Colchester · February
Where to go from Colchester in February
169 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. 1 of them are at least 4° warmer than Colchester.
Good for February
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Leicester 2h 38 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and Caribbean Carnival.
- Hastings 2h 51 United Kingdom Old Town Carnival Week.
- Derby 3h 10 United Kingdom Derby Caribbean Carnival.
- Warminster 3h 12 United Kingdom Warminster Carnival.
- York 3h 18 United Kingdom Highs of 8°, and Jorvik Viking Festival.
- Bristol 3h 29 United Kingdom Highs of 8°, and St Paul's Carnival.
On in February
- Caribbean Carnival in Leicester 2h 38
- Old Town Carnival Week in Hastings 2h 51
- Derby Caribbean Carnival in Derby 3h 10
- Warminster Carnival in Warminster 3h 12
- Jorvik Viking Festival in York 3h 18
- St Paul's Carnival in Bristol 3h 29
- Rhubarb in Wakefield 3h 36
- Carnival in Kraainem 5h 36
- Festival van Vlaanderen Kortrijk in Kortrijk 5h 47
- Aalst Carnival in Aalst 5h 52
- Festival Anima in Ghent 6h 02
- Festival Anima in Charleroi 6h 04
- Glasgow Film Festival in Glasgow 6h 04
- Travelling in Rennes 6h 27
- IFFR in Rotterdam 6h 34
- Summer Carnival in Rotterdam 6h 34
- World tennis Tournament in Rotterdam 6h 34
- Festival Anima in Liège 6h 36
- Caen Student Carnival in Caen 7h 03
- Carnaval in Breda 7h 09
- Carnival in Eindhoven 7h 49
Most happen every year in February; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Colchester, February has 9 h 58 of daylight and averages 2–8°.
- Ipswich · United Kingdom 28 min — 9 h 57
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 36 min 1–8° 39 mm 9 h 58
- London · United Kingdom 1h 17 3–9° 45 mm 9 h 59
- Norwich · United Kingdom 1h 23 — 9 h 54
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 1h 32 · 1 ch — 9 h 59
- St Albans · United Kingdom 1h 43 · 2 ch — 9 h 58
- Reading · United Kingdom 1h 57 · 2 ch — 10 h
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 2h · 2 ch — 9 h 58
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 2h 01 · 1 ch — 10 h 01
- Guildford · United Kingdom 2h 04 · 2 ch — 10 h 01
- Crawley · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 2 ch — 10 h 01
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 2h 15 · 2 ch — 9 h 56
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 16 · 3 ch — 9 h 57
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 2h 16 · 3 ch — 10 h
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 2h 18 · 2 ch — 10 h
- Cromer · United Kingdom 2h 21 · 1 ch — 9 h 53
- Canterbury · United Kingdom 2h 24 · 2 ch — 10 h
- Ely · United Kingdom 2h 28 · 1 ch — 9 h 55
- Swindon · United Kingdom 2h 29 · 2 ch — 9 h 59
- Oxford · United Kingdom 2h 34 · 3 ch — 9 h 58
- Coventry · United Kingdom 2h 34 · 3 ch 2–8° 47 mm 9 h 55
- Winchester · United Kingdom 2h 34 · 2 ch — 10 h 01
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 2 ch — 9 h 54
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 38 · 2 ch 0–7° 49 mm 9 h 54 Caribbean Carnival
- Brighton · United Kingdom 2h 40 · 2 ch 3–9° 57 mm 10 h 02
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 2 ch — 10 h 02
- Hastings · United Kingdom 2h 51 · 3 ch — 10 h 02 Old Town Carnival Week
- Southampton · United Kingdom 2h 51 · 2 ch 3–9° 64 mm 10 h 02
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 2h 57 · 3 ch 2–8° 55 mm 9 h 55
- Portsmouth · United Kingdom 2h 57 · 2 ch 3–9° 58 mm 10 h 03
- Northampton · United Kingdom 2h 58 · 3 ch — 9 h 56
- Arundel · United Kingdom 3h 04 · 3 ch — 10 h 02
- Stamford · United Kingdom 3h 08 · 3 ch — 9 h 54
- Derby · United Kingdom 3h 10 · 2 ch — 9 h 53 Derby Caribbean Carnival
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 3h 11 · 2 ch 2–8° 41 mm 9 h 53
- Warminster · United Kingdom 3h 12 · 3 ch — 10 h 01 Warminster Carnival
- Warrington · United Kingdom 3h 16 · 3 ch — 9 h 50
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 3h 17 · 2 ch — 9 h 58
- York · United Kingdom 3h 18 · 2 ch 1–8° 42 mm 9 h 47 Jorvik Viking Festival
- Eastbourne · United Kingdom 3h 19 · 2 ch 4–9° 59 mm 10 h 03
Journeys from Colchester'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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