Plymouth · January
Where to go from Plymouth in January
104 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what January is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for January
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
On in January
Most happen every year in January; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Plymouth, January has 8 h 30 of daylight.
- Exeter · United Kingdom 1h 16 — 8 h 27
- Torquay · United Kingdom 1h 24 · 1 ch — 8 h 29
- Penzance · United Kingdom 2h 14 — 8 h 32
- Bristol · United Kingdom 2h 26 2–8° 83 mm 8 h 21 Slapstick Silent Film Festival
- Bath · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 1 ch — 8 h 21
- Reading · United Kingdom 3h — 8 h 21
- Swindon · United Kingdom 3h 11 · 1 ch — 8 h 20
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 3h 12 — 8 h 17
- Warminster · United Kingdom 3h 12 · 1 ch — 8 h 23
- Cardiff · United Kingdom 3h 21 · 1 ch — 8 h 20 Winter Wonderland
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 3h 28 · 1 ch — 8 h 17
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 3h 34 · 1 ch — 8 h 24
- London · United Kingdom 3h 35 · 1 ch 3–8° 59 mm 8 h 20
- Oxford · United Kingdom 3h 40 · 1 ch — 8 h 18
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 3h 52 · 1 ch — 8 h 22
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 3h 57 2–7° 72 mm 8 h 11
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 3h 57 · 1 ch — 8 h 16
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 3h 58 · 2 ch — 8 h 20
- Worcester · United Kingdom 4h 02 · 1 ch — 8 h 14
- Southampton · United Kingdom 4h 04 · 1 ch 3–9° 90 mm 8 h 25
- Winchester · United Kingdom 4h 06 · 2 ch — 8 h 24
- Guildford · United Kingdom 4h 11 · 1 ch — 8 h 23
- St Albans · United Kingdom 4h 13 · 2 ch — 8 h 18
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 4h 15 · 2 ch — 8 h 25
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 4h 16 · 2 ch — 8 h 17
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 4h 20 · 3 ch — 8 h 16
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 4h 25 · 2 ch 2–7° 53 mm 8 h 18
- Coventry · United Kingdom 4h 25 · 1 ch 2–7° 61 mm 8 h 12
- Ludlow · United Kingdom 4h 26 · 2 ch — 8 h 13
- Swansea · United Kingdom 4h 35 · 1 ch 4–8° 102 mm 8 h 19
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 4h 35 · 4 ch — 8 h 11
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 4h 37 · 3 ch — 8 h 20
- Crawley · United Kingdom 4h 41 · 2 ch — 8 h 24
- Derby · United Kingdom 4h 43 — 8 h 07
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 4h 45 · 2 ch — 8 h 14
- Portsmouth · United Kingdom 4h 46 · 1 ch 3–8° 84 mm 8 h 26
- Colchester · United Kingdom 4h 48 · 2 ch 2–7° 53 mm 8 h 17
- Shrewsbury · United Kingdom 4h 54 · 2 ch — 8 h 09
- Northampton · United Kingdom 4h 57 · 3 ch — 8 h 14
- Brighton · United Kingdom 5h · 2 ch 4–8° 74 mm 8 h 26
Journeys from Plymouth'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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