Coventry · December
Where to go from Coventry in December
187 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what December is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Derby 1h 32 United Kingdom Derby's Ethical Christmas Market.
- Cambridge 2h 15 United Kingdom Mill Road Winter Fair.
- Sheffield 2h 20 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Cardiff 2h 27 United Kingdom Winter Wonderland.
- Leuven 3h Belgium International Short Film Festival Leuven.
- York 3h 18 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and York Christmas Festival.
On in December
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 1h 32
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 2h 15
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 2h 20
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 2h 27
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 3h
- York Christmas Festival in York 3h 18
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 3h 29
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 3h 29
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 3h 29
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 3h 43
- Christmas Market in Newcastle upon Tyne 4h 10
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 4h 22
- Christmas Market in Lille 4h 28
- Skate parade in Utrecht 4h 48
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 6h 40
- Montol Festival in Penzance 7h 05
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Coventry, December has 7 h 43 of daylight and averages 2–8°.
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 29 min 2–7° 84 mm 7 h 42
- Northampton · United Kingdom 41 min — 7 h 45
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 51 min · 1 ch — 7 h 47
- London · United Kingdom 1h 08 3–9° 57 mm 7 h 52
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 1h 16 · 1 ch — 7 h 48
- Oxford · United Kingdom 1h 17 — 7 h 50
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 1h 28 · 1 ch — 7 h 48
- Derby · United Kingdom 1h 32 · 1 ch — 7 h 37 Derby's Ethical Christmas Market
- Worcester · United Kingdom 1h 35 · 1 ch — 7 h 45
- St Albans · United Kingdom 1h 43 · 2 ch — 7 h 49
- Reading · United Kingdom 1h 44 — 7 h 53
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 1h 45 · 2 ch — 7 h 48
- Shrewsbury · United Kingdom 1h 50 · 2 ch — 7 h 39
- Stockport · United Kingdom 1h 52 · 1 ch — 7 h 32
- Leicester · United Kingdom 1h 54 · 1 ch 1–8° 69 mm 7 h 40
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 1h 56 · 2 ch — 7 h 47
- Runcorn · United Kingdom 1h 59 · 1 ch — 7 h 33
- Manchester · United Kingdom 2h 01 · 1 ch 2–7° 84 mm 7 h 31
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 2h 01 · 1 ch 2–8° 58 mm 7 h 37
- Guildford · United Kingdom 2h 04 · 2 ch — 7 h 55
- Chester · United Kingdom 2h 09 · 2 ch — 7 h 34
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 2h 10 · 3 ch 2–8° 52 mm 7 h 50
- Salford · United Kingdom 2h 10 · 2 ch — 7 h 31
- Crawley · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 2 ch — 7 h 56
- Stratford-upon-Avon · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 1 ch — 7 h 45
- Bristol · United Kingdom 2h 14 · 1 ch 3–8° 90 mm 7 h 53
- Brussels · Belgium 2h 15 · 2 ch 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 2h 15 · 2 ch — 7 h 45 Mill Road Winter Fair
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 2h 16 · 2 ch — 7 h 54
- Colchester · United Kingdom 2h 18 · 3 ch 3–7° 57 mm 7 h 48
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 2h 18 · 3 ch — 7 h 52
- Liverpool · United Kingdom 2h 19 · 1 ch 3–8° 92 mm 7 h 32
- Sheffield · United Kingdom 2h 20 · 1 ch 3–7° 87 mm 7 h 32 Christmas Market
- Bolton · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 2 ch — 7 h 30
- Swindon · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 1 ch — 7 h 51
- Warrington · United Kingdom 2h 27 — 7 h 32
- Cardiff · United Kingdom 2h 27 · 1 ch — 7 h 52 Winter Wonderland
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 2h 27 · 3 ch — 7 h 52
- Winchester · United Kingdom 2h 28 — 7 h 56
- Brighton · United Kingdom 2h 29 · 2 ch 4–9° 75 mm 7 h 59
Journeys from Coventry'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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