Manchester · May
Where to go from Manchester in May
158 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what May is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on. 1 of them are at least 4° warmer than Manchester.
Good for May
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Sheffield 1h 11 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Sheffield Food Festival.
- Lincoln 2h 37 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Lincoln Festival of History.
- Bristol 3h 33 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Preston 59 min United Kingdom Lancashire Fringe Festival.
- Shrewsbury 1h 42 United Kingdom Loopfest.
- Ludlow 2h 10 United Kingdom May Fair and 1 more on.
On in May
- Lancashire Fringe Festival in Preston 59 min
- Sheffield Food Festival in Sheffield 1h 11
- Loopfest in Shrewsbury 1h 42
- May Fair in Ludlow 2h 10
- Spring Festival in Ludlow 2h 10
- Lincoln Festival of History in Lincoln 2h 37
- International Jazz Festival in Cheltenham 2h 52
- Wychwood Festival of Music in Cheltenham 2h 52
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 2h 58
- Durham Pride in Durham 3h 08
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 3h 33
- Upfest in Bristol 3h 33
- Edinburgh Marathon in Edinburgh 3h 34
- Imaginate Festival in Edinburgh 3h 34
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 3h 39
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 3h 45
- Rowing in Cambridge 3h 45
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 3h 48
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 3h 52
- The Great Escape in Brighton 3h 52
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 4h 06
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 4h 19
- Swansea Bay Summer Festival in Swansea 4h 35
- Swansea Pride in Swansea 4h 35
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Manchester, May has 15 h 53 of daylight and averages 8–16°.
- Salford · United Kingdom 14 min — 15 h 53
- Stockport · United Kingdom 17 min — 15 h 52
- Bolton · United Kingdom 23 min — 15 h 54
- Warrington · United Kingdom 32 min — 15 h 52
- Altrincham · United Kingdom 36 min — 15 h 52
- Huddersfield · United Kingdom 47 min — 15 h 54
- Wigan · United Kingdom 48 min — 15 h 53
- Burnley · United Kingdom 52 min — 15 h 56
- Preston · United Kingdom 59 min — 15 h 55 Lancashire Fringe Festival
- Liverpool · United Kingdom 1h 01 8–16° 52 mm 15 h 52
- Runcorn · United Kingdom 1h 03 · 1 ch — 15 h 51
- Accrington · United Kingdom 1h 03 — 15 h 55
- Chester · United Kingdom 1h 04 — 15 h 50
- Sheffield · United Kingdom 1h 11 8–16° 54 mm 15 h 52 Sheffield Food Festival
- Leeds · United Kingdom 1h 12 6–15° 54 mm 15 h 56
- Blackpool · United Kingdom 1h 22 — 15 h 56
- Nelson · United Kingdom 1h 27 · 1 ch 7–14° 61 mm 15 h 56
- Wakefield · United Kingdom 1h 28 · 1 ch — 15 h 55
- York · United Kingdom 1h 38 7–16° 44 mm 15 h 57
- Doncaster · United Kingdom 1h 38 — 15 h 53
- Wrexham · United Kingdom 1h 41 · 1 ch — 15 h 49
- Shrewsbury · United Kingdom 1h 42 — 15 h 46 Loopfest
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 1h 55 — 15 h 40
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 1h 59 7–16° 61 mm 15 h 44
- Derby · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 1 ch — 15 h 48
- Ludlow · United Kingdom 2h 10 — 15 h 43 May Fair, Spring Festival
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 15 · 1 ch 6–16° 51 mm 15 h 45
- Coventry · United Kingdom 2h 25 8–17° 53 mm 15 h 43
- Kingston upon Hull · United Kingdom 2h 28 — 15 h 55
- Northampton · United Kingdom 2h 28 · 1 ch — 15 h 42
- London · United Kingdom 2h 29 9–18° 46 mm 15 h 36
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 2h 32 7–17° 46 mm 15 h 48
- Llandudno · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 1 ch — 15 h 51
- Lincoln · United Kingdom 2h 37 · 2 ch 8–16° 47 mm 15 h 51 Lincoln Festival of History
- Middlesbrough · United Kingdom 2h 38 — 16 h 03
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 2h 52 · 1 ch — 15 h 39 International Jazz Festival, Wychwood Festival of Music
- Cleethorpes · United Kingdom 2h 55 — 15 h 53
- St Albans · United Kingdom 2h 56 · 2 ch — 15 h 38
- Stamford · United Kingdom 2h 58 · 1 ch — 15 h 45 Burghley Game & Country Fair
- Scarborough · United Kingdom 3h 01 — 16 h
Journeys from Manchester'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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