Edinburgh · March

Where to go from Edinburgh in March

111 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what March is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.

Good for March

Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.

On in March

  • Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival in Berwick-upon-Tweed 50 min
  • York Literature Festival in York 2h 40
  • Aberdeen Jazz Festival in Aberdeen 3h 29
  • Inverness Music Festival in Inverness 4h 10
  • Derby Caribbean Carnival in Derby 4h 29
  • BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival in London 4h 48
  • Cambridge Science Festival in Cambridge 5h 05
  • Caribbean Carnival in Leicester 5h 05
  • Guildford International Music Festival in Guildford 6h 04
  • Film Festival in Swindon 6h 11
  • St Paul's Carnival in Bristol 6h 34
  • Old Town Carnival Week in Hastings 6h 43
  • St David's Day Parade in Cardiff 6h 46
  • Carnival in Kraainem 7h 34
  • DOCVILLE International Documentary Film Festival in Leuven 7h 45
  • Aalst Carnival in Aalst 7h 52
  • Warminster Carnival in Warminster 7h 54

Most happen every year in March; each city's page has the dates when they're known.

Everywhere within eight hours

Nearest first. In Edinburgh, March has 11 h 46 of daylight and averages 3–10°.

Journeys from Edinburgh'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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