mm 14 h 48
- Scarborough · United Kingdom 3h 01 · 1 ch — 14 h 56
- Kingston upon Hull · United Kingdom 3h 02 · 2 ch — 14 h 53
- Coventry · United Kingdom 3h 03 · 2 ch 12–22° 66 mm 14 h 44
- Durham · United Kingdom 3h 08 · 1 ch — 15 h Durham Fringe Festival
- Northampton · United Kingdom 3h 09 · 2 ch — 14 h 43
- London · United Kingdom 3h 11 · 1 ch 14–23° 53 mm 14 h 39
- Newcastle upon Tyne · United Kingdom 3h 11 · 2 ch — 15 h 01 MELA
- Leicester · United Kingdom 3h 13 · 2 ch 11–21° 59 mm 14 h 46 For the love of Jazz
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll · United Kingdom 3h 18 · 1 ch — 14 h 49
- Ludlow · United Kingdom 3h 19 · 1 ch — 14 h 44
- Glasgow · United Kingdom 3h 20 · 1 ch 12–19° 95 mm 15 h 07
- Llandudno · United Kingdom 3h 25 · 2 ch — 14 h 50
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 3h 29 · 1 ch — 14 h 41 Cheltenham Cricket Festival
Journeys from Bolton'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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