Leicester · March

Where to go from Leicester in March

169 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what March is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on. 3 of them are at least 4° warmer than Leicester.

Good for March

Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.

On in March

  • Derby Caribbean Carnival in Derby 34 min
  • BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival in London 1h 29
  • York Literature Festival in York 2h 05
  • Cambridge Science Festival in Cambridge 2h 11
  • Guildford International Music Festival in Guildford 2h 34
  • Film Festival in Swindon 2h 55
  • Old Town Carnival Week in Hastings 3h 08
  • St Paul's Carnival in Bristol 3h 09
  • St David's Day Parade in Cardiff 3h 27
  • Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival in Berwick-upon-Tweed 3h 47
  • Warminster Carnival in Warminster 3h 53
  • Carnival in Kraainem 5h 36
  • DOCVILLE International Documentary Film Festival in Leuven 5h 44
  • Aalst Carnival in Aalst 5h 52
  • Festival Anima in Ghent 6h 02
  • Festival Anima in Charleroi 6h 04
  • Mythos Festival in Rennes 6h 27
  • Summer Carnival in Rotterdam 6h 34
  • Festival Anima in Liège 6h 36
  • Caen Student Carnival in Caen 7h 03
  • St Pirans Day Parade in Penzance 7h 05
  • Carnaval in Breda 7h 09
  • Carnival in Eindhoven 7h 49

Most happen every year in March; each city's page has the dates when they're known.

Everywhere within eight hours

Nearest first. In Leicester, March has 11 h 48 of daylight and averages 2–10°.

Journeys from Leicester'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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