London · July
Where to go from London in July
196 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what July is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on. 2 of them are at least 4° warmer than London.
Good for July
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Birmingham 1h 29 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Birmingham Jazz Festival.
- Eastbourne 1h 49 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
- Nottingham 2h 13 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Nottingham Pride.
- York 2h 18 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Day of Dance and 1 more on.
- Lincoln 2h 37 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Lincoln 1940s Weekend.
- Southampton 1h 24 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Southampton Fringe Festival.
On in July
- Village Green in Southend-on-Sea 1h 05
- Winchester Hat Fair in Winchester 1h 06
- Rowing in Cambridge 1h 15
- Cambridge Folk Festival in Cambridge 1h 15
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 1h 15
- Southampton Fringe Festival in Southampton 1h 24
- Birmingham Jazz Festival in Birmingham 1h 29
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 1h 49
- Bristol Harbour Festival in Bristol 1h 58
- Bourne Free in Bournemouth 2h 08
- Nottingham Pride in Nottingham 2h 13
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 2h 13
- Tafwyl in Cardiff 2h 14
- The Welsh Proms in Cardiff 2h 14
- Day of Dance in York 2h 18
- York Early Music Festival in York 2h 18
- Tramlines Festival in Sheffield 2h 26
- Lincoln 1940s Weekend in Lincoln 2h 37
- Warminster Wobble in Warminster 2h 43
- Tewkesbury Medieval Festival in Tewkesbury 2h 54
- Gentse Feesten in Ghent 3h 02
- Ghent Festivities in Ghent 3h 02
- Durham Fringe Festival in Durham 3h 08
- Durham Miners' Gala in Durham 3h 08
Most happen every year in July; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In London, July has 16 h 12 of daylight and averages 14–24°.
- St Albans · United Kingdom 27 min — 16 h 14
- Reading · United Kingdom 43 min · 1 ch — 16 h 11
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 45 min — 16 h 15
- Crawley · United Kingdom 46 min · 1 ch — 16 h 08
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 46 min — 16 h 09
- Guildford · United Kingdom 52 min · 1 ch — 16 h 09
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 53 min — 16 h 17
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 53 min · 1 ch 12–23° 44 mm 16 h 14
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 55 min — 16 h 11
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 58 min — 16 h 23
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 1h 05 · 1 ch — 16 h 12 Village Green
- Coventry · United Kingdom 1h 06 13–22° 61 mm 16 h 21
- Winchester · United Kingdom 1h 06 · 1 ch — 16 h 07 Winchester Hat Fair
- Swindon · United Kingdom 1h 09 · 1 ch — 16 h 12
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 1h 15 — 16 h 19 Rowing, Cambridge Folk Festival +1
- Oxford · United Kingdom 1h 15 · 2 ch — 16 h 14
- Colchester · United Kingdom 1h 15 · 1 ch 13–23° 48 mm 16 h 15
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 1h 16 · 1 ch — 16 h 06
- Brighton · United Kingdom 1h 20 13–21° 50 mm 16 h 05
- Southampton · United Kingdom 1h 24 · 1 ch 14–23° 44 mm 16 h 06 Southampton Fringe Festival
- Northampton · United Kingdom 1h 27 — 16 h 19
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 1h 29 12–22° 66 mm 16 h 21 Birmingham Jazz Festival
- Arundel · United Kingdom 1h 35 · 1 ch — 16 h 05
- Ely · United Kingdom 1h 37 — 16 h 21
- Ipswich · United Kingdom 1h 38 · 1 ch — 16 h 17
- Canterbury · United Kingdom 1h 39 — 16 h 09
- Leicester · United Kingdom 1h 41 11–22° 46 mm 16 h 23
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 1h 47 — 16 h 07
- Eastbourne · United Kingdom 1h 49 15–21° 54 mm 16 h 04 Beachlife Festival
- Doncaster · United Kingdom 1h 50 — 16 h 33
- Bath · United Kingdom 1h 51 · 1 ch — 16 h 10
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 1h 54 — 16 h 07
- Derby · United Kingdom 1h 54 · 1 ch — 16 h 26
- Bristol · United Kingdom 1h 58 · 2 ch 13–22° 59 mm 16 h 11 Bristol Harbour Festival
- Portsmouth · United Kingdom 2h 02 14–22° 47 mm 16 h 05
- Runcorn · United Kingdom 2h 05 — 16 h 30
- Wakefield · United Kingdom 2h 07 — 16 h 34
- Hastings · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 1 ch — 16 h 05
- Stamford · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 1 ch — 16 h 23
- Bournemouth · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 1 ch 12–22° 50 mm 16 h 04 Bourne Free
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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