Oxford · May
Where to go from Oxford in May
161 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.
Good for May
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 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Brighton 2h 50 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Brighton Festival and 1 more on.
- Lyon 7h 24 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Winchester 1h 28 United Kingdom Winchester Chamber Music Festival.
- Swindon 1h 25 United Kingdom Festival of Literature.
- Cheltenham 2h 16 United Kingdom International Jazz Festival and 1 more on.
On in May
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 1h 25
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 1h 28
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 2h 04
- Upfest in Bristol 2h 04
- International Jazz Festival in Cheltenham 2h 16
- Wychwood Festival of Music in Cheltenham 2h 16
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 2h 45
- Rowing in Cambridge 2h 45
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 2h 50
- The Great Escape in Brighton 2h 50
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 3h 05
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 3h 08
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 3h 19
- Sheffield Food Festival in Sheffield 3h 20
- Loopfest in Shrewsbury 3h 21
- Swansea Bay Summer Festival in Swansea 3h 32
- Swansea Pride in Swansea 3h 32
- Norfolk and Norwich Festival in Norwich 3h 49
- Lancashire Fringe Festival in Preston 3h 53
- Lincoln Festival of History in Lincoln 3h 59
- May Fair in Ludlow 4h 15
- Spring Festival in Ludlow 4h 15
- Durham Pride in Durham 5h 08
- Edinburgh Marathon in Edinburgh 6h 14
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Oxford, May has 15 h 38 of daylight.
- Reading · United Kingdom 50 min — 15 h 35
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 1h 20 · 1 ch — 15 h 34
- Swindon · United Kingdom 1h 25 · 1 ch — 15 h 36 Festival of Literature
- Winchester · United Kingdom 1h 28 — 15 h 32 Winchester Chamber Music Festival
- London · United Kingdom 1h 29 · 2 ch 9–18° 46 mm 15 h 36
- Coventry · United Kingdom 1h 30 8–17° 53 mm 15 h 43
- Guildford · United Kingdom 1h 34 · 1 ch — 15 h 34
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 1h 37 — 15 h 31
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 1h 38 · 2 ch — 15 h 36
- Southampton · United Kingdom 1h 45 9–18° 47 mm 15 h 31
- Bath · United Kingdom 1h 51 · 1 ch — 15 h 35
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 1h 53 7–16° 61 mm 15 h 44
- Worcester · United Kingdom 2h — 15 h 41
- Bristol · United Kingdom 2h 04 · 1 ch 8–17° 58 mm 15 h 35 Great Bristol Run, Upfest
- Northampton · United Kingdom 2h 09 · 1 ch — 15 h 42
- Stratford-upon-Avon · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 1 ch — 15 h 41
- St Albans · United Kingdom 2h 13 · 3 ch — 15 h 38
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 2h 16 · 1 ch — 15 h 39 International Jazz Festival, Wychwood Festival of Music
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 16 · 4 ch — 15 h 40
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 2h 16 · 3 ch — 15 h 39
- Bournemouth · United Kingdom 2h 17 7–17° 49 mm 15 h 29
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 2h 18 · 1 ch — 15 h 39
- Crawley · United Kingdom 2h 21 · 3 ch — 15 h 33
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 3 ch 7–17° 49 mm 15 h 38
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 1 ch — 15 h 32
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 3 ch — 15 h 45
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 2h 37 · 4 ch — 15 h 36
- Cardiff · United Kingdom 2h 39 · 1 ch — 15 h 36
- Derby · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 1 ch — 15 h 48
- Warminster · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 1 ch — 15 h 33
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 2h 45 · 3 ch — 15 h 42 Cambridge Beer Festival, Rowing
- Portsmouth · United Kingdom 2h 46 · 1 ch 9–17° 43 mm 15 h 30
- Colchester · United Kingdom 2h 48 · 3 ch 8–18° 52 mm 15 h 39
- Brighton · United Kingdom 2h 50 · 3 ch 9–16° 45 mm 15 h 30 Brighton Festival, The Great Escape
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 53 · 2 ch 6–16° 51 mm 15 h 45
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 2h 54 · 2 ch — 15 h 40
- Stockport · United Kingdom 2h 58 · 2 ch — 15 h 52
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 3h 01 · 2 ch — 15 h 32
- Ely · United Kingdom 3h 05 · 3 ch — 15 h 43 Eel Day Festival
- Ipswich · United Kingdom 3h 07 · 3 ch — 15 h 40
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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