Wakefield · August
Where to go from Wakefield in August
164 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.
- Lincoln 1h 55 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Weekend at the Asylum.
- Leicester 2h 05 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
- Bristol 3h 33 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
- Chelmsford 3h 23 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Edinburgh 3h 35 United Kingdom Highs of 19°, and Edinburgh Art Festival and 4 more on.
- Eastbourne 4h 19 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
On in August
- Boro Mela in Middlesbrough 1h 41
- Bolton Food & Drink Festival in Bolton 1h 51
- Weekend at the Asylum in Lincoln 1h 55
- MELA in Newcastle upon Tyne 2h 03
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 2h 05
- Durham Fringe Festival in Durham 2h 08
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 2h 41
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 2h 52
- Mela in Reading 3h 13
- Reading Festival in Reading 3h 13
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 3h 23
- CAMRA Real Ale Festival in Worcester 3h 30
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 3h 33
- Edinburgh Art Festival in Edinburgh 3h 35
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Edinburgh 3h 35
- Edinburgh International Festival in Edinburgh 3h 35
- Edinburgh Mela in Edinburgh 3h 35
- Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Edinburgh 3h 35
- Mela in Swindon 3h 39
- Shuffle in Swindon 3h 39
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 3h 39
- Cardiff Big Weekend in Cardiff 4h 12
- Fringe by the Sea in North Berwick 4h 12
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 4h 19
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Wakefield, August has 14 h 52 of daylight.
- Leeds · United Kingdom 20 min 10–20° 65 mm 14 h 53
- Doncaster · United Kingdom 42 min — 14 h 51
- York · United Kingdom 42 min 12–21° 65 mm 14 h 54
- Huddersfield · United Kingdom 49 min · 1 ch — 14 h 52
- Sheffield · United Kingdom 53 min 13–21° 65 mm 14 h 50
- Manchester · United Kingdom 1h 20 · 1 ch 13–21° 73 mm 14 h 51
- Kingston upon Hull · United Kingdom 1h 27 · 1 ch — 14 h 53
- Derby · United Kingdom 1h 29 — 14 h 47
- Salford · United Kingdom 1h 33 · 2 ch — 14 h 51
- Middlesbrough · United Kingdom 1h 41 · 1 ch — 14 h 58 Boro Mela
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 1h 48 · 1 ch — 14 h 45
- Bolton · United Kingdom 1h 51 · 3 ch — 14 h 52 Bolton Food & Drink Festival
- Lincoln · United Kingdom 1h 55 · 2 ch 13–21° 58 mm 14 h 50 Weekend at the Asylum
- Stockport · United Kingdom 1h 55 · 1 ch — 14 h 50
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 1h 58 — 14 h 41
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 2h 12–22° 55 mm 14 h 48
- Liverpool · United Kingdom 2h 01 · 1 ch 14–20° 72 mm 14 h 50
- Scarborough · United Kingdom 2h 02 · 1 ch — 14 h 56
- Newcastle upon Tyne · United Kingdom 2h 03 · 1 ch — 15 h 01 MELA
- Burnley · United Kingdom 2h 04 · 1 ch — 14 h 53
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 05 · 1 ch 11–21° 59 mm 14 h 46 For the love of Jazz
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 2h 06 12–21° 68 mm 14 h 45
- Wigan · United Kingdom 2h 06 · 3 ch — 14 h 51
- Durham · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 1 ch — 15 h Durham Fringe Festival
- Stamford · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 2 ch — 14 h 46
- Accrington · United Kingdom 2h 13 · 1 ch — 14 h 53
- Warrington · United Kingdom 2h 18 · 1 ch — 14 h 50
- London · United Kingdom 2h 23 14–23° 53 mm 14 h 39
- Sunderland · United Kingdom 2h 25 · 2 ch — 15 h
- Preston · United Kingdom 2h 28 · 3 ch — 14 h 53
- Runcorn · United Kingdom 2h 28 · 1 ch — 14 h 50
- Coventry · United Kingdom 2h 33 · 1 ch 12–22° 66 mm 14 h 44
- Ely · United Kingdom 2h 33 · 2 ch — 14 h 44
- Altrincham · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 1 ch — 14 h 50
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 2h 41 · 1 ch — 14 h 43 Cambridge Shakespeare Festival
- Chester · United Kingdom 2h 51 · 1 ch — 14 h 49
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 2h 52 — 14 h 41 Cheltenham Cricket Festival
- Blackpool · United Kingdom 2h 53 · 3 ch — 14 h 53
- Cleethorpes · United Kingdom 2h 55 · 1 ch — 14 h 51
- St Albans · United Kingdom 2h 56 · 1 ch — 14 h 40
Journeys from Wakefield'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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