Bristol · August
Where to go from Bristol in August
161 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. 3 of them are at least 4° warmer than Bristol.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Portsmouth 2h 46 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Victorious Music Festival.
- Chelmsford 2h 36 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Bournemouth 3h 08 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Bournenmouth Air Festival.
- Leicester 3h 13 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Eastbourne 3h 49 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
- Lincoln 4h 29 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Weekend at the Asylum.
On in August
- Mela in Swindon 51 min
- Shuffle in Swindon 51 min
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 51 min
- Cardiff Big Weekend in Cardiff 1h 10
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 1h 12
- Mela in Reading 1h 19
- Reading Festival in Reading 1h 19
- CAMRA Real Ale Festival in Worcester 2h
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 2h 36
- Victorious Music Festival in Portsmouth 2h 46
- Bournenmouth Air Festival in Bournemouth 3h 08
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 3h 13
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 3h 15
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 3h 49
- Bolton Food & Drink Festival in Bolton 3h 54
- Weekend at the Asylum in Lincoln 4h 29
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 5h 07
- MELA in Newcastle upon Tyne 5h 07
- Durham Fringe Festival in Durham 5h 08
- Tonfanau Road Races in Tywyn 5h 24
- Race The Train in Tywyn 5h 24
- Boro Mela in Middlesbrough 5h 30
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 5h 47
- Maanrock in Mechelen 5h 52
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Bristol, August has 14 h 39 of daylight and averages 13–21°.
- Bath · United Kingdom 36 min — 14 h 38
- Swindon · United Kingdom 51 min · 1 ch — 14 h 39 Mela, Shuffle +1
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 1h 01 — 14 h 41
- Exeter · United Kingdom 1h 10 — 14 h 35
- Cardiff · United Kingdom 1h 10 · 1 ch — 14 h 39 Cardiff Big Weekend
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 1h 12 — 14 h 41 Cheltenham Cricket Festival
- Warminster · United Kingdom 1h 15 — 14 h 37
- Reading · United Kingdom 1h 19 · 1 ch — 14 h 39 Mela, Reading Festival
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 1h 37 — 14 h 37
- Oxford · United Kingdom 1h 45 · 2 ch — 14 h 40
- Torquay · United Kingdom 1h 46 — 14 h 33
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 1h 52 · 2 ch — 14 h 38
- London · United Kingdom 1h 53 · 2 ch 14–23° 53 mm 14 h 39
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 1h 56 12–21° 68 mm 14 h 45
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 1h 56 — 14 h 42
- Worcester · United Kingdom 2h · 1 ch — 14 h 43 CAMRA Real Ale Festival
- Southampton · United Kingdom 2h 07 14–22° 59 mm 14 h 36
- Guildford · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 2h 18 · 2 ch — 14 h 39
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 2h 22 · 1 ch — 14 h 36
- Winchester · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 3 ch — 14 h 36
- Coventry · United Kingdom 2h 25 · 1 ch 12–22° 66 mm 14 h 44
- Ludlow · United Kingdom 2h 26 · 2 ch — 14 h 44
- St Albans · United Kingdom 2h 26 · 3 ch — 14 h 40
- Swansea · United Kingdom 2h 31 · 1 ch 14–20° 88 mm 14 h 40
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 2h 36 · 3 ch 12–23° 52 mm 14 h 40 Rize Festival
- Plymouth · United Kingdom 2h 36 · 1 ch — 14 h 33
- Derby · United Kingdom 2h 43 — 14 h 47
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 2h 45 · 3 ch — 14 h 41
- Portsmouth · United Kingdom 2h 46 14–22° 57 mm 14 h 35 Victorious Music Festival
- Crawley · United Kingdom 2h 51 · 3 ch — 14 h 37
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 52 · 4 ch — 14 h 42
- Shrewsbury · United Kingdom 2h 55 · 2 ch — 14 h 46
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 2h 58 · 3 ch — 14 h 45
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 3h 01 · 3 ch — 14 h 37
- Colchester · United Kingdom 3h 06 · 3 ch 13–23° 57 mm 14 h 41
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 3h 07 · 4 ch — 14 h 39
- Bournemouth · United Kingdom 3h 08 · 1 ch 12–22° 60 mm 14 h 35 Bournenmouth Air Festival
- Northampton · United Kingdom 3h 09 · 1 ch — 14 h 43
- Leicester · United Kingdom 3h 13 · 1 ch 11–21° 59 mm 14 h 46 For the love of Jazz
Journeys from Bristol'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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