London · August
Where to go from London in August
196 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. 3 of them are at least 4° warmer than London.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Leicester 1h 41 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Eastbourne 1h 49 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
- Portsmouth 2h 02 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Victorious Music Festival.
- Brussels 2h 15 Belgium Highs of 23°, and Flower Carpet of Brussels.
- Lincoln 2h 37 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Weekend at the Asylum.
- Chelmsford 53 min United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
On in August
- Mela in Reading 43 min
- Reading Festival in Reading 43 min
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 53 min
- Mela in Swindon 1h 09
- Shuffle in Swindon 1h 09
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 1h 09
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 1h 15
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 1h 41
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 1h 49
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 1h 58
- Victorious Music Festival in Portsmouth 2h 02
- Bournenmouth Air Festival in Bournemouth 2h 08
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 2h 13
- Cardiff Big Weekend in Cardiff 2h 14
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 2h 15
- CAMRA Real Ale Festival in Worcester 2h 35
- Weekend at the Asylum in Lincoln 2h 37
- Bolton Food & Drink Festival in Bolton 2h 51
- Maanrock in Mechelen 2h 52
- Durham Fringe Festival in Durham 3h 08
- MELA in Newcastle upon Tyne 3h 11
- Boro Mela in Middlesbrough 3h 30
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 3h 46
- Delft Jazz in Delft 3h 49
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In London, August has 14 h 39 of daylight and averages 14–23°.
- St Albans · United Kingdom 27 min — 14 h 40
- Reading · United Kingdom 43 min · 1 ch — 14 h 39 Mela, Reading Festival
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 45 min — 14 h 41
- Crawley · United Kingdom 46 min · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 46 min — 14 h 38
- Guildford · United Kingdom 52 min · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 53 min — 14 h 42
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 53 min · 1 ch 12–23° 52 mm 14 h 40 Rize Festival
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 55 min — 14 h 39
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 58 min — 14 h 45
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 1h 05 · 1 ch — 14 h 39
- Coventry · United Kingdom 1h 06 12–22° 66 mm 14 h 44
- Winchester · United Kingdom 1h 06 · 1 ch — 14 h 36
- Swindon · United Kingdom 1h 09 · 1 ch — 14 h 39 Mela, Shuffle +1
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 1h 15 — 14 h 43 Cambridge Shakespeare Festival
- Oxford · United Kingdom 1h 15 · 2 ch — 14 h 40
- Colchester · United Kingdom 1h 15 · 1 ch 13–23° 57 mm 14 h 41
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 1h 16 · 1 ch — 14 h 36
- Brighton · United Kingdom 1h 20 13–21° 55 mm 14 h 35
- Southampton · United Kingdom 1h 24 · 1 ch 14–22° 59 mm 14 h 36
- Northampton · United Kingdom 1h 27 — 14 h 43
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 1h 29 12–21° 68 mm 14 h 45
- Arundel · United Kingdom 1h 35 · 1 ch — 14 h 35
- Ely · United Kingdom 1h 37 — 14 h 44
- Ipswich · United Kingdom 1h 38 · 1 ch — 14 h 42
- Canterbury · United Kingdom 1h 39 — 14 h 38
- Leicester · United Kingdom 1h 41 11–21° 59 mm 14 h 46 For the love of Jazz
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 1h 47 — 14 h 37
- Eastbourne · United Kingdom 1h 49 15–21° 60 mm 14 h 35 Beachlife Festival
- Doncaster · United Kingdom 1h 50 — 14 h 51
- Bath · United Kingdom 1h 51 · 1 ch — 14 h 38
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 1h 54 — 14 h 37
- Derby · United Kingdom 1h 54 · 1 ch — 14 h 47
- Bristol · United Kingdom 1h 58 · 2 ch 13–21° 75 mm 14 h 39 Bristol Balloon Fiesta
- Portsmouth · United Kingdom 2h 02 14–22° 57 mm 14 h 35 Victorious Music Festival
- Runcorn · United Kingdom 2h 05 — 14 h 50
- Wakefield · United Kingdom 2h 07 — 14 h 52
- Hastings · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 1 ch — 14 h 35
- Stamford · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 1 ch — 14 h 46
- Bournemouth · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 1 ch 12–22° 60 mm 14 h 35 Bournenmouth Air Festival
Journeys from London'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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