Gloucester · May
Where to go from Gloucester in May
161 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.
- Bristol 1h United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Swansea 2h 31 United Kingdom Highs of 15°, and Swansea Bay Summer Festival and 1 more on.
- Lyon 7h 24 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Cheltenham 29 min United Kingdom International Jazz Festival and 1 more on.
- Swindon 1h 02 United Kingdom Festival of Literature.
- Winchester 2h 23 United Kingdom Winchester Chamber Music Festival.
On in May
- International Jazz Festival in Cheltenham 29 min
- Wychwood Festival of Music in Cheltenham 29 min
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 1h
- Upfest in Bristol 1h
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 1h 02
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 2h 23
- Loopfest in Shrewsbury 2h 24
- Swansea Bay Summer Festival in Swansea 2h 31
- Swansea Pride in Swansea 2h 31
- May Fair in Ludlow 2h 52
- Spring Festival in Ludlow 2h 52
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 2h 58
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 3h 15
- Rowing in Cambridge 3h 15
- Sheffield Food Festival in Sheffield 3h 20
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 3h 29
- The Great Escape in Brighton 3h 29
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 3h 39
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 3h 49
- Lancashire Fringe Festival in Preston 3h 53
- Norfolk and Norwich Festival in Norwich 4h 23
- Lincoln Festival of History in Lincoln 4h 29
- Durham Pride in Durham 5h 08
- Edinburgh Marathon in Edinburgh 6h 14
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Gloucester, May has 15 h 39 of daylight.
PlaceJourneyLow – highRainDaylightOn
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 29 min — 15 h 39 International Jazz Festival, Wychwood Festival of Music
- Bristol · United Kingdom 1h 8–17° 58 mm 15 h 35 Great Bristol Run, Upfest
- Swindon · United Kingdom 1h 02 — 15 h 36 Festival of Literature
- Bath · United Kingdom 1h 13 · 1 ch — 15 h 35
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 1h 13 — 15 h 40
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 1h 22 · 1 ch 7–16° 61 mm 15 h 44
- Cardiff · United Kingdom 1h 27 — 15 h 36
- Reading · United Kingdom 1h 34 — 15 h 35
- Worcester · United Kingdom 1h 34 — 15 h 41
- Oxford · United Kingdom 2h · 1 ch — 15 h 38
- Coventry · United Kingdom 2h 03 · 2 ch 8–17° 53 mm 15 h 43
- London · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 1 ch 9–18° 46 mm 15 h 36
- Warminster · United Kingdom 2h 13 · 1 ch — 15 h 33
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 15 · 2 ch 6–16° 51 mm 15 h 45
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 2h 18 · 2 ch — 15 h 36
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 2h 20 · 1 ch — 15 h 34
- Winchester · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 2 ch — 15 h 32 Winchester Chamber Music Festival
- Shrewsbury · United Kingdom 2h 24 · 2 ch — 15 h 46 Loopfest
- Swansea · United Kingdom 2h 31 · 1 ch 10–15° 64 mm 15 h 37 Swansea Bay Summer Festival, Swansea Pride
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 2h 32 · 2 ch — 15 h 31
- Derby · United Kingdom 2h 33 — 15 h 48
- Guildford · United Kingdom 2h 34 · 1 ch — 15 h 34
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 1 ch — 15 h 32
- Northampton · United Kingdom 2h 40 · 2 ch — 15 h 42
- Stratford-upon-Avon · United Kingdom 2h 41 · 4 ch — 15 h 41
- St Albans · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 2 ch — 15 h 38
- Southampton · United Kingdom 2h 44 · 1 ch 9–18° 47 mm 15 h 31
- Exeter · United Kingdom 2h 46 · 1 ch — 15 h 29
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 50 · 3 ch — 15 h 40
- Stockport · United Kingdom 2h 52 · 1 ch — 15 h 52
- Ludlow · United Kingdom 2h 52 · 1 ch — 15 h 43 May Fair, Spring Festival
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 2h 54 · 3 ch 7–17° 46 mm 15 h 48
- Stamford · United Kingdom 2h 58 · 2 ch — 15 h 45 Burghley Game & Country Fair
- Runcorn · United Kingdom 2h 59 · 2 ch — 15 h 51
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 3h · 2 ch — 15 h 39
- Manchester · United Kingdom 3h 01 · 1 ch 8–16° 59 mm 15 h 53
- Wrexham · United Kingdom 3h 05 · 2 ch — 15 h 49
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 3h 10 · 2 ch 7–17° 49 mm 15 h 38
- Portsmouth · United Kingdom 3h 10 · 2 ch 9–17° 43 mm 15 h 30
- Salford · United Kingdom 3h 10 · 2 ch — 15 h 53
Journeys from Gloucester'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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