Huddersfield · May
Where to go from Huddersfield in May
157 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.
- Sheffield 1h 30 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Sheffield Food Festival.
- Lincoln 2h 25 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Lincoln Festival of History.
- Bristol 4h 09 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Durham 2h 08 United Kingdom Durham Pride.
- Preston 1h 35 United Kingdom Lancashire Fringe Festival.
- Shrewsbury 2h 48 United Kingdom Loopfest.
On in May
- Sheffield Food Festival in Sheffield 1h 30
- Lancashire Fringe Festival in Preston 1h 35
- Durham Pride in Durham 2h 08
- Lincoln Festival of History in Lincoln 2h 25
- Loopfest in Shrewsbury 2h 48
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 2h 49
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 3h 05
- Rowing in Cambridge 3h 05
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 3h 08
- May Fair in Ludlow 3h 19
- Spring Festival in Ludlow 3h 19
- International Jazz Festival in Cheltenham 3h 29
- Wychwood Festival of Music in Cheltenham 3h 29
- Edinburgh Marathon in Edinburgh 3h 35
- Imaginate Festival in Edinburgh 3h 35
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 4h 09
- Upfest in Bristol 4h 09
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 4h 12
- Norfolk and Norwich Festival in Norwich 4h 14
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 4h 20
- The Great Escape in Brighton 4h 20
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 4h 23
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 4h 49
- Swansea Bay Summer Festival in Swansea 5h 32
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Huddersfield, May has 15 h 54 of daylight.
- Leeds · United Kingdom 23 min 6–15° 54 mm 15 h 56
- Manchester · United Kingdom 38 min 8–16° 59 mm 15 h 53
- Wakefield · United Kingdom 44 min · 1 ch — 15 h 55
- Salford · United Kingdom 50 min · 1 ch — 15 h 53
- York · United Kingdom 59 min · 1 ch 7–16° 44 mm 15 h 57
- Stockport · United Kingdom 1h 03 · 1 ch — 15 h 52
- Bolton · United Kingdom 1h 05 · 1 ch — 15 h 54
- Doncaster · United Kingdom 1h 13 · 1 ch — 15 h 53
- Warrington · United Kingdom 1h 19 · 1 ch — 15 h 52
- Kingston upon Hull · United Kingdom 1h 27 — 15 h 55
- Runcorn · United Kingdom 1h 28 · 1 ch — 15 h 51
- Sheffield · United Kingdom 1h 30 8–16° 54 mm 15 h 52 Sheffield Food Festival
- Liverpool · United Kingdom 1h 35 8–16° 52 mm 15 h 52
- Altrincham · United Kingdom 1h 35 · 1 ch — 15 h 52
- Preston · United Kingdom 1h 35 · 1 ch — 15 h 55 Lancashire Fringe Festival
- Wigan · United Kingdom 1h 38 · 1 ch — 15 h 53
- Burnley · United Kingdom 1h 49 · 1 ch — 15 h 56
- Chester · United Kingdom 1h 51 · 1 ch — 15 h 50
- Blackpool · United Kingdom 1h 59 · 2 ch — 15 h 56
- Accrington · United Kingdom 2h · 1 ch — 15 h 55
- Scarborough · United Kingdom 2h 02 — 16 h
- Newcastle upon Tyne · United Kingdom 2h 03 · 2 ch — 16 h 07
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 2h 04 · 1 ch — 15 h 45
- Derby · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 1 ch — 15 h 48
- Durham · United Kingdom 2h 08 — 16 h 05 Durham Pride
- Sunderland · United Kingdom 2h 25 · 3 ch — 16 h 06
- Lincoln · United Kingdom 2h 25 · 2 ch 8–16° 47 mm 15 h 51 Lincoln Festival of History
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 2h 27 · 2 ch 7–17° 46 mm 15 h 48
- Nelson · United Kingdom 2h 27 · 2 ch 7–14° 61 mm 15 h 56
- Middlesbrough · United Kingdom 2h 30 · 1 ch — 16 h 03
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 32 · 1 ch 6–16° 51 mm 15 h 45
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 1 ch 7–16° 61 mm 15 h 44
- Wrexham · United Kingdom 2h 38 · 2 ch — 15 h 49
- Shrewsbury · United Kingdom 2h 48 · 1 ch — 15 h 46 Loopfest
- Ely · United Kingdom 2h 49 · 2 ch — 15 h 43 Eel Day Festival
- London · United Kingdom 2h 55 · 1 ch 9–18° 46 mm 15 h 36
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 55 · 1 ch — 15 h 40
- Cleethorpes · United Kingdom 2h 55 · 2 ch — 15 h 53
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 3h 01 · 1 ch — 15 h 39
- Coventry · United Kingdom 3h 03 · 2 ch 8–17° 53 mm 15 h 43
Journeys from Huddersfield'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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