Sheffield · May
Where to go from Sheffield in May
164 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what May is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on. 3 of them are at least 4° warmer than Sheffield.
Good for May
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Lincoln 1h 55 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Lincoln Festival of History.
- Bristol 3h 09 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Lyon 7h 24 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Preston 2h 02 United Kingdom Lancashire Fringe Festival.
- Durham 2h 08 United Kingdom Durham Pride.
- Stamford 2h 08 United Kingdom Burghley Game & Country Fair.
On in May
- Lincoln Festival of History in Lincoln 1h 55
- Lancashire Fringe Festival in Preston 2h 02
- Durham Pride in Durham 2h 08
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 2h 08
- International Jazz Festival in Cheltenham 2h 16
- Wychwood Festival of Music in Cheltenham 2h 16
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 2h 33
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 2h 41
- Rowing in Cambridge 2h 41
- Loopfest in Shrewsbury 2h 48
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 3h 09
- Upfest in Bristol 3h 09
- May Fair in Ludlow 3h 19
- Spring Festival in Ludlow 3h 19
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 3h 34
- Edinburgh Marathon in Edinburgh 3h 35
- Imaginate Festival in Edinburgh 3h 35
- Norfolk and Norwich Festival in Norwich 3h 46
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 3h 50
- The Great Escape in Brighton 3h 50
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 4h 06
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 4h 19
- Swansea Bay Summer Festival in Swansea 4h 35
- Swansea Pride in Swansea 4h 35
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Sheffield, May has 15 h 52 of daylight and averages 8–16°.
- Doncaster · United Kingdom 39 min — 15 h 53
- Wakefield · United Kingdom 49 min — 15 h 55
- Derby · United Kingdom 52 min — 15 h 48
- Stockport · United Kingdom 55 min — 15 h 52
- York · United Kingdom 1h 05 · 1 ch 7–16° 44 mm 15 h 57
- Leeds · United Kingdom 1h 07 6–15° 54 mm 15 h 56
- Manchester · United Kingdom 1h 07 8–16° 59 mm 15 h 53
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 1h 09 7–17° 46 mm 15 h 48
- Salford · United Kingdom 1h 18 · 1 ch — 15 h 53
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 1h 30 7–16° 61 mm 15 h 44
- Leicester · United Kingdom 1h 30 6–16° 51 mm 15 h 45
- Warrington · United Kingdom 1h 32 — 15 h 52
- Altrincham · United Kingdom 1h 35 · 1 ch — 15 h 52
- Huddersfield · United Kingdom 1h 39 · 1 ch — 15 h 54
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 1h 48 · 1 ch — 15 h 45
- Bolton · United Kingdom 1h 51 · 1 ch — 15 h 54
- Lincoln · United Kingdom 1h 55 8–16° 47 mm 15 h 51 Lincoln Festival of History
- Cleethorpes · United Kingdom 1h 55 — 15 h 53
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 1h 58 · 1 ch — 15 h 39
- Kingston upon Hull · United Kingdom 1h 59 · 1 ch — 15 h 55
- Runcorn · United Kingdom 1h 59 · 2 ch — 15 h 51
- Liverpool · United Kingdom 2h 02 8–16° 52 mm 15 h 52
- Preston · United Kingdom 2h 02 · 1 ch — 15 h 55 Lancashire Fringe Festival
- Scarborough · United Kingdom 2h 02 · 2 ch — 16 h
- Coventry · United Kingdom 2h 03 · 1 ch 8–17° 53 mm 15 h 43
- Newcastle upon Tyne · United Kingdom 2h 03 · 1 ch — 16 h 07
- Wigan · United Kingdom 2h 06 · 1 ch — 15 h 53
- Durham · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 2 ch — 16 h 05 Durham Pride
- Stamford · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 2 ch — 15 h 45 Burghley Game & Country Fair
- Chester · United Kingdom 2h 09 · 2 ch — 15 h 50
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 2h 16 · 1 ch — 15 h 39 International Jazz Festival, Wychwood Festival of Music
- London · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 1 ch 9–18° 46 mm 15 h 36
- Sunderland · United Kingdom 2h 25 · 2 ch — 16 h 06
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 2h 28 · 1 ch — 15 h 39
- Middlesbrough · United Kingdom 2h 30 · 2 ch — 16 h 03
- Ely · United Kingdom 2h 33 · 2 ch — 15 h 43 Eel Day Festival
- Worcester · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 1 ch — 15 h 41
- Wrexham · United Kingdom 2h 38 · 3 ch — 15 h 49
- Northampton · United Kingdom 2h 40 · 1 ch — 15 h 42
- Oxford · United Kingdom 2h 40 — 15 h 38
Journeys from Sheffield'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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