London · March

Where to go from London in March

196 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. 2 of them are at least 4° warmer than London.

Good for March

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

On in March

  • Guildford International Music Festival in Guildford 52 min
  • Film Festival in Swindon 1h 09
  • Cambridge Science Festival in Cambridge 1h 15
  • Caribbean Carnival in Leicester 1h 41
  • Derby Caribbean Carnival in Derby 1h 54
  • St Paul's Carnival in Bristol 1h 58
  • Old Town Carnival Week in Hastings 2h 08
  • St David's Day Parade in Cardiff 2h 14
  • York Literature Festival in York 2h 18
  • Warminster Carnival in Warminster 2h 43
  • Carnival in Kraainem 2h 44
  • Aalst Carnival in Aalst 2h 52
  • DOCVILLE International Documentary Film Festival in Leuven 3h
  • Festival Anima in Ghent 3h 02
  • Festival Anima in Liège 3h 11
  • Summer Carnival in Rotterdam 3h 34
  • Festival Anima in Charleroi 3h 52
  • Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival in Berwick-upon-Tweed 4h 08
  • Carnaval in Breda 4h 09
  • Carnival in Eindhoven 4h 49
  • Carnaval in Nijmegen 5h 26
  • Mythos Festival in Rennes 5h 27
  • Caen Student Carnival in Caen 5h 55
  • St Pirans Day Parade in Penzance 6h 14

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

Everywhere within eight hours

Nearest first. In London, March has 11 h 49 of daylight and averages 4–12°.

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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