Exeter · August
Where to go from Exeter in August
110 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what August is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Bristol 1h 28 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
- Chelmsford 4h 10 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Leicester 4h 12 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Bournemouth 4h 17 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Bournenmouth Air Festival.
- Portsmouth 4h 46 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Victorious Music Festival.
- Eastbourne 5h 19 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
On in August
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 1h 28
- Mela in Swindon 2h 10
- Shuffle in Swindon 2h 10
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 2h 10
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 2h 13
- Cardiff Big Weekend in Cardiff 2h 19
- Mela in Reading 2h 41
- Reading Festival in Reading 2h 41
- CAMRA Real Ale Festival in Worcester 3h 01
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 4h 10
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 4h 12
- Bournenmouth Air Festival in Bournemouth 4h 17
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 4h 41
- Victorious Music Festival in Portsmouth 4h 46
- Bolton Food & Drink Festival in Bolton 4h 55
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 5h 19
- Weekend at the Asylum in Lincoln 5h 29
- Durham Fringe Festival in Durham 6h 09
- MELA in Newcastle upon Tyne 6h 11
- Boro Mela in Middlesbrough 6h 31
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 7h 08
- Tonfanau Road Races in Tywyn 7h 27
- Race The Train in Tywyn 7h 27
- Edinburgh Art Festival in Edinburgh 7h 33
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Exeter, August has 14 h 35 of daylight.
PlaceJourneyLow – highRainDaylightOn
- Torquay · United Kingdom 47 min — 14 h 33
- Plymouth · United Kingdom 1h 14 — 14 h 33
- Bristol · United Kingdom 1h 28 13–21° 75 mm 14 h 39 Bristol Balloon Fiesta
- Bath · United Kingdom 1h 43 · 1 ch — 14 h 38
- Swindon · United Kingdom 2h 10 · 1 ch — 14 h 39 Mela, Shuffle +1
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 2h 13 — 14 h 41 Cheltenham Cricket Festival
- Cardiff · United Kingdom 2h 19 · 1 ch — 14 h 39 Cardiff Big Weekend
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 2h 28 · 1 ch — 14 h 41
- Reading · United Kingdom 2h 41 · 1 ch — 14 h 39 Mela, Reading Festival
- Warminster · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- Oxford · United Kingdom 2h 52 · 2 ch — 14 h 40
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 2h 54 · 1 ch — 14 h 42
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 2h 57 12–21° 68 mm 14 h 45
- Worcester · United Kingdom 3h 01 · 1 ch — 14 h 43 CAMRA Real Ale Festival
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 3h 05 · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- Penzance · United Kingdom 3h 14 — 14 h 31
- London · United Kingdom 3h 16 · 2 ch 14–23° 53 mm 14 h 39
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 3h 20 · 2 ch — 14 h 38
- Ludlow · United Kingdom 3h 22 · 2 ch — 14 h 44
- Coventry · United Kingdom 3h 25 · 1 ch 12–22° 66 mm 14 h 44
- Winchester · United Kingdom 3h 28 · 2 ch — 14 h 36
- Swansea · United Kingdom 3h 32 · 1 ch 14–20° 88 mm 14 h 40
- Guildford · United Kingdom 3h 34 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 3h 37 · 2 ch — 14 h 36
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 3h 38 · 3 ch — 14 h 39
- Derby · United Kingdom 3h 38 — 14 h 47
- Southampton · United Kingdom 3h 45 · 2 ch 14–22° 59 mm 14 h 36
- Shrewsbury · United Kingdom 3h 55 · 2 ch — 14 h 46
- St Albans · United Kingdom 3h 56 · 3 ch — 14 h 40
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 4h · 3 ch — 14 h 41
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 4h 10 · 3 ch 12–23° 52 mm 14 h 40 Rize Festival
- Northampton · United Kingdom 4h 10 · 1 ch — 14 h 43
- Crawley · United Kingdom 4h 11 · 3 ch — 14 h 37
- Stratford-upon-Avon · United Kingdom 4h 11 · 2 ch — 14 h 43
- Leicester · United Kingdom 4h 12 · 1 ch 11–21° 59 mm 14 h 46 For the love of Jazz
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 4h 16 · 4 ch — 14 h 42
- Bournemouth · United Kingdom 4h 17 · 2 ch 12–22° 60 mm 14 h 35 Bournenmouth Air Festival
- Colchester · United Kingdom 4h 19 · 3 ch 13–23° 57 mm 14 h 41
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 4h 19 · 1 ch 12–22° 55 mm 14 h 48
- Sheffield · United Kingdom 4h 20 13–21° 65 mm 14 h 50
Journeys from Exeter'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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