Southampton · March

Where to go from Southampton in March

160 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what March is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.

Good for March

Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.

On in March

  • Warminster Carnival in Warminster 1h 03
  • Guildford International Music Festival in Guildford 1h 34
  • Film Festival in Swindon 1h 40
  • BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival in London 1h 41
  • St Paul's Carnival in Bristol 1h 55
  • St David's Day Parade in Cardiff 2h 39
  • Cambridge Science Festival in Cambridge 2h 45
  • Caribbean Carnival in Leicester 3h 07
  • Derby Caribbean Carnival in Derby 3h 29
  • Old Town Carnival Week in Hastings 3h 34
  • York Literature Festival in York 4h 05
  • Carnival in Kraainem 5h 36
  • DOCVILLE International Documentary Film Festival in Leuven 5h 44
  • Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival in Berwick-upon-Tweed 5h 47
  • Aalst Carnival in Aalst 5h 52
  • Festival Anima in Ghent 6h 02
  • Festival Anima in Charleroi 6h 04
  • St Pirans Day Parade in Penzance 6h 14
  • Summer Carnival in Rotterdam 6h 34
  • Festival Anima in Liège 6h 36
  • Carnaval in Breda 7h 09
  • Mythos Festival in Rennes 7h 27
  • Carnival in Eindhoven 7h 49
  • Caen Student Carnival in Caen 7h 58

Most happen every year in March; each city's page has the dates when they're known.

Everywhere within eight hours

Nearest first. In Southampton, March has 11 h 49 of daylight and averages 4–12°.

Journeys from Southampton'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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