Southend-on-Sea · December
Where to go from Southend-on-Sea in December
169 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.
- Cambridge 2h 15 United Kingdom Mill Road Winter Fair.
- Derby 3h 10 United Kingdom Derby's Ethical Christmas Market.
- York 3h 18 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and York Christmas Festival.
- Cardiff 3h 42 United Kingdom Winter Wonderland.
- Sheffield 3h 43 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Lincoln 3h 59 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and Cathedral Christmas Market and 2 more on.
On in December
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 2h 15
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 3h 10
- York Christmas Festival in York 3h 18
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 3h 42
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 3h 43
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 3h 59
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 3h 59
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 3h 59
- Christmas Market in Newcastle upon Tyne 4h 10
- Christmas Market in Lille 4h 28
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 5h 44
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 6h 40
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 6h 43
- Montol Festival in Penzance 7h 05
- 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 Southend-on-Sea, December has 7 h 52 of daylight.
- London · United Kingdom 1h 08 · 1 ch 3–9° 57 mm 7 h 52
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 1h 11 · 1 ch 2–8° 52 mm 7 h 50
- Colchester · United Kingdom 1h 41 · 1 ch 3–7° 57 mm 7 h 48
- St Albans · United Kingdom 1h 43 · 3 ch — 7 h 49
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 1h 45 · 3 ch — 7 h 48
- Crawley · United Kingdom 1h 51 · 2 ch — 7 h 56
- Reading · United Kingdom 1h 55 · 3 ch — 7 h 53
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 2h 01 · 1 ch — 7 h 56
- Guildford · United Kingdom 2h 04 · 2 ch — 7 h 55
- Ipswich · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 2 ch — 7 h 46
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 09 · 3 ch — 7 h 47
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 2h 15 · 3 ch — 7 h 45 Mill Road Winter Fair
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 2h 16 · 2 ch — 7 h 54
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 2h 18 · 3 ch — 7 h 52
- Brighton · United Kingdom 2h 20 · 2 ch 4–9° 75 mm 7 h 59
- Swindon · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 3 ch — 7 h 51
- Canterbury · United Kingdom 2h 24 · 2 ch — 7 h 54
- Northampton · United Kingdom 2h 28 · 3 ch — 7 h 45
- Winchester · United Kingdom 2h 28 · 3 ch — 7 h 56
- Coventry · United Kingdom 2h 34 · 3 ch 2–8° 61 mm 7 h 43
- Oxford · United Kingdom 2h 34 · 4 ch — 7 h 50
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 2 ch — 7 h 41
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 2h 36 · 3 ch — 7 h 57
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 38 · 2 ch 1–8° 69 mm 7 h 40
- Ely · United Kingdom 2h 40 · 3 ch — 7 h 43
- Southampton · United Kingdom 2h 44 · 3 ch 4–9° 97 mm 7 h 58
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 2h 46 · 2 ch — 7 h 56
- Bath · United Kingdom 2h 47 · 3 ch — 7 h 53
- Norwich · United Kingdom 2h 49 · 2 ch — 7 h 40
- Eastbourne · United Kingdom 2h 49 · 3 ch 4–9° 100 mm 7 h 59
- Hastings · United Kingdom 2h 51 · 2 ch — 7 h 58
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 2h 57 · 3 ch 2–7° 84 mm 7 h 42
- Portsmouth · United Kingdom 2h 57 · 2 ch 3–9° 93 mm 7 h 59
- Bristol · United Kingdom 3h 01 · 3 ch 3–8° 90 mm 7 h 53
- Arundel · United Kingdom 3h 04 · 2 ch — 7 h 58
- Stamford · United Kingdom 3h 08 · 3 ch — 7 h 40
- Derby · United Kingdom 3h 10 · 2 ch — 7 h 37 Derby's Ethical Christmas Market
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 3h 11 · 2 ch 2–8° 58 mm 7 h 37
- Warminster · United Kingdom 3h 12 · 4 ch — 7 h 55
- Warrington · United Kingdom 3h 16 · 3 ch — 7 h 32
Journeys from Southend-on-Sea'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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