Wakefield · January

Where to go from Wakefield in January

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

Good for January

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

On in January

  • Slapstick Silent Film Festival in Bristol 3h 33
  • Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 4h 12
  • International Film Festival Rotterdam in Rotterdam 6h 34
  • Six Days of Rotterdam in Rotterdam 6h 34
  • Leidsche blues- en jazzweek in Leiden 7h 17

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

Everywhere within eight hours

Nearest first. In Wakefield, January has 8 h of daylight.

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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