St Albans · August
Where to go from St Albans in August
196 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what August is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for August
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Chelmsford 1h 23 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Leicester 1h 41 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Brussels 2h 15 Belgium Highs of 23°, and Flower Carpet of Brussels.
- Eastbourne 2h 19 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
- Bristol 2h 29 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
- Lincoln 2h 37 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Weekend at the Asylum.
On in August
- Mela in Reading 1h 13
- Reading Festival in Reading 1h 13
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 1h 23
- Mela in Swindon 1h 40
- Shuffle in Swindon 1h 40
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 1h 40
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 1h 41
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 1h 41
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 2h 15
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 2h 19
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 2h 29
- Weekend at the Asylum in Lincoln 2h 37
- Cardiff Big Weekend in Cardiff 2h 39
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 2h 40
- Victorious Music Festival in Portsmouth 2h 43
- Maanrock in Mechelen 2h 52
- CAMRA Real Ale Festival in Worcester 3h 01
- Bournenmouth Air Festival in Bournemouth 3h 08
- Durham Fringe Festival in Durham 3h 08
- MELA in Newcastle upon Tyne 3h 11
- Boro Mela in Middlesbrough 3h 30
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 3h 46
- Delft Jazz in Delft 3h 49
- Westerpop in Delft 3h 49
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In St Albans, August has 14 h 40 of daylight.
PlaceJourneyLow – highRainDaylightOn
- London · United Kingdom 26 min 14–23° 53 mm 14 h 39
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 1h · 1 ch — 14 h 41
- Reading · United Kingdom 1h 13 · 2 ch — 14 h 39 Mela, Reading Festival
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 1h 16 · 2 ch — 14 h 42
- Crawley · United Kingdom 1h 21 · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 1h 23 · 2 ch 12–23° 52 mm 14 h 40 Rize Festival
- Guildford · United Kingdom 1h 25 · 3 ch — 14 h 37
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 1h 34 · 4 ch — 14 h 38
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 1h 35 · 1 ch — 14 h 45
- Coventry · United Kingdom 1h 36 · 2 ch 12–22° 66 mm 14 h 44
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 1h 38 · 3 ch — 14 h 39
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 1h 38 · 2 ch — 14 h 39
- Canterbury · United Kingdom 1h 39 · 1 ch — 14 h 38
- Oxford · United Kingdom 1h 40 · 3 ch — 14 h 40
- Swindon · United Kingdom 1h 40 · 2 ch — 14 h 39 Mela, Shuffle +1
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 1h 41 · 1 ch — 14 h 43 Cambridge Shakespeare Festival
- Leicester · United Kingdom 1h 41 · 1 ch 11–21° 59 mm 14 h 46 For the love of Jazz
- Colchester · United Kingdom 1h 48 · 2 ch 13–23° 57 mm 14 h 41
- Brighton · United Kingdom 1h 50 · 1 ch 13–21° 55 mm 14 h 35
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 1h 54 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Northampton · United Kingdom 1h 57 · 2 ch — 14 h 43
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 1h 58 · 2 ch 12–21° 68 mm 14 h 45
- Ely · United Kingdom 2h 05 · 1 ch — 14 h 44
- Winchester · United Kingdom 2h 06 · 2 ch — 14 h 36
- Ipswich · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 2 ch — 14 h 42
- Hastings · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 2 ch — 14 h 35
- Stamford · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 2 ch — 14 h 46
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 2h 13 · 1 ch 12–22° 55 mm 14 h 48
- Derby · United Kingdom 2h 13 · 1 ch — 14 h 47
- Brussels · Belgium 2h 15 · 1 ch 14–23° 86 mm 14 h 35 Flower Carpet of Brussels
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 2h 15 · 2 ch — 14 h 36
- Doncaster · United Kingdom 2h 18 · 1 ch — 14 h 51
- York · United Kingdom 2h 18 · 1 ch 12–21° 65 mm 14 h 54
- Eastbourne · United Kingdom 2h 19 · 1 ch 15–21° 60 mm 14 h 35 Beachlife Festival
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 3 ch — 14 h 37
- Bath · United Kingdom 2h 24 · 2 ch — 14 h 38
- Southampton · United Kingdom 2h 24 · 2 ch 14–22° 59 mm 14 h 36
- Lille · France 2h 26 · 1 ch 14–24° 71 mm 14 h 34
- Bristol · United Kingdom 2h 29 · 3 ch 13–21° 75 mm 14 h 39 Bristol Balloon Fiesta
- Arundel · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 1 ch — 14 h 35
Journeys from St Albans'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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