London · October
Where to go from London in October
196 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what October 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 October
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Eastbourne 1h 49 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Beachy Head Marathon.
- Nottingham 2h 13 United Kingdom Highs of 14°, and Nottingham Goose Fair.
- Sheffield 2h 26 United Kingdom Highs of 14°, and Sensoria Music & Film Festival and 4 more on.
- Bordeaux 7h 10 France Highs of 20°, and Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival.
- Marseille 7h 12 France Highs of 21°, and La Fiesta Des Suds.
- Cambridge 1h 15 United Kingdom Cambridge Film Festival and 1 more on.
On in October
- Guildford Book Festival in Guildford 52 min
- Pier Fireworks in Southend-on-Sea 1h 05
- Cambridge Film Festival in Cambridge 1h 15
- Festival of Ideas in Cambridge 1h 15
- Speedway in Ipswich 1h 38
- Beachy Head Marathon in Eastbourne 1h 49
- Arts by the Sea in Bournemouth 2h 08
- Nottingham Goose Fair in Nottingham 2h 13
- Cheltenham Literature Festival in Cheltenham 2h 13
- Norwich & Norfolk CAMRA Beer Festival in Norwich 2h 20
- Sensoria Music & Film Festival in Sheffield 2h 26
- Last Laugh Comedy Festival in Sheffield 2h 26
- Off The Shelf in Sheffield 2h 26
- Sheffield Design Week in Sheffield 2h 26
- Steel City Beer & Cider Festival in Sheffield 2h 26
- Tewkesbury Mop Fair in Tewkesbury 2h 54
- Film Fest Gent in Ghent 3h 02
- Hull Fair in Kingston upon Hull 3h 14
- World Fireworks Championships in Blackpool 3h 21
- Dylan Thomas Festival in Swansea 3h 32
- Festival de Films Gays, Lesbiens, Bi, Trans & +++ de Paris in Paris 3h 36
- Salon d'Automne in Paris 3h 36
- Jenever Festival in Hasselt 3h 54
- Berwick Literary Festival in Berwick-upon-Tweed 4h 08
Most happen every year in October; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In London, October has 10 h 45 of daylight and averages 9–16°.
- St Albans · United Kingdom 27 min — 10 h 44
- Reading · United Kingdom 43 min · 1 ch — 10 h 45
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 45 min — 10 h 44
- Crawley · United Kingdom 46 min · 1 ch — 10 h 46
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 46 min — 10 h 45
- Guildford · United Kingdom 52 min · 1 ch — 10 h 46 Guildford Book Festival
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 53 min — 10 h 43
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 53 min · 1 ch 7–15° 64 mm 10 h 44
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 55 min — 10 h 45
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 58 min — 10 h 42
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 1h 05 · 1 ch — 10 h 45 Pier Fireworks
- Coventry · United Kingdom 1h 06 8–14° 69 mm 10 h 42
- Winchester · United Kingdom 1h 06 · 1 ch — 10 h 46
- Swindon · United Kingdom 1h 09 · 1 ch — 10 h 45
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 1h 15 — 10 h 43 Cambridge Film Festival, Festival of Ideas
- Oxford · United Kingdom 1h 15 · 2 ch — 10 h 44
- Colchester · United Kingdom 1h 15 · 1 ch 8–15° 70 mm 10 h 44
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 1h 16 · 1 ch — 10 h 46
- Brighton · United Kingdom 1h 20 9–16° 77 mm 10 h 47
- Southampton · United Kingdom 1h 24 · 1 ch 9–16° 93 mm 10 h 46
- Northampton · United Kingdom 1h 27 — 10 h 43
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 1h 29 7–14° 81 mm 10 h 42
- Arundel · United Kingdom 1h 35 · 1 ch — 10 h 47
- Ely · United Kingdom 1h 37 — 10 h 42
- Ipswich · United Kingdom 1h 38 · 1 ch — 10 h 43 Speedway
- Canterbury · United Kingdom 1h 39 — 10 h 45
- Leicester · United Kingdom 1h 41 6–14° 61 mm 10 h 41
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 1h 47 — 10 h 46
- Eastbourne · United Kingdom 1h 49 10–16° 93 mm 10 h 47 Beachy Head Marathon
- Doncaster · United Kingdom 1h 50 — 10 h 39
- Bath · United Kingdom 1h 51 · 1 ch — 10 h 45
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 1h 54 — 10 h 46
- Derby · United Kingdom 1h 54 · 1 ch — 10 h 41
- Bristol · United Kingdom 1h 58 · 2 ch 8–15° 86 mm 10 h 45
- Portsmouth · United Kingdom 2h 02 9–16° 86 mm 10 h 47
- Runcorn · United Kingdom 2h 05 — 10 h 39
- Wakefield · United Kingdom 2h 07 — 10 h 38
- Hastings · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 1 ch — 10 h 47
- Stamford · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 1 ch — 10 h 41
- Bournemouth · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 1 ch 7–16° 101 mm 10 h 47 Arts by the Sea
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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