Oxford · February
Where to go from Oxford in February
161 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what February is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for February
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Bristol 2h 04 United Kingdom Highs of 8°, and St Paul's Carnival.
- Derby 2h 43 United Kingdom Derby Caribbean Carnival.
- Warminster 2h 43 United Kingdom Warminster Carnival.
- Leicester 2h 53 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and Caribbean Carnival.
- Hastings 3h 24 United Kingdom Old Town Carnival Week.
- Wakefield 3h 36 United Kingdom Rhubarb.
On in February
- St Paul's Carnival in Bristol 2h 04
- Derby Caribbean Carnival in Derby 2h 43
- Warminster Carnival in Warminster 2h 43
- Caribbean Carnival in Leicester 2h 53
- Old Town Carnival Week in Hastings 3h 24
- Rhubarb in Wakefield 3h 36
- Jorvik Viking Festival in York 3h 52
- Carnival in Kraainem 5h 36
- Festival van Vlaanderen Kortrijk in Kortrijk 5h 47
- Aalst Carnival in Aalst 5h 52
- Festival Anima in Ghent 6h 02
- Festival Anima in Charleroi 6h 04
- IFFR in Rotterdam 6h 34
- Summer Carnival in Rotterdam 6h 34
- World tennis Tournament in Rotterdam 6h 34
- Festival Anima in Liège 6h 36
- Glasgow Film Festival in Glasgow 6h 41
- Carnaval in Breda 7h 09
- Travelling in Rennes 7h 27
- Carnival in Eindhoven 7h 49
- Caen Student Carnival in Caen 7h 58
Most happen every year in February; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Oxford, February has 9 h 58 of daylight.
- Reading · United Kingdom 50 min — 10 h
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 1h 20 · 1 ch — 10 h
- Swindon · United Kingdom 1h 25 · 1 ch — 9 h 59
- Winchester · United Kingdom 1h 28 — 10 h 01
- London · United Kingdom 1h 29 · 2 ch 3–9° 45 mm 9 h 59
- Coventry · United Kingdom 1h 30 2–8° 47 mm 9 h 55
- Guildford · United Kingdom 1h 34 · 1 ch — 10 h 01
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 1h 37 — 10 h 02
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 1h 38 · 2 ch — 10 h
- Southampton · United Kingdom 1h 45 3–9° 64 mm 10 h 02
- Bath · United Kingdom 1h 51 · 1 ch — 10 h
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 1h 53 2–8° 55 mm 9 h 55
- Worcester · United Kingdom 2h — 9 h 56
- Bristol · United Kingdom 2h 04 · 1 ch 2–8° 58 mm 10 h St Paul's Carnival
- Northampton · United Kingdom 2h 09 · 1 ch — 9 h 56
- Stratford-upon-Avon · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 1 ch — 9 h 56
- St Albans · United Kingdom 2h 13 · 3 ch — 9 h 58
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 2h 16 · 1 ch — 9 h 58
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 16 · 4 ch — 9 h 57
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 2h 16 · 3 ch — 9 h 58
- Bournemouth · United Kingdom 2h 17 2–9° 67 mm 10 h 03
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 2h 18 · 1 ch — 9 h 58
- Crawley · United Kingdom 2h 21 · 3 ch — 10 h 01
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 3 ch 1–8° 39 mm 9 h 58
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 1 ch — 10 h 01
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 3 ch — 9 h 54
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 2h 37 · 4 ch — 9 h 59
- Cardiff · United Kingdom 2h 39 · 1 ch — 10 h
- Derby · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 1 ch — 9 h 53 Derby Caribbean Carnival
- Warminster · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 1 ch — 10 h 01 Warminster Carnival
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 2h 45 · 3 ch — 9 h 56
- Portsmouth · United Kingdom 2h 46 · 1 ch 3–9° 58 mm 10 h 03
- Colchester · United Kingdom 2h 48 · 3 ch 2–8° 44 mm 9 h 58
- Brighton · United Kingdom 2h 50 · 3 ch 3–9° 57 mm 10 h 02
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 53 · 2 ch 0–7° 49 mm 9 h 54 Caribbean Carnival
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 2h 54 · 2 ch — 9 h 57
- Stockport · United Kingdom 2h 58 · 2 ch — 9 h 50
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 3h 01 · 2 ch — 10 h 01
- Ely · United Kingdom 3h 05 · 3 ch — 9 h 55
- Ipswich · United Kingdom 3h 07 · 3 ch — 9 h 57
Journeys from Oxford'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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