Chester · May
Where to go from Chester in May
157 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what May is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for May
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Sheffield 2h 34 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Sheffield Food Festival.
- Bristol 3h 33 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Shrewsbury 1h 14 United Kingdom Loopfest.
- Ludlow 1h 45 United Kingdom May Fair and 1 more on.
- Preston 1h 41 United Kingdom Lancashire Fringe Festival.
- Cheltenham 2h 52 United Kingdom International Jazz Festival and 1 more on.
On in May
- Loopfest in Shrewsbury 1h 14
- Lancashire Fringe Festival in Preston 1h 41
- May Fair in Ludlow 1h 45
- Spring Festival in Ludlow 1h 45
- Sheffield Food Festival in Sheffield 2h 34
- International Jazz Festival in Cheltenham 2h 52
- Wychwood Festival of Music in Cheltenham 2h 52
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 3h 33
- Upfest in Bristol 3h 33
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 3h 45
- Rowing in Cambridge 3h 45
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 3h 52
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 3h 57
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 3h 59
- The Great Escape in Brighton 3h 59
- Lincoln Festival of History in Lincoln 4h
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 4h 05
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 4h 06
- Durham Pride in Durham 4h 08
- Edinburgh Marathon in Edinburgh 4h 15
- Imaginate Festival in Edinburgh 4h 15
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 4h 19
- Swansea Bay Summer Festival in Swansea 4h 35
- Swansea Pride in Swansea 4h 35
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Chester, May has 15 h 50 of daylight.
PlaceJourneyLow – highRainDaylightOn
- Wrexham · United Kingdom 36 min — 15 h 49
- Runcorn · United Kingdom 41 min — 15 h 51
- Warrington · United Kingdom 50 min — 15 h 52
- Liverpool · United Kingdom 53 min 8–16° 52 mm 15 h 52
- Shrewsbury · United Kingdom 1h 14 — 15 h 46 Loopfest
- Manchester · United Kingdom 1h 20 8–16° 59 mm 15 h 53
- Llandudno · United Kingdom 1h 25 · 1 ch — 15 h 51
- Wigan · United Kingdom 1h 27 · 1 ch — 15 h 53
- Salford · United Kingdom 1h 33 · 1 ch — 15 h 53
- Stockport · United Kingdom 1h 37 · 1 ch — 15 h 52
- Preston · United Kingdom 1h 41 · 1 ch — 15 h 55 Lancashire Fringe Festival
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll · United Kingdom 1h 45 — 15 h 50
- Ludlow · United Kingdom 1h 45 — 15 h 43 May Fair, Spring Festival
- Bolton · United Kingdom 1h 51 · 2 ch — 15 h 54
- Altrincham · United Kingdom 1h 55 — 15 h 52
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 1h 59 · 1 ch 7–16° 61 mm 15 h 44
- Huddersfield · United Kingdom 2h · 1 ch — 15 h 54
- Accrington · United Kingdom 2h 13 · 2 ch — 15 h 55
- Blackpool · United Kingdom 2h 22 · 2 ch — 15 h 56
- Leeds · United Kingdom 2h 24 · 1 ch 6–15° 54 mm 15 h 56
- Burnley · United Kingdom 2h 24 · 2 ch — 15 h 56
- Coventry · United Kingdom 2h 25 · 1 ch 8–17° 53 mm 15 h 43
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 29 · 1 ch — 15 h 40
- Derby · United Kingdom 2h 33 · 2 ch — 15 h 48
- Sheffield · United Kingdom 2h 34 · 2 ch 8–16° 54 mm 15 h 52 Sheffield Food Festival
- London · United Kingdom 2h 37 9–18° 46 mm 15 h 36
- Wakefield · United Kingdom 2h 44 · 2 ch — 15 h 55
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 2h 52 · 2 ch — 15 h 39 International Jazz Festival, Wychwood Festival of Music
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 53 · 2 ch 6–16° 51 mm 15 h 45
- Northampton · United Kingdom 2h 58 · 2 ch — 15 h 42
- York · United Kingdom 2h 59 · 2 ch 7–16° 44 mm 15 h 57
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 3h 02 · 2 ch 7–17° 46 mm 15 h 48
- Worcester · United Kingdom 3h 04 · 2 ch — 15 h 41
- St Albans · United Kingdom 3h 13 · 2 ch — 15 h 38
- Doncaster · United Kingdom 3h 14 · 2 ch — 15 h 53
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 3h 14 · 3 ch — 15 h 39
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 3h 15 · 2 ch — 15 h 39
- Oxford · United Kingdom 3h 16 · 1 ch — 15 h 38
- Cardiff · United Kingdom 3h 18 — 15 h 36
- Aberystwyth · United Kingdom 3h 22 · 1 ch — 15 h 43
Journeys from Chester'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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