Ipswich · May
Where to go from Ipswich in May
160 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.
- Brighton 2h 50 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Brighton Festival and 1 more on.
- Bristol 3h 29 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Lyon 7h 24 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Norwich 49 min United Kingdom Norfolk and Norwich Festival.
- Cambridge 1h 43 United Kingdom Cambridge Beer Festival and 1 more on.
- Ely 1h 44 United Kingdom Eel Day Festival.
On in May
- Norfolk and Norwich Festival in Norwich 49 min
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 1h 43
- Rowing in Cambridge 1h 43
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 1h 44
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 2h 42
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 2h 50
- The Great Escape in Brighton 2h 50
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 3h 06
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 3h 08
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 3h 19
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 3h 29
- Upfest in Bristol 3h 29
- International Jazz Festival in Cheltenham 3h 40
- Wychwood Festival of Music in Cheltenham 3h 40
- Lincoln Festival of History in Lincoln 3h 59
- Sheffield Food Festival in Sheffield 4h 07
- Swansea Bay Summer Festival in Swansea 4h 35
- Swansea Pride in Swansea 4h 35
- Lancashire Fringe Festival in Preston 4h 40
- Loopfest in Shrewsbury 4h 47
- May Fair in Ludlow 4h 51
- Spring Festival in Ludlow 4h 51
- Durham Pride in Durham 5h 08
- Edinburgh Marathon in Edinburgh 6h 29
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Ipswich, May has 15 h 40 of daylight.
PlaceJourneyLow – highRainDaylightOn
- Colchester · United Kingdom 31 min 8–18° 52 mm 15 h 39
- Norwich · United Kingdom 49 min — 15 h 45 Norfolk and Norwich Festival
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 1h 03 · 1 ch 7–17° 49 mm 15 h 38
- London · United Kingdom 1h 29 · 1 ch 9–18° 46 mm 15 h 36
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 1h 43 — 15 h 42 Cambridge Beer Festival, Rowing
- Ely · United Kingdom 1h 44 · 1 ch — 15 h 43 Eel Day Festival
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 1h 52 · 2 ch — 15 h 36
- Reading · United Kingdom 2h 13 · 2 ch — 15 h 35
- St Albans · United Kingdom 2h 13 · 2 ch — 15 h 38
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 16 · 3 ch — 15 h 40
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 2h 16 · 2 ch — 15 h 39
- Crawley · United Kingdom 2h 21 · 2 ch — 15 h 33
- Cromer · United Kingdom 2h 21 · 1 ch — 15 h 48
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 2h 22 · 1 ch — 15 h 45
- Guildford · United Kingdom 2h 26 · 2 ch — 15 h 34
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 2h 34 · 2 ch — 15 h 34
- Canterbury · United Kingdom 2h 36 · 1 ch — 15 h 34
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 2h 38 · 2 ch — 15 h 36
- Oxford · United Kingdom 2h 41 · 3 ch — 15 h 38
- Swindon · United Kingdom 2h 42 · 2 ch — 15 h 36 Festival of Literature
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 2h 44 · 2 ch — 15 h 32
- Brighton · United Kingdom 2h 50 · 2 ch 9–16° 45 mm 15 h 30 Brighton Festival, The Great Escape
- Northampton · United Kingdom 2h 58 · 3 ch — 15 h 42
- Coventry · United Kingdom 3h 06 · 3 ch 8–17° 53 mm 15 h 43
- Winchester · United Kingdom 3h 06 · 2 ch — 15 h 32 Winchester Chamber Music Festival
- Leicester · United Kingdom 3h 07 · 2 ch 6–16° 51 mm 15 h 45
- Hastings · United Kingdom 3h 08 · 2 ch — 15 h 30
- Stamford · United Kingdom 3h 08 · 1 ch — 15 h 45 Burghley Game & Country Fair
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 3h 15 · 2 ch — 15 h 31
- Eastbourne · United Kingdom 3h 19 · 3 ch 10–16° 46 mm 15 h 30 Beer and Cider by the Sea
- Bath · United Kingdom 3h 20 · 2 ch — 15 h 35
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 3h 21 · 2 ch — 15 h 32
- Southampton · United Kingdom 3h 24 · 2 ch 9–18° 47 mm 15 h 31
- Doncaster · United Kingdom 3h 28 · 2 ch — 15 h 53
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 3h 29 · 3 ch 7–16° 61 mm 15 h 44
- Bristol · United Kingdom 3h 29 · 3 ch 8–17° 58 mm 15 h 35 Great Bristol Run, Upfest
- Derby · United Kingdom 3h 29 · 2 ch — 15 h 48
- Arundel · United Kingdom 3h 35 · 2 ch — 15 h 31
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 3h 37 · 1 ch 7–17° 46 mm 15 h 48
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 3h 40 · 3 ch — 15 h 39 International Jazz Festival, Wychwood Festival of Music
Journeys from Ipswich'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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