Chelmsford · February
Where to go from Chelmsford in February
196 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what February is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on. 2 of them are at least 4° warmer than Chelmsford.
Good for February
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Hastings 2h 08 United Kingdom Old Town Carnival Week.
- Leicester 2h 11 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and Caribbean Carnival.
- Derby 2h 32 United Kingdom Derby Caribbean Carnival.
- Kraainem 2h 44 Belgium Highs of 7°, and Carnival.
- Aalst 2h 52 Belgium Aalst Carnival.
- Bristol 3h 01 United Kingdom Highs of 8°, and St Paul's Carnival.
On in February
- Old Town Carnival Week in Hastings 2h 08
- Caribbean Carnival in Leicester 2h 11
- Derby Caribbean Carnival in Derby 2h 32
- Carnival in Kraainem 2h 44
- Aalst Carnival in Aalst 2h 52
- St Paul's Carnival in Bristol 3h 01
- Festival Anima in Ghent 3h 02
- Jorvik Viking Festival in York 3h 05
- Rhubarb in Wakefield 3h 06
- Festival Anima in Liège 3h 11
- Warminster Carnival in Warminster 3h 12
- IFFR in Rotterdam 3h 34
- Summer Carnival in Rotterdam 3h 34
- World tennis Tournament in Rotterdam 3h 34
- Festival van Vlaanderen Kortrijk in Kortrijk 3h 46
- Festival Anima in Charleroi 3h 52
- Carnaval in Breda 4h 09
- Carnival in Eindhoven 4h 49
- Carnaval in Nijmegen 5h 26
- Travelling in Rennes 5h 27
- Caen Student Carnival in Caen 5h 55
- Glasgow Film Festival in Glasgow 6h 04
- Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in Clermont-Ferrand 7h 33
Most happen every year in February; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Chelmsford, February has 9 h 58 of daylight and averages 1–8°.
- Colchester · United Kingdom 42 min 2–8° 44 mm 9 h 58
- London · United Kingdom 47 min 3–9° 45 mm 9 h 59
- Ipswich · United Kingdom 1h 09 — 9 h 57
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 1h 12 · 1 ch — 9 h 59
- St Albans · United Kingdom 1h 16 · 2 ch — 9 h 58
- Reading · United Kingdom 1h 28 · 2 ch — 10 h
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 1h 30 · 2 ch — 9 h 58
- Guildford · United Kingdom 1h 34 · 2 ch — 10 h 01
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 1h 38 · 3 ch — 10 h
- Canterbury · United Kingdom 1h 39 · 1 ch — 10 h
- Crawley · United Kingdom 1h 41 · 2 ch — 10 h 01
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 1h 46 · 2 ch — 10 h
- Norwich · United Kingdom 1h 50 — 9 h 54
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 1h 52 · 2 ch — 9 h 54
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 1h 53 · 3 ch — 9 h 57
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 1h 54 · 2 ch — 10 h 01
- Coventry · United Kingdom 2h 06 · 3 ch 2–8° 47 mm 9 h 55
- Winchester · United Kingdom 2h 06 · 2 ch — 10 h 01
- Hastings · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 2 ch — 10 h 02 Old Town Carnival Week
- Stamford · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 3 ch — 9 h 54
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 2h 09 · 1 ch — 9 h 56
- Brighton · United Kingdom 2h 10 · 2 ch 3–9° 57 mm 10 h 02
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 2 ch 0–7° 49 mm 9 h 54 Caribbean Carnival
- Swindon · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 2 ch — 9 h 59
- Oxford · United Kingdom 2h 12 · 3 ch — 9 h 58
- Brussels · Belgium 2h 15 · 2 ch 2–7° 65 mm 10 h 02
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 2h 15 · 2 ch — 10 h 02
- Southampton · United Kingdom 2h 24 · 2 ch 3–9° 64 mm 10 h 02
- Lille · France 2h 26 · 2 ch 2–8° 51 mm 10 h 03
- Northampton · United Kingdom 2h 28 · 3 ch — 9 h 56
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 2h 29 · 3 ch 2–8° 55 mm 9 h 55
- Derby · United Kingdom 2h 32 · 2 ch — 9 h 53 Derby Caribbean Carnival
- Ely · United Kingdom 2h 33 · 3 ch — 9 h 55
- Arundel · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 3 ch — 10 h 02
- Eastbourne · United Kingdom 2h 41 · 2 ch 4–9° 59 mm 10 h 03
- Doncaster · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 2 ch — 9 h 50
- Portsmouth · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 2 ch 3–9° 58 mm 10 h 03
- Kraainem · Belgium 2h 44 · 4 ch 1–7° 53 mm 10 h 02 Carnival
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 2h 46 · 2 ch — 10 h 01
- Bath · United Kingdom 2h 47 · 2 ch — 10 h
Journeys from Chelmsford'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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