Reading · April
Where to go from Reading in April
196 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what April is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for April
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- London 44 min United Kingdom Highs of 15°, and London Marathon.
- Brussels 2h 15 Belgium Highs of 15°, and Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival.
- Paris 3h 36 France Highs of 17°, and Paris Marathon.
- Winchester 1h 06 United Kingdom Winchester Chamber Music Festival.
- Leuven 3h Belgium Zythoos Bierfestival.
- York 3h 05 United Kingdom Highs of 13°, and York Chocolate Festival.
On in April
- London Marathon in London 44 min
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 1h 06
- Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival in Brussels 2h 15
- Zythoos Bierfestival in Leuven 3h
- York Chocolate Festival in York 3h 05
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège in Liège 3h 11
- Rotterdam Marathon in Rotterdam 3h 34
- Paris Marathon in Paris 3h 36
- Aintree in Liverpool 3h 37
- Lancashire Fringe Festival in Preston 3h 41
- Life I Live Festival in The Hague 4h 02
- Imagine Film Festival in Amsterdam 4h 22
- King's Day in Amsterdam 4h 22
- Koningsdag in Gouda 4h 28
- 61st Record Planet Mega Record & CD Fair in 's-Hertogenbosch 4h 52
- Mythos Festival in Rennes 5h 27
- Beltane Fire Festival in Edinburgh 5h 31
- King's Day in Arnhem 5h 41
- Avignon Fair in Avignon 6h 50
- BaselWorld in Basel 7h 10
- Whitby Goth Weekend in Whitby 7h 34
Most happen every year in April; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Reading, April has 13 h 50 of daylight.
- Oxford · United Kingdom 40 min — 13 h 52
- Swindon · United Kingdom 40 min — 13 h 51
- London · United Kingdom 44 min · 1 ch 6–15° 42 mm 13 h 51 London Marathon
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 53 min — 13 h 50
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 58 min · 1 ch — 13 h 50
- Guildford · United Kingdom 1h 05 · 2 ch — 13 h 50
- Winchester · United Kingdom 1h 06 · 1 ch — 13 h 49 Winchester Chamber Music Festival
- St Albans · United Kingdom 1h 16 · 2 ch — 13 h 52
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 1h 16 · 1 ch — 13 h 48
- Bath · United Kingdom 1h 20 — 13 h 50
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 1h 21 · 1 ch — 13 h 49
- Southampton · United Kingdom 1h 24 · 1 ch 6–15° 52 mm 13 h 48
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 1h 25 · 3 ch — 13 h 53
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 1h 29 · 2 ch 4–14° 42 mm 13 h 51
- Bristol · United Kingdom 1h 30 · 1 ch 6–14° 48 mm 13 h 50
- Coventry · United Kingdom 1h 30 5–14° 49 mm 13 h 54
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 1h 30 · 2 ch — 13 h 52
- Cardiff · United Kingdom 1h 38 — 13 h 51
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 1h 41 · 1 ch — 13 h 52
- Crawley · United Kingdom 1h 41 · 2 ch — 13 h 49
- Warminster · United Kingdom 1h 44 · 2 ch — 13 h 49
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 1h 45 · 2 ch — 13 h 53
- Colchester · United Kingdom 1h 48 · 2 ch 5–14° 44 mm 13 h 52
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 1h 51 · 3 ch — 13 h 51
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 1h 52 · 2 ch — 13 h 55
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 1h 53 5–13° 56 mm 13 h 54
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 1h 56 · 2 ch — 13 h 52
- Northampton · United Kingdom 1h 57 · 3 ch — 13 h 53
- Brighton · United Kingdom 1h 59 · 4 ch 5–14° 34 mm 13 h 48
- Worcester · United Kingdom 2h — 13 h 53
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 2h 01 · 2 ch — 13 h 49
- Portsmouth · United Kingdom 2h 02 · 2 ch 6–14° 50 mm 13 h 48
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 2h 04 · 1 ch — 13 h 52
- Ely · United Kingdom 2h 05 · 2 ch — 13 h 54
- Ipswich · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 2 ch — 13 h 53
- Stamford · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 3 ch — 13 h 55
- Bournemouth · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 1 ch 4–14° 58 mm 13 h 48
- Exeter · United Kingdom 2h 10 — 13 h 48
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 2 ch 3–12° 52 mm 13 h 55
- Stratford-upon-Avon · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 1 ch — 13 h 53
Journeys from Reading'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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