Exeter · December
Where to go from Exeter in December
110 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.
- Cardiff 2h 19 United Kingdom Winter Wonderland.
- Penzance 3h 14 United Kingdom Montol Festival.
- Derby 3h 38 United Kingdom Derby's Ethical Christmas Market.
- Sheffield 4h 20 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Cambridge 4h 41 United Kingdom Mill Road Winter Fair.
- York 5h 18 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and York Christmas Festival.
On in December
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 2h 19
- Montol Festival in Penzance 3h 14
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 3h 38
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 4h 20
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 4h 41
- York Christmas Festival in York 5h 18
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 5h 29
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 5h 29
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 5h 29
- Christmas Market in Newcastle upon Tyne 6h 11
- Christmas Market in Lille 6h 28
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 7h 45
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Exeter, December has 8 h of daylight.
- Torquay · United Kingdom 47 min — 8 h 02
- Plymouth · United Kingdom 1h 14 — 8 h 03
- Bristol · United Kingdom 1h 28 3–8° 90 mm 7 h 53
- Bath · United Kingdom 1h 43 · 1 ch — 7 h 53
- Swindon · United Kingdom 2h 10 · 1 ch — 7 h 51
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 2h 13 — 7 h 48
- Cardiff · United Kingdom 2h 19 · 1 ch — 7 h 52 Winter Wonderland
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 2h 28 · 1 ch — 7 h 48
- Reading · United Kingdom 2h 41 · 1 ch — 7 h 53
- Warminster · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 1 ch — 7 h 55
- Oxford · United Kingdom 2h 52 · 2 ch — 7 h 50
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 2h 54 · 1 ch — 7 h 47
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 2h 57 2–7° 84 mm 7 h 42
- Worcester · United Kingdom 3h 01 · 1 ch — 7 h 45
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 3h 05 · 1 ch — 7 h 56
- Penzance · United Kingdom 3h 14 — 8 h 05 Montol Festival
- London · United Kingdom 3h 16 · 2 ch 3–9° 57 mm 7 h 52
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 3h 20 · 2 ch — 7 h 54
- Ludlow · United Kingdom 3h 22 · 2 ch — 7 h 43
- Coventry · United Kingdom 3h 25 · 1 ch 2–8° 61 mm 7 h 43
- Winchester · United Kingdom 3h 28 · 2 ch — 7 h 56
- Swansea · United Kingdom 3h 32 · 1 ch 5–9° 114 mm 7 h 51
- Guildford · United Kingdom 3h 34 · 2 ch — 7 h 55
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 3h 37 · 2 ch — 7 h 57
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 3h 38 · 3 ch — 7 h 52
- Derby · United Kingdom 3h 38 — 7 h 37 Derby's Ethical Christmas Market
- Southampton · United Kingdom 3h 45 · 2 ch 4–9° 97 mm 7 h 58
- Shrewsbury · United Kingdom 3h 55 · 2 ch — 7 h 39
- St Albans · United Kingdom 3h 56 · 3 ch — 7 h 49
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 4h · 3 ch — 7 h 48
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 4h 10 · 3 ch 2–8° 52 mm 7 h 50
- Northampton · United Kingdom 4h 10 · 1 ch — 7 h 45
- Crawley · United Kingdom 4h 11 · 3 ch — 7 h 56
- Stratford-upon-Avon · United Kingdom 4h 11 · 2 ch — 7 h 45
- Leicester · United Kingdom 4h 12 · 1 ch 1–8° 69 mm 7 h 40
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 4h 16 · 4 ch — 7 h 47
- Bournemouth · United Kingdom 4h 17 · 2 ch 2–9° 104 mm 8 h
- Colchester · United Kingdom 4h 19 · 3 ch 3–7° 57 mm 7 h 48
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 4h 19 · 1 ch 2–8° 58 mm 7 h 37
- Sheffield · United Kingdom 4h 20 3–7° 87 mm 7 h 32 Christmas Market
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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