Reading · August
Where to go from Reading in August
196 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what August is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Chelmsford 1h 29 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Bristol 1h 30 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
- Portsmouth 2h 02 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Victorious Music Festival.
- Bournemouth 2h 08 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Bournenmouth Air Festival.
- Leicester 2h 11 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Brussels 2h 15 Belgium Highs of 23°, and Flower Carpet of Brussels.
On in August
- Mela in Swindon 40 min
- Shuffle in Swindon 40 min
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 40 min
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 1h 29
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 1h 30
- Cardiff Big Weekend in Cardiff 1h 38
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 1h 41
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 1h 45
- CAMRA Real Ale Festival in Worcester 2h
- Victorious Music Festival in Portsmouth 2h 02
- Bournenmouth Air Festival in Bournemouth 2h 08
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 2h 11
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 2h 15
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 2h 49
- Maanrock in Mechelen 2h 52
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 3h 46
- Delft Jazz in Delft 3h 49
- Westerpop in Delft 3h 49
- Bolton Food & Drink Festival in Bolton 3h 51
- Weekend at the Asylum in Lincoln 3h 59
- MELA in Newcastle upon Tyne 4h 02
- Durham Fringe Festival in Durham 4h 08
- Cultura Nova in Heerlen 4h 10
- Pride Amsterdam in Amsterdam 4h 22
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Reading, August has 14 h 39 of daylight.
PlaceJourneyLow – highRainDaylightOn
- Oxford · United Kingdom 40 min — 14 h 40
- Swindon · United Kingdom 40 min — 14 h 39 Mela, Shuffle +1
- London · United Kingdom 44 min · 1 ch 14–23° 53 mm 14 h 39
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 53 min — 14 h 38
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 58 min · 1 ch — 14 h 39
- Guildford · United Kingdom 1h 05 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Winchester · United Kingdom 1h 06 · 1 ch — 14 h 36
- St Albans · United Kingdom 1h 16 · 2 ch — 14 h 40
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 1h 16 · 1 ch — 14 h 36
- Bath · United Kingdom 1h 20 — 14 h 38
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 1h 21 · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- Southampton · United Kingdom 1h 24 · 1 ch 14–22° 59 mm 14 h 36
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 1h 25 · 3 ch — 14 h 42
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 1h 29 · 2 ch 12–23° 52 mm 14 h 40 Rize Festival
- Bristol · United Kingdom 1h 30 · 1 ch 13–21° 75 mm 14 h 39 Bristol Balloon Fiesta
- Coventry · United Kingdom 1h 30 12–22° 66 mm 14 h 44
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 1h 30 · 2 ch — 14 h 41
- Cardiff · United Kingdom 1h 38 — 14 h 39 Cardiff Big Weekend
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 1h 41 · 1 ch — 14 h 41 Cheltenham Cricket Festival
- Crawley · United Kingdom 1h 41 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Warminster · United Kingdom 1h 44 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 1h 45 · 2 ch — 14 h 43 Cambridge Shakespeare Festival
- Colchester · United Kingdom 1h 48 · 2 ch 13–23° 57 mm 14 h 41
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 1h 51 · 3 ch — 14 h 39
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 1h 52 · 2 ch — 14 h 45
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 1h 53 12–21° 68 mm 14 h 45
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 1h 56 · 2 ch — 14 h 42
- Northampton · United Kingdom 1h 57 · 3 ch — 14 h 43
- Brighton · United Kingdom 1h 59 · 4 ch 13–21° 55 mm 14 h 35
- Worcester · United Kingdom 2h — 14 h 43 CAMRA Real Ale Festival
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 2h 01 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Portsmouth · United Kingdom 2h 02 · 2 ch 14–22° 57 mm 14 h 35 Victorious Music Festival
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 2h 04 · 1 ch — 14 h 41
- Ely · United Kingdom 2h 05 · 2 ch — 14 h 44
- Ipswich · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 2 ch — 14 h 42
- Stamford · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 3 ch — 14 h 46
- Bournemouth · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 1 ch 12–22° 60 mm 14 h 35 Bournenmouth Air Festival
- Exeter · United Kingdom 2h 10 — 14 h 35
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 2 ch 11–21° 59 mm 14 h 46 For the love of Jazz
- Stratford-upon-Avon · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 1 ch — 14 h 43
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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