Crawley · May
Where to go from Crawley in May
187 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.
- Brighton 40 min United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Brighton Festival and 1 more on.
- Eastbourne 1h 22 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Beer and Cider by the Sea.
- Bristol 3h 01 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Lyon 6h 58 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Cambridge 2h 11 United Kingdom Cambridge Beer Festival and 1 more on.
- Winchester 2h 06 United Kingdom Winchester Chamber Music Festival.
On in May
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 40 min
- The Great Escape in Brighton 40 min
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 1h 22
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 2h 06
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 2h 08
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 2h 11
- Rowing in Cambridge 2h 11
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 2h 11
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 2h 33
- Norfolk and Norwich Festival in Norwich 2h 49
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 3h 01
- Upfest in Bristol 3h 01
- Sheffield Food Festival in Sheffield 3h 07
- International Jazz Festival in Cheltenham 3h 12
- Wychwood Festival of Music in Cheltenham 3h 12
- Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges in Bruges 3h 31
- Lancashire Fringe Festival in Preston 3h 41
- Loopfest in Shrewsbury 3h 51
- Lincoln Festival of History in Lincoln 3h 59
- Durham Pride in Durham 4h 08
- Breda Jazz Festival in Breda 4h 09
- Gipsyfestival in Tilburg 4h 25
- May Fair in Ludlow 4h 26
- Spring Festival in Ludlow 4h 26
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Crawley, May has 15 h 33 of daylight.
- Brighton · United Kingdom 40 min 9–16° 45 mm 15 h 30 Brighton Festival, The Great Escape
- London · United Kingdom 46 min · 1 ch 9–18° 46 mm 15 h 36
- Arundel · United Kingdom 1h 04 — 15 h 31
- Guildford · United Kingdom 1h 11 · 1 ch — 15 h 34
- Eastbourne · United Kingdom 1h 22 · 1 ch 10–16° 46 mm 15 h 30 Beer and Cider by the Sea
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 1h 25 · 1 ch — 15 h 36
- St Albans · United Kingdom 1h 26 · 1 ch — 15 h 38
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 1h 29 · 3 ch 7–17° 49 mm 15 h 38
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 1h 30 — 15 h 39
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 1h 33 · 1 ch — 15 h 34
- Portsmouth · United Kingdom 1h 38 9–17° 43 mm 15 h 30
- Reading · United Kingdom 1h 43 · 2 ch — 15 h 35
- Colchester · United Kingdom 1h 48 · 3 ch 8–18° 52 mm 15 h 39
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 1h 51 · 2 ch — 15 h 36
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 1h 52 · 2 ch — 15 h 45
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 1h 53 · 2 ch — 15 h 40
- Hastings · United Kingdom 1h 57 · 1 ch — 15 h 30
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 2h 01 · 1 ch — 15 h 32
- Coventry · United Kingdom 2h 06 · 2 ch 8–17° 53 mm 15 h 43
- Winchester · United Kingdom 2h 06 · 1 ch — 15 h 32 Winchester Chamber Music Festival
- Ipswich · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 3 ch — 15 h 40
- Stamford · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 3 ch — 15 h 45 Burghley Game & Country Fair
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 2h 11 — 15 h 42 Cambridge Beer Festival, Rowing
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 1 ch 6–16° 51 mm 15 h 45
- Swindon · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 2 ch — 15 h 36 Festival of Literature
- Oxford · United Kingdom 2h 12 · 3 ch — 15 h 38
- Brussels · Belgium 2h 15 · 1 ch 9–18° 60 mm 15 h 30
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 2h 15 · 1 ch — 15 h 31
- Southampton · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 1 ch 9–18° 47 mm 15 h 31
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 2 ch — 15 h 32
- Canterbury · United Kingdom 2h 24 · 2 ch — 15 h 34
- Northampton · United Kingdom 2h 28 · 2 ch — 15 h 42
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 2h 29 · 2 ch 7–16° 61 mm 15 h 44
- Derby · United Kingdom 2h 32 · 1 ch — 15 h 48
- Ely · United Kingdom 2h 33 · 3 ch — 15 h 43 Eel Day Festival
- Doncaster · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 2 ch — 15 h 53
- Kraainem · Belgium 2h 44 · 3 ch 8–18° 70 mm 15 h 31
- Bath · United Kingdom 2h 47 · 2 ch — 15 h 35
- Norwich · United Kingdom 2h 49 · 3 ch — 15 h 45 Norfolk and Norwich Festival
- Aalst · Belgium 2h 52 · 2 ch — 15 h 31
Journeys from Crawley'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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