Northampton · August
Where to go from Northampton in August
169 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.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Leicester 1h 54 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Chelmsford 2h 23 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Bristol 3h 09 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
- Eastbourne 3h 19 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
- Lincoln 3h 29 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Weekend at the Asylum.
- Portsmouth 3h 43 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Victorious Music Festival.
On in August
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 1h 54
- Mela in Reading 2h 13
- Reading Festival in Reading 2h 13
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 2h 16
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 2h 23
- CAMRA Real Ale Festival in Worcester 2h 31
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 2h 41
- Mela in Swindon 2h 42
- Shuffle in Swindon 2h 42
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 2h 42
- Bolton Food & Drink Festival in Bolton 2h 51
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 3h 09
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 3h 19
- Cardiff Big Weekend in Cardiff 3h 27
- Weekend at the Asylum in Lincoln 3h 29
- Victorious Music Festival in Portsmouth 3h 43
- Bournenmouth Air Festival in Bournemouth 4h 07
- Durham Fringe Festival in Durham 4h 08
- MELA in Newcastle upon Tyne 4h 10
- Boro Mela in Middlesbrough 4h 31
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 5h 07
- Tonfanau Road Races in Tywyn 5h 24
- Race The Train in Tywyn 5h 24
- Edinburgh Art Festival in Edinburgh 5h 29
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Northampton, August has 14 h 43 of daylight.
PlaceJourneyLow – highRainDaylightOn
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 36 min — 14 h 42
- Coventry · United Kingdom 46 min 12–22° 66 mm 14 h 44
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 1h 16 12–21° 68 mm 14 h 45
- London · United Kingdom 1h 22 14–23° 53 mm 14 h 39
- Leicester · United Kingdom 1h 54 · 2 ch 11–21° 59 mm 14 h 46 For the love of Jazz
- Derby · United Kingdom 1h 54 · 2 ch — 14 h 47
- St Albans · United Kingdom 1h 56 · 2 ch — 14 h 40
- Stockport · United Kingdom 1h 58 · 1 ch — 14 h 50
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 2h · 2 ch — 14 h 41
- Runcorn · United Kingdom 2h 05 · 2 ch — 14 h 50
- Manchester · United Kingdom 2h 07 · 1 ch 13–21° 73 mm 14 h 51
- Stratford-upon-Avon · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 2 ch — 14 h 43
- Oxford · United Kingdom 2h 12 · 3 ch — 14 h 40
- Reading · United Kingdom 2h 13 · 3 ch — 14 h 39 Mela, Reading Festival
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 2h 16 · 1 ch — 14 h 41 Cheltenham Cricket Festival
- Crawley · United Kingdom 2h 21 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 3 ch 12–23° 52 mm 14 h 40 Rize Festival
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 2h 24 · 2 ch 12–22° 55 mm 14 h 48
- Shrewsbury · United Kingdom 2h 24 · 1 ch — 14 h 46
- Liverpool · United Kingdom 2h 25 · 2 ch 14–20° 72 mm 14 h 50
- Guildford · United Kingdom 2h 26 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Warrington · United Kingdom 2h 27 · 2 ch — 14 h 50
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 2h 28 · 1 ch — 14 h 41
- Salford · United Kingdom 2h 31 · 3 ch — 14 h 51
- Worcester · United Kingdom 2h 31 · 3 ch — 14 h 43 CAMRA Real Ale Festival
- Chester · United Kingdom 2h 34 · 3 ch — 14 h 49
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 2h 34 · 2 ch — 14 h 38
- Altrincham · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 2 ch — 14 h 50
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 2 ch — 14 h 45
- Canterbury · United Kingdom 2h 36 · 2 ch — 14 h 38
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 2h 37 · 3 ch — 14 h 39
- Wigan · United Kingdom 2h 38 · 2 ch — 14 h 51
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 2h 38 · 3 ch — 14 h 39
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 2h 41 · 2 ch — 14 h 43 Cambridge Shakespeare Festival
- Swindon · United Kingdom 2h 42 · 3 ch — 14 h 39 Mela, Shuffle +1
- Sheffield · United Kingdom 2h 44 · 3 ch 13–21° 65 mm 14 h 50
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 2h 44 · 3 ch — 14 h 37
- Colchester · United Kingdom 2h 48 · 3 ch 13–23° 57 mm 14 h 41
- Brighton · United Kingdom 2h 50 · 2 ch 13–21° 55 mm 14 h 35
- Bolton · United Kingdom 2h 51 · 3 ch — 14 h 52 Bolton Food & Drink Festival
Journeys from Northampton'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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