Swindon · February
Where to go from Swindon in February
169 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what February is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for February
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Bristol 1h United Kingdom Highs of 8°, and St Paul's Carnival.
- Warminster 1h 44 United Kingdom Warminster Carnival.
- Leicester 2h 38 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and Caribbean Carnival.
- Derby 2h 43 United Kingdom Derby Caribbean Carnival.
- Hastings 3h 08 United Kingdom Old Town Carnival Week.
- York 3h 18 United Kingdom Highs of 8°, and Jorvik Viking Festival.
On in February
- St Paul's Carnival in Bristol 1h
- Warminster Carnival in Warminster 1h 44
- Caribbean Carnival in Leicester 2h 38
- Derby Caribbean Carnival in Derby 2h 43
- Old Town Carnival Week in Hastings 3h 08
- Jorvik Viking Festival in York 3h 18
- Rhubarb in Wakefield 3h 36
- Carnival in Kraainem 5h 36
- Festival van Vlaanderen Kortrijk in Kortrijk 5h 47
- Aalst Carnival in Aalst 5h 52
- Festival Anima in Ghent 6h 02
- Festival Anima in Charleroi 6h 04
- Glasgow Film Festival in Glasgow 6h 04
- Travelling in Rennes 6h 27
- IFFR in Rotterdam 6h 34
- Summer Carnival in Rotterdam 6h 34
- World tennis Tournament in Rotterdam 6h 34
- Festival Anima in Liège 6h 36
- Caen Student Carnival in Caen 7h 03
- Carnaval in Breda 7h 09
- Carnival in Eindhoven 7h 49
Most happen every year in February; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Swindon, February has 9 h 59 of daylight.
- Oxford · United Kingdom 34 min — 9 h 58
- Reading · United Kingdom 41 min — 10 h
- Bath · United Kingdom 44 min — 10 h
- Bristol · United Kingdom 1h 2–8° 58 mm 10 h St Paul's Carnival
- Cardiff · United Kingdom 1h 10 — 10 h
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 1h 12 · 1 ch — 9 h 58
- London · United Kingdom 1h 14 · 1 ch 3–9° 45 mm 9 h 59
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 1h 17 — 9 h 58
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 1h 18 · 2 ch — 10 h
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 1h 20 · 1 ch — 10 h
- Winchester · United Kingdom 1h 28 · 1 ch — 10 h 01
- Coventry · United Kingdom 1h 30 · 1 ch 2–8° 47 mm 9 h 55
- Guildford · United Kingdom 1h 34 · 1 ch — 10 h 01
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 1h 37 · 1 ch — 10 h 02
- Warminster · United Kingdom 1h 44 · 1 ch — 10 h 01 Warminster Carnival
- Southampton · United Kingdom 1h 45 · 1 ch 3–9° 64 mm 10 h 02
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 1h 53 · 1 ch 2–8° 55 mm 9 h 55
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 1h 56 · 1 ch — 9 h 57
- St Albans · United Kingdom 1h 56 · 2 ch — 9 h 58
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 2h · 2 ch — 9 h 58
- Worcester · United Kingdom 2h · 1 ch — 9 h 56
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 09 · 3 ch — 9 h 57
- Northampton · United Kingdom 2h 09 · 2 ch — 9 h 56
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 2h 10 · 2 ch 1–8° 39 mm 9 h 58
- Crawley · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 2 ch — 10 h 01
- Stratford-upon-Avon · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 2 ch — 9 h 56
- Bournemouth · United Kingdom 2h 17 · 1 ch 2–9° 67 mm 10 h 03
- Colchester · United Kingdom 2h 18 · 2 ch 2–8° 44 mm 9 h 58
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 2 ch — 10 h 01
- Ludlow · United Kingdom 2h 26 · 1 ch — 9 h 55
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 2h 27 · 3 ch — 9 h 59
- Brighton · United Kingdom 2h 29 · 3 ch 3–9° 57 mm 10 h 02
- Swansea · United Kingdom 2h 31 4–8° 74 mm 9 h 59
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 2 ch — 9 h 54
- Canterbury · United Kingdom 2h 36 · 2 ch — 10 h
- Ipswich · United Kingdom 2h 37 · 2 ch — 9 h 57
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 38 · 2 ch 0–7° 49 mm 9 h 54 Caribbean Carnival
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 2h 41 · 2 ch — 9 h 56
- Derby · United Kingdom 2h 43 · 1 ch — 9 h 53 Derby Caribbean Carnival
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 2h 44 · 3 ch — 10 h 01
Journeys from Swindon'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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