Reading · July
Where to go from Reading in July
196 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what July is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for July
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Birmingham 1h 53 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Birmingham Jazz Festival.
- London 44 min United Kingdom Highs of 24°, and Watch tennis at Wimbledon and 1 more on.
- Southampton 1h 24 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Southampton Fringe Festival.
- Bristol 1h 30 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Bristol Harbour Festival.
- Bournemouth 2h 08 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Bourne Free.
- Eastbourne 2h 49 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
On in July
- Watch tennis at Wimbledon in London 44 min
- London Trans+ Pride in London 44 min
- Winchester Hat Fair in Winchester 1h 06
- Southampton Fringe Festival in Southampton 1h 24
- Bristol Harbour Festival in Bristol 1h 30
- Tafwyl in Cardiff 1h 38
- The Welsh Proms in Cardiff 1h 38
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 1h 41
- Warminster Wobble in Warminster 1h 44
- Rowing in Cambridge 1h 45
- Cambridge Folk Festival in Cambridge 1h 45
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 1h 45
- Village Green in Southend-on-Sea 1h 51
- Birmingham Jazz Festival in Birmingham 1h 53
- Tewkesbury Medieval Festival in Tewkesbury 1h 56
- Bourne Free in Bournemouth 2h 08
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 2h 49
- Nottingham Pride in Nottingham 2h 54
- Gentse Feesten in Ghent 3h 02
- Ghent Festivities in Ghent 3h 02
- Day of Dance in York 3h 05
- York Early Music Festival in York 3h 05
- Tramlines Festival in Sheffield 3h 07
- TomorrowLand in Antwerp 3h 11
Most happen every year in July; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Reading, July has 16 h 11 of daylight.
- Oxford · United Kingdom 40 min — 16 h 14
- Swindon · United Kingdom 40 min — 16 h 12
- London · United Kingdom 44 min · 1 ch 14–24° 46 mm 16 h 12 Watch tennis at Wimbledon, London Trans+ Pride
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 53 min — 16 h 09
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 58 min · 1 ch — 16 h 11
- Guildford · United Kingdom 1h 05 · 2 ch — 16 h 09
- Winchester · United Kingdom 1h 06 · 1 ch — 16 h 07 Winchester Hat Fair
- St Albans · United Kingdom 1h 16 · 2 ch — 16 h 14
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 1h 16 · 1 ch — 16 h 06
- Bath · United Kingdom 1h 20 — 16 h 10
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 1h 21 · 1 ch — 16 h 07
- Southampton · United Kingdom 1h 24 · 1 ch 14–23° 44 mm 16 h 06 Southampton Fringe Festival
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 1h 25 · 3 ch — 16 h 17
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 1h 29 · 2 ch 12–23° 44 mm 16 h 14
- Bristol · United Kingdom 1h 30 · 1 ch 13–22° 59 mm 16 h 11 Bristol Harbour Festival
- Coventry · United Kingdom 1h 30 13–22° 61 mm 16 h 21
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 1h 30 · 2 ch — 16 h 15
- Cardiff · United Kingdom 1h 38 — 16 h 11 Tafwyl, The Welsh Proms
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 1h 41 · 1 ch — 16 h 15 Cheltenham Cricket Festival
- Crawley · United Kingdom 1h 41 · 2 ch — 16 h 08
- Warminster · United Kingdom 1h 44 · 2 ch — 16 h 09 Warminster Wobble
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 1h 45 · 2 ch — 16 h 19 Rowing, Cambridge Folk Festival +1
- Colchester · United Kingdom 1h 48 · 2 ch 13–23° 48 mm 16 h 15
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 1h 51 · 3 ch — 16 h 12 Village Green
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 1h 52 · 2 ch — 16 h 23
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 1h 53 12–22° 66 mm 16 h 21 Birmingham Jazz Festival
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 1h 56 · 2 ch — 16 h 16 Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
- Northampton · United Kingdom 1h 57 · 3 ch — 16 h 19
- Brighton · United Kingdom 1h 59 · 4 ch 13–21° 50 mm 16 h 05
- Worcester · United Kingdom 2h — 16 h 18
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 2h 01 · 2 ch — 16 h 07
- Portsmouth · United Kingdom 2h 02 · 2 ch 14–22° 47 mm 16 h 05
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 2h 04 · 1 ch — 16 h 15
- Ely · United Kingdom 2h 05 · 2 ch — 16 h 21
- Ipswich · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 2 ch — 16 h 17
- Stamford · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 3 ch — 16 h 23
- Bournemouth · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 1 ch 12–22° 50 mm 16 h 04 Bourne Free
- Exeter · United Kingdom 2h 10 — 16 h 04
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 2 ch 11–22° 46 mm 16 h 23
- Stratford-upon-Avon · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 1 ch — 16 h 18
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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