Hastings · August
Where to go from Hastings in August
159 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.
- Eastbourne 40 min United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
- Chelmsford 2h 23 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Portsmouth 2h 48 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Victorious Music Festival.
- Leicester 3h 07 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Bristol 3h 58 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
- Bournemouth 4h 17 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Bournenmouth Air Festival.
On in August
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 40 min
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 2h 23
- Mela in Reading 2h 42
- Reading Festival in Reading 2h 42
- Victorious Music Festival in Portsmouth 2h 48
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 3h 07
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 3h 11
- Mela in Swindon 3h 11
- Shuffle in Swindon 3h 11
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 3h 11
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 3h 58
- Cardiff Big Weekend in Cardiff 4h 12
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 4h 13
- Bournenmouth Air Festival in Bournemouth 4h 17
- CAMRA Real Ale Festival in Worcester 4h 35
- Weekend at the Asylum in Lincoln 4h 37
- Bolton Food & Drink Festival in Bolton 4h 51
- MELA in Newcastle upon Tyne 5h 02
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 5h 07
- Durham Fringe Festival in Durham 5h 08
- Boro Mela in Middlesbrough 5h 30
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 5h 47
- Maanrock in Mechelen 5h 52
- Edinburgh Art Festival in Edinburgh 6h 29
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Hastings, August has 14 h 35 of daylight.
PlaceJourneyLow – highRainDaylightOn
- Eastbourne · United Kingdom 40 min 15–21° 60 mm 14 h 35 Beachlife Festival
- Brighton · United Kingdom 1h 16 · 1 ch 13–21° 55 mm 14 h 35
- Canterbury · United Kingdom 1h 39 · 1 ch — 14 h 38
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 1h 54 · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- London · United Kingdom 1h 56 · 1 ch 14–23° 53 mm 14 h 39
- Crawley · United Kingdom 2h 02 · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 2 ch 12–23° 52 mm 14 h 40 Rize Festival
- St Albans · United Kingdom 2h 26 · 2 ch — 14 h 40
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 2h 30 · 2 ch — 14 h 41
- Reading · United Kingdom 2h 42 · 3 ch — 14 h 39 Mela, Reading Festival
- Guildford · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Arundel · United Kingdom 2h 46 · 3 ch — 14 h 35
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 2h 46 · 2 ch — 14 h 38
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 2h 47 · 2 ch — 14 h 39
- Colchester · United Kingdom 2h 48 · 3 ch 13–23° 57 mm 14 h 41
- Portsmouth · United Kingdom 2h 48 · 2 ch 14–22° 57 mm 14 h 35 Victorious Music Festival
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 2h 51 · 2 ch — 14 h 45
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 52 · 3 ch — 14 h 42
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 2h 58 · 4 ch — 14 h 39
- Coventry · United Kingdom 3h 06 · 3 ch 12–22° 66 mm 14 h 44
- Ipswich · United Kingdom 3h 07 · 3 ch — 14 h 42
- Leicester · United Kingdom 3h 07 · 2 ch 11–21° 59 mm 14 h 46 For the love of Jazz
- Stamford · United Kingdom 3h 08 · 3 ch — 14 h 46
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 3h 11 · 2 ch — 14 h 43 Cambridge Shakespeare Festival
- Swindon · United Kingdom 3h 11 · 3 ch — 14 h 39 Mela, Shuffle +1
- Oxford · United Kingdom 3h 12 · 4 ch — 14 h 40
- Southampton · United Kingdom 3h 23 · 2 ch 14–22° 59 mm 14 h 36
- Winchester · United Kingdom 3h 23 · 2 ch — 14 h 36
- Northampton · United Kingdom 3h 27 · 2 ch — 14 h 43
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 3h 29 · 3 ch 12–21° 68 mm 14 h 45
- Derby · United Kingdom 3h 29 · 2 ch — 14 h 47
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 3h 32 · 2 ch — 14 h 36
- Ely · United Kingdom 3h 39 · 2 ch — 14 h 44
- Doncaster · United Kingdom 3h 43 · 2 ch — 14 h 51
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 3h 45 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Bath · United Kingdom 3h 46 · 2 ch — 14 h 38
- Norwich · United Kingdom 3h 49 · 3 ch — 14 h 46
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 3h 52 · 2 ch 12–22° 55 mm 14 h 48
- Bristol · United Kingdom 3h 58 · 4 ch 13–21° 75 mm 14 h 39 Bristol Balloon Fiesta
- York · United Kingdom 4h 05 · 2 ch 12–21° 65 mm 14 h 54
Journeys from Hastings'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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