Liverpool · August
Where to go from Liverpool in August
158 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. 4 of them are at least 4° warmer than Liverpool.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Leicester 2h 32 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Chelmsford 3h 23 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Lincoln 3h 29 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Weekend at the Asylum.
- Bristol 3h 33 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
- Edinburgh 3h 34 United Kingdom Highs of 19°, and Edinburgh Art Festival and 4 more on.
- Eastbourne 4h 19 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
On in August
- Bolton Food & Drink Festival in Bolton 1h 23
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 2h 32
- CAMRA Real Ale Festival in Worcester 2h 35
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 2h 52
- Durham Fringe Festival in Durham 3h 08
- MELA in Newcastle upon Tyne 3h 11
- Mela in Reading 3h 18
- Reading Festival in Reading 3h 18
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 3h 23
- Weekend at the Asylum in Lincoln 3h 29
- Boro Mela in Middlesbrough 3h 30
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 3h 33
- Edinburgh Art Festival in Edinburgh 3h 34
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Edinburgh 3h 34
- Edinburgh International Festival in Edinburgh 3h 34
- Edinburgh Mela in Edinburgh 3h 34
- Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Edinburgh 3h 34
- Cardiff Big Weekend in Cardiff 3h 40
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 3h 45
- Mela in Swindon 3h 52
- Shuffle in Swindon 3h 52
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 3h 52
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 4h 19
- Victorious Music Festival in Portsmouth 4h 43
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Liverpool, August has 14 h 50 of daylight and averages 14–20°.
- Runcorn · United Kingdom 28 min — 14 h 50
- Wigan · United Kingdom 43 min — 14 h 51
- Warrington · United Kingdom 44 min — 14 h 50
- Salford · United Kingdom 50 min — 14 h 51
- Chester · United Kingdom 56 min — 14 h 49
- Manchester · United Kingdom 57 min 13–21° 73 mm 14 h 51
- Preston · United Kingdom 59 min — 14 h 53
- Stockport · United Kingdom 1h 17 · 1 ch — 14 h 50
- Blackpool · United Kingdom 1h 22 · 1 ch — 14 h 53
- Bolton · United Kingdom 1h 23 · 1 ch — 14 h 52 Bolton Food & Drink Festival
- Huddersfield · United Kingdom 1h 29 — 14 h 52
- Altrincham · United Kingdom 1h 35 · 1 ch — 14 h 50
- Wrexham · United Kingdom 1h 41 · 1 ch — 14 h 48
- Shrewsbury · United Kingdom 1h 42 · 1 ch — 14 h 46
- Burnley · United Kingdom 1h 49 · 1 ch — 14 h 53
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 1h 50 12–21° 68 mm 14 h 45
- Leeds · United Kingdom 1h 50 10–20° 65 mm 14 h 53
- Derby · United Kingdom 1h 54 · 1 ch — 14 h 47
- Accrington · United Kingdom 2h · 1 ch — 14 h 53
- Wakefield · United Kingdom 2h 03 · 1 ch — 14 h 52
- Ludlow · United Kingdom 2h 10 · 1 ch — 14 h 44
- Sheffield · United Kingdom 2h 11 13–21° 65 mm 14 h 50
- York · United Kingdom 2h 18 12–21° 65 mm 14 h 54
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 2h 24 · 1 ch 12–22° 55 mm 14 h 48
- Coventry · United Kingdom 2h 25 · 1 ch 12–22° 66 mm 14 h 44
- Nelson · United Kingdom 2h 27 · 1 ch 11–19° 79 mm 14 h 53
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 29 — 14 h 42
- London · United Kingdom 2h 32 14–23° 53 mm 14 h 39
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 32 · 2 ch 11–21° 59 mm 14 h 46 For the love of Jazz
- Llandudno · United Kingdom 2h 35 — 14 h 50
- Worcester · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 1 ch — 14 h 43 CAMRA Real Ale Festival
- Doncaster · United Kingdom 2h 38 — 14 h 51
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 2h 52 · 1 ch — 14 h 41 Cheltenham Cricket Festival
- Northampton · United Kingdom 2h 58 · 1 ch — 14 h 43
- Kingston upon Hull · United Kingdom 3h 02 · 1 ch — 14 h 53
- Durham · United Kingdom 3h 08 — 15 h Durham Fringe Festival
- Newcastle upon Tyne · United Kingdom 3h 11 · 1 ch — 15 h 01 MELA
- St Albans · United Kingdom 3h 13 · 2 ch — 14 h 40
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 3h 14 · 2 ch — 14 h 41
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 3h 14 · 2 ch — 14 h 42
Journeys from Liverpool'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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