Shrewsbury · December
Where to go from Shrewsbury in December
117 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 1h 59 United Kingdom Winter Wonderland.
- Derby 2h 33 United Kingdom Derby's Ethical Christmas Market.
- Sheffield 3h 11 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- York 3h 59 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and York Christmas Festival.
- Cambridge 4h 04 United Kingdom Mill Road Winter Fair.
- Lincoln 4h 29 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and Cathedral Christmas Market and 2 more on.
On in December
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 1h 59
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 2h 33
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 3h 11
- York Christmas Festival in York 3h 59
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 4h 04
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 4h 29
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 4h 29
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 4h 29
- Christmas Market in Newcastle upon Tyne 5h 02
- Christmas Market in Lille 6h 28
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 7h 45
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Shrewsbury, December has 7 h 39 of daylight.
- Ludlow · United Kingdom 38 min — 7 h 43
- Wrexham · United Kingdom 1h 05 — 7 h 36
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 1h 22 · 1 ch 2–7° 84 mm 7 h 42
- Chester · United Kingdom 1h 27 — 7 h 34
- Runcorn · United Kingdom 1h 45 · 1 ch — 7 h 33
- Warrington · United Kingdom 1h 52 · 1 ch — 7 h 32
- Cardiff · United Kingdom 1h 59 — 7 h 52 Winter Wonderland
- Coventry · United Kingdom 2h 03 · 1 ch 2–8° 61 mm 7 h 43
- Stockport · United Kingdom 2h 03 — 7 h 32
- Worcester · United Kingdom 2h 04 · 2 ch — 7 h 45
- Liverpool · United Kingdom 2h 05 · 1 ch 3–8° 92 mm 7 h 32
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 15 · 2 ch 1–8° 69 mm 7 h 40
- Manchester · United Kingdom 2h 15 2–7° 84 mm 7 h 31
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 2h 16 · 1 ch — 7 h 48
- Wigan · United Kingdom 2h 27 · 2 ch — 7 h 30
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 2h 28 · 1 ch — 7 h 48
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 29 · 1 ch — 7 h 47
- Salford · United Kingdom 2h 31 · 2 ch — 7 h 31
- Stratford-upon-Avon · United Kingdom 2h 32 · 2 ch — 7 h 45
- Derby · United Kingdom 2h 33 · 1 ch — 7 h 37 Derby's Ethical Christmas Market
- Altrincham · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 1 ch — 7 h 32
- Llandudno · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 1 ch — 7 h 33
- Northampton · United Kingdom 2h 40 · 1 ch — 7 h 45
- Oxford · United Kingdom 2h 40 · 1 ch — 7 h 50
- Preston · United Kingdom 2h 41 · 2 ch — 7 h 28
- Bristol · United Kingdom 2h 47 · 1 ch 3–8° 90 mm 7 h 53
- Swindon · United Kingdom 2h 49 · 1 ch — 7 h 51
- Bolton · United Kingdom 2h 51 · 2 ch — 7 h 30
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 2h 54 · 3 ch 2–8° 58 mm 7 h 37
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 2h 54 · 2 ch — 7 h 47
- Stamford · United Kingdom 2h 58 · 2 ch — 7 h 40
- Huddersfield · United Kingdom 3h 01 · 2 ch — 7 h 29
- Swansea · United Kingdom 3h 04 · 1 ch 5–9° 114 mm 7 h 51
- London · United Kingdom 3h 05 · 1 ch 3–9° 57 mm 7 h 52
- Reading · United Kingdom 3h 07 · 1 ch — 7 h 53
- Sheffield · United Kingdom 3h 11 · 1 ch 3–7° 87 mm 7 h 32 Christmas Market
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 3h 12 · 2 ch — 7 h 41
- Bath · United Kingdom 3h 13 · 2 ch — 7 h 53
- Accrington · United Kingdom 3h 13 · 3 ch — 7 h 28
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll · United Kingdom 3h 18 · 1 ch — 7 h 34
Journeys from Shrewsbury'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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