Lincoln · August
Where to go from Lincoln in August
153 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. 1 of them are at least 4° warmer than Lincoln.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Leicester 2h 05 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Chelmsford 3h 29 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Edinburgh 4h 32 United Kingdom Highs of 19°, and Edinburgh Art Festival and 4 more on.
- Bristol 4h 34 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
- Portsmouth 4h 43 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Victorious Music Festival.
- Eastbourne 4h 49 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
On in August
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 2h 05
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 2h 47
- MELA in Newcastle upon Tyne 3h 02
- Durham Fringe Festival in Durham 3h 08
- Mela in Reading 3h 25
- Reading Festival in Reading 3h 25
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 3h 29
- Boro Mela in Middlesbrough 3h 30
- Bolton Food & Drink Festival in Bolton 3h 51
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 3h 53
- Mela in Swindon 3h 55
- Shuffle in Swindon 3h 55
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 3h 55
- CAMRA Real Ale Festival in Worcester 4h 30
- Edinburgh Art Festival in Edinburgh 4h 32
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Edinburgh 4h 32
- Edinburgh International Festival in Edinburgh 4h 32
- Edinburgh Mela in Edinburgh 4h 32
- Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Edinburgh 4h 32
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 4h 34
- Victorious Music Festival in Portsmouth 4h 43
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 4h 49
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 5h 07
- Bournenmouth Air Festival in Bournemouth 5h 07
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Lincoln, August has 14 h 50 of daylight and averages 13–21°.
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 1h 13 12–22° 55 mm 14 h 48
- Doncaster · United Kingdom 1h 28 · 1 ch — 14 h 51
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 1h 35 — 14 h 45
- Sheffield · United Kingdom 1h 46 13–21° 65 mm 14 h 50
- Derby · United Kingdom 1h 48 — 14 h 47
- York · United Kingdom 1h 53 · 1 ch 12–21° 65 mm 14 h 54
- Cleethorpes · United Kingdom 1h 53 — 14 h 51
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 05 · 1 ch 11–21° 59 mm 14 h 46 For the love of Jazz
- Wakefield · United Kingdom 2h 07 · 2 ch — 14 h 52
- Stamford · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 1 ch — 14 h 46
- Ely · United Kingdom 2h 21 · 1 ch — 14 h 44
- Leeds · United Kingdom 2h 24 · 2 ch 10–20° 65 mm 14 h 53
- London · United Kingdom 2h 41 · 1 ch 14–23° 53 mm 14 h 39
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 2h 47 · 2 ch — 14 h 43 Cambridge Shakespeare Festival
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 2h 48 · 1 ch — 14 h 41
- Huddersfield · United Kingdom 2h 49 · 2 ch — 14 h 52
- Stockport · United Kingdom 2h 55 · 1 ch — 14 h 50
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 2h 57 · 1 ch 12–21° 68 mm 14 h 45
- Scarborough · United Kingdom 3h 01 · 2 ch — 14 h 56
- Newcastle upon Tyne · United Kingdom 3h 02 · 2 ch — 15 h 01 MELA
- Manchester · United Kingdom 3h 07 · 1 ch 13–21° 73 mm 14 h 51
- Durham · United Kingdom 3h 08 · 2 ch — 15 h Durham Fringe Festival
- St Albans · United Kingdom 3h 13 · 2 ch — 14 h 40
- Norwich · United Kingdom 3h 14 · 1 ch — 14 h 46
- Kingston upon Hull · United Kingdom 3h 14 · 2 ch — 14 h 53
- Coventry · United Kingdom 3h 25 · 2 ch 12–22° 66 mm 14 h 44
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 3h 25 · 3 ch — 14 h 42
- Reading · United Kingdom 3h 25 · 3 ch — 14 h 39 Mela, Reading Festival
- Sunderland · United Kingdom 3h 26 · 3 ch — 15 h
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 3h 29 · 3 ch 12–23° 52 mm 14 h 40 Rize Festival
- Ipswich · United Kingdom 3h 30 · 1 ch — 14 h 42
- Middlesbrough · United Kingdom 3h 30 · 3 ch — 14 h 58 Boro Mela
- Salford · United Kingdom 3h 31 · 2 ch — 14 h 51
- Guildford · United Kingdom 3h 34 · 4 ch — 14 h 37
- Altrincham · United Kingdom 3h 36 · 2 ch — 14 h 50
- Warrington · United Kingdom 3h 37 · 1 ch — 14 h 50
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 3h 38 · 4 ch — 14 h 39
- Crawley · United Kingdom 3h 41 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 3h 46 · 4 ch — 14 h 38
- Berwick-upon-Tweed · United Kingdom 3h 47 · 2 ch — 15 h 07
Journeys from Lincoln'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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