Colchester · May
Where to go from Colchester in May
169 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. 2 of them are at least 4° warmer than Colchester.
Good for May
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Brighton 2h 40 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Brighton Festival and 1 more on.
- Bristol 3h 29 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Lyon 6h 58 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Norwich 1h 23 United Kingdom Norfolk and Norwich Festival.
- Cambridge 2h 15 United Kingdom Cambridge Beer Festival and 1 more on.
- Ely 2h 28 United Kingdom Eel Day Festival.
On in May
- Norfolk and Norwich Festival in Norwich 1h 23
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 2h 15
- Rowing in Cambridge 2h 15
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 2h 28
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 2h 29
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 2h 34
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 2h 40
- The Great Escape in Brighton 2h 40
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 3h 08
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 3h 19
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 3h 29
- Upfest in Bristol 3h 29
- International Jazz Festival in Cheltenham 3h 33
- Wychwood Festival of Music in Cheltenham 3h 33
- Lancashire Fringe Festival in Preston 3h 41
- Sheffield Food Festival in Sheffield 3h 43
- Lincoln Festival of History in Lincoln 3h 59
- Durham Pride in Durham 4h 08
- Loopfest in Shrewsbury 4h 14
- Swansea Bay Summer Festival in Swansea 4h 35
- Swansea Pride in Swansea 4h 35
- May Fair in Ludlow 4h 51
- Spring Festival in Ludlow 4h 51
- Edinburgh Marathon in Edinburgh 5h 40
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Colchester, May has 15 h 39 of daylight and averages 8–18°.
PlaceJourneyLow – highRainDaylightOn
- Ipswich · United Kingdom 28 min — 15 h 40
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 36 min 7–17° 49 mm 15 h 38
- London · United Kingdom 1h 17 9–18° 46 mm 15 h 36
- Norwich · United Kingdom 1h 23 — 15 h 45 Norfolk and Norwich Festival
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 1h 32 · 1 ch — 15 h 36
- St Albans · United Kingdom 1h 43 · 2 ch — 15 h 38
- Reading · United Kingdom 1h 57 · 2 ch — 15 h 35
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 2h · 2 ch — 15 h 39
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 2h 01 · 1 ch — 15 h 32
- Guildford · United Kingdom 2h 04 · 2 ch — 15 h 34
- Crawley · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 2 ch — 15 h 33
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 2h 15 · 2 ch — 15 h 42 Cambridge Beer Festival, Rowing
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 16 · 3 ch — 15 h 40
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 2h 16 · 3 ch — 15 h 34
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 2h 18 · 2 ch — 15 h 36
- Cromer · United Kingdom 2h 21 · 1 ch — 15 h 48
- Canterbury · United Kingdom 2h 24 · 2 ch — 15 h 34
- Ely · United Kingdom 2h 28 · 1 ch — 15 h 43 Eel Day Festival
- Swindon · United Kingdom 2h 29 · 2 ch — 15 h 36 Festival of Literature
- Oxford · United Kingdom 2h 34 · 3 ch — 15 h 38
- Coventry · United Kingdom 2h 34 · 3 ch 8–17° 53 mm 15 h 43
- Winchester · United Kingdom 2h 34 · 2 ch — 15 h 32 Winchester Chamber Music Festival
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 2 ch — 15 h 45
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 38 · 2 ch 6–16° 51 mm 15 h 45
- Brighton · United Kingdom 2h 40 · 2 ch 9–16° 45 mm 15 h 30 Brighton Festival, The Great Escape
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 2 ch — 15 h 31
- Hastings · United Kingdom 2h 51 · 3 ch — 15 h 30
- Southampton · United Kingdom 2h 51 · 2 ch 9–18° 47 mm 15 h 31
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 2h 57 · 3 ch 7–16° 61 mm 15 h 44
- Portsmouth · United Kingdom 2h 57 · 2 ch 9–17° 43 mm 15 h 30
- Northampton · United Kingdom 2h 58 · 3 ch — 15 h 42
- Arundel · United Kingdom 3h 04 · 3 ch — 15 h 31
- Stamford · United Kingdom 3h 08 · 3 ch — 15 h 45 Burghley Game & Country Fair
- Derby · United Kingdom 3h 10 · 2 ch — 15 h 48
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 3h 11 · 2 ch 7–17° 46 mm 15 h 48
- Warminster · United Kingdom 3h 12 · 3 ch — 15 h 33
- Warrington · United Kingdom 3h 16 · 3 ch — 15 h 52
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 3h 17 · 2 ch — 15 h 39
- York · United Kingdom 3h 18 · 2 ch 7–16° 44 mm 15 h 57
- Eastbourne · United Kingdom 3h 19 · 2 ch 10–16° 46 mm 15 h 30 Beer and Cider by the Sea
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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