Plymouth · October
Where to go from Plymouth in October
104 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what October is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for October
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Penzance 2h 14 United Kingdom Allantide.
- Sheffield 5h 21 United Kingdom Highs of 14°, and Sensoria Music & Film Festival and 4 more on.
- London 3h 35 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and BFI London Film Festival.
- Nottingham 5h 19 United Kingdom Highs of 14°, and Nottingham Goose Fair.
- Eastbourne 5h 19 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Beachy Head Marathon.
- Paris 6h 32 France Highs of 16°, and Festival de Films Gays, Lesbiens, Bi, Trans & +++ de Paris and 1 more on.
On in October
- Allantide in Penzance 2h 14
- Cheltenham Literature Festival in Cheltenham 3h 12
- BFI London Film Festival in London 3h 35
- Tewkesbury Mop Fair in Tewkesbury 3h 57
- Guildford Book Festival in Guildford 4h 11
- Dylan Thomas Festival in Swansea 4h 35
- Pier Fireworks in Southend-on-Sea 4h 37
- Cambridge Film Festival in Cambridge 4h 45
- Festival of Ideas in Cambridge 4h 45
- Arts by the Sea in Bournemouth 5h 07
- Speedway in Ipswich 5h 08
- Nottingham Goose Fair in Nottingham 5h 19
- Beachy Head Marathon in Eastbourne 5h 19
- Sensoria Music & Film Festival in Sheffield 5h 21
- Last Laugh Comedy Festival in Sheffield 5h 21
- Off The Shelf in Sheffield 5h 21
- Sheffield Design Week in Sheffield 5h 21
- Steel City Beer & Cider Festival in Sheffield 5h 21
- Norwich & Norfolk CAMRA Beer Festival in Norwich 5h 48
- World Fireworks Championships in Blackpool 6h 22
- Festival de Films Gays, Lesbiens, Bi, Trans & +++ de Paris in Paris 6h 32
- Salon d'Automne in Paris 6h 32
- Hull Fair in Kingston upon Hull 6h 45
- Berwick Literary Festival in Berwick-upon-Tweed 7h 47
Most happen every year in October; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Plymouth, October has 10 h 48 of daylight.
- Exeter · United Kingdom 1h 16 — 10 h 47
- Torquay · United Kingdom 1h 24 · 1 ch — 10 h 48
- Penzance · United Kingdom 2h 14 — 10 h 49 Allantide
- Bristol · United Kingdom 2h 26 8–15° 86 mm 10 h 45
- Bath · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 1 ch — 10 h 45
- Reading · United Kingdom 3h — 10 h 45
- Swindon · United Kingdom 3h 11 · 1 ch — 10 h 45
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 3h 12 — 10 h 44 Cheltenham Literature Festival
- Warminster · United Kingdom 3h 12 · 1 ch — 10 h 46
- Cardiff · United Kingdom 3h 21 · 1 ch — 10 h 45
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 3h 28 · 1 ch — 10 h 44
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 3h 34 · 1 ch — 10 h 46
- London · United Kingdom 3h 35 · 1 ch 9–16° 65 mm 10 h 45 BFI London Film Festival
- Oxford · United Kingdom 3h 40 · 1 ch — 10 h 44
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 3h 52 · 1 ch — 10 h 45
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 3h 57 7–14° 81 mm 10 h 42
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 3h 57 · 1 ch — 10 h 43 Tewkesbury Mop Fair
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 3h 58 · 2 ch — 10 h 45
- Worcester · United Kingdom 4h 02 · 1 ch — 10 h 43
- Southampton · United Kingdom 4h 04 · 1 ch 9–16° 93 mm 10 h 46
- Winchester · United Kingdom 4h 06 · 2 ch — 10 h 46
- Guildford · United Kingdom 4h 11 · 1 ch — 10 h 46 Guildford Book Festival
- St Albans · United Kingdom 4h 13 · 2 ch — 10 h 44
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 4h 15 · 2 ch — 10 h 46
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 4h 16 · 2 ch — 10 h 44
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 4h 20 · 3 ch — 10 h 43
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 4h 25 · 2 ch 7–15° 64 mm 10 h 44
- Coventry · United Kingdom 4h 25 · 1 ch 8–14° 69 mm 10 h 42
- Ludlow · United Kingdom 4h 26 · 2 ch — 10 h 42
- Swansea · United Kingdom 4h 35 · 1 ch 10–15° 113 mm 10 h 44 Dylan Thomas Festival
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 4h 35 · 4 ch — 10 h 42
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 4h 37 · 3 ch — 10 h 45 Pier Fireworks
- Crawley · United Kingdom 4h 41 · 2 ch — 10 h 46
- Derby · United Kingdom 4h 43 — 10 h 41
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 4h 45 · 2 ch — 10 h 43 Cambridge Film Festival, Festival of Ideas
- Portsmouth · United Kingdom 4h 46 · 1 ch 9–16° 86 mm 10 h 47
- Colchester · United Kingdom 4h 48 · 2 ch 8–15° 70 mm 10 h 44
- Shrewsbury · United Kingdom 4h 54 · 2 ch — 10 h 41
- Northampton · United Kingdom 4h 57 · 3 ch — 10 h 43
- Brighton · United Kingdom 5h · 2 ch 9–16° 77 mm 10 h 47
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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