Salisbury · December
Where to go from Salisbury in December
160 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what December is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Cardiff 2h 54 United Kingdom Winter Wonderland.
- Cambridge 3h 11 United Kingdom Mill Road Winter Fair.
- Derby 3h 56 United Kingdom Derby's Ethical Christmas Market.
- York 4h 18 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and York Christmas Festival.
- Sheffield 4h 23 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Lille 4h 28 France Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
On in December
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 2h 54
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 3h 11
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 3h 56
- York Christmas Festival in York 4h 18
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 4h 23
- Christmas Market in Lille 4h 28
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 4h 37
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 4h 37
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 4h 37
- Christmas Market in Newcastle upon Tyne 5h 07
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 5h 44
- Montol Festival in Penzance 6h 14
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 6h 43
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 7h 22
- Skate parade in Utrecht 7h 48
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Salisbury, December has 7 h 56 of daylight.
- Warminster · United Kingdom 1h 03 — 7 h 55
- Southampton · United Kingdom 1h 05 4–9° 97 mm 7 h 58
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 1h 22 · 1 ch — 7 h 57
- Winchester · United Kingdom 1h 23 · 1 ch — 7 h 56
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 1h 34 · 1 ch — 7 h 54
- Guildford · United Kingdom 1h 34 · 1 ch — 7 h 55
- Bath · United Kingdom 1h 41 — 7 h 53
- Reading · United Kingdom 1h 45 · 1 ch — 7 h 53
- Portsmouth · United Kingdom 1h 46 3–9° 93 mm 7 h 59
- London · United Kingdom 1h 48 · 1 ch 3–9° 57 mm 7 h 52
- Bristol · United Kingdom 1h 55 3–8° 90 mm 7 h 53
- Bournemouth · United Kingdom 1h 59 · 1 ch 2–9° 104 mm 8 h
- Swindon · United Kingdom 2h 10 · 1 ch — 7 h 51
- Crawley · United Kingdom 2h 16 · 1 ch — 7 h 56
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 2h 25 · 1 ch — 7 h 52
- St Albans · United Kingdom 2h 26 · 4 ch — 7 h 49
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 2h 30 · 3 ch — 7 h 48
- Oxford · United Kingdom 2h 34 · 3 ch — 7 h 50
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 2h 40 · 1 ch — 7 h 48
- Arundel · United Kingdom 2h 46 · 2 ch — 7 h 58
- Brighton · United Kingdom 2h 50 · 2 ch 4–9° 75 mm 7 h 59
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 2h 52 · 2 ch — 7 h 48
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 52 · 2 ch — 7 h 47
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 2h 53 · 2 ch 2–8° 52 mm 7 h 50
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 2h 54 · 2 ch — 7 h 47
- Cardiff · United Kingdom 2h 54 — 7 h 52 Winter Wonderland
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 2h 58 · 3 ch — 7 h 41
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 3h 01 · 4 ch — 7 h 56
- Exeter · United Kingdom 3h 04 — 8 h
- Coventry · United Kingdom 3h 06 · 2 ch 2–8° 61 mm 7 h 43
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 3h 07 · 2 ch — 7 h 52
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 3h 11 · 3 ch — 7 h 45 Mill Road Winter Fair
- Colchester · United Kingdom 3h 15 · 2 ch 3–7° 57 mm 7 h 48
- Eastbourne · United Kingdom 3h 19 · 1 ch 4–9° 100 mm 7 h 59
- Worcester · United Kingdom 3h 20 · 2 ch — 7 h 45
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 3h 21 · 1 ch 2–7° 84 mm 7 h 42
- Canterbury · United Kingdom 3h 21 · 5 ch — 7 h 54
- Northampton · United Kingdom 3h 27 · 2 ch — 7 h 45
- Leicester · United Kingdom 3h 38 · 3 ch 1–8° 69 mm 7 h 40
- Ely · United Kingdom 3h 39 · 3 ch — 7 h 43
Journeys from Salisbury'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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