Wigan · May
Where to go from Wigan in May
166 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what May is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for May
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Sheffield 2h 11 United Kingdom Highs of 16°, and Sheffield Food Festival.
- Bristol 3h 33 United Kingdom Highs of 17°, and Great Bristol Run and 1 more on.
- Lyon 7h 24 France Highs of 22°, and Nuits sonores.
- Preston 36 min United Kingdom Lancashire Fringe Festival.
- Shrewsbury 1h 42 United Kingdom Loopfest.
- Ludlow 2h 10 United Kingdom May Fair and 1 more on.
On in May
- Lancashire Fringe Festival in Preston 36 min
- Loopfest in Shrewsbury 1h 42
- May Fair in Ludlow 2h 10
- Spring Festival in Ludlow 2h 10
- Sheffield Food Festival in Sheffield 2h 11
- International Jazz Festival in Cheltenham 2h 52
- Wychwood Festival of Music in Cheltenham 2h 52
- Durham Pride in Durham 3h 08
- Cambridge Beer Festival in Cambridge 3h 15
- Rowing in Cambridge 3h 15
- Brighton Festival in Brighton 3h 29
- The Great Escape in Brighton 3h 29
- Great Bristol Run in Bristol 3h 33
- Upfest in Bristol 3h 33
- Edinburgh Marathon in Edinburgh 3h 34
- Imaginate Festival in Edinburgh 3h 34
- Winchester Chamber Music Festival in Winchester 3h 34
- Eel Day Festival in Ely 3h 39
- Festival of Literature in Swindon 3h 39
- Burghley Game & Country Fair in Stamford 3h 57
- Lincoln Festival of History in Lincoln 4h
- Beer and Cider by the Sea in Eastbourne 4h 19
- Swansea Bay Summer Festival in Swansea 4h 35
- Swansea Pride in Swansea 4h 35
Most happen every year in May; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Wigan, May has 15 h 53 of daylight.
PlaceJourneyLow – highRainDaylightOn
- Warrington · United Kingdom 25 min — 15 h 52
- Bolton · United Kingdom 27 min — 15 h 54
- Preston · United Kingdom 36 min — 15 h 55 Lancashire Fringe Festival
- Manchester · United Kingdom 45 min 8–16° 59 mm 15 h 53
- Salford · United Kingdom 45 min — 15 h 53
- Blackpool · United Kingdom 1h — 15 h 56
- Chester · United Kingdom 1h 04 · 1 ch — 15 h 50
- Liverpool · United Kingdom 1h 06 8–16° 52 mm 15 h 52
- Accrington · United Kingdom 1h 13 · 1 ch — 15 h 55
- Stockport · United Kingdom 1h 13 · 2 ch — 15 h 52
- Burnley · United Kingdom 1h 24 · 1 ch — 15 h 56
- Runcorn · United Kingdom 1h 24 · 1 ch — 15 h 51
- Huddersfield · United Kingdom 1h 29 · 1 ch — 15 h 54
- Altrincham · United Kingdom 1h 35 · 2 ch — 15 h 52
- Wrexham · United Kingdom 1h 41 · 2 ch — 15 h 49
- Shrewsbury · United Kingdom 1h 42 · 1 ch — 15 h 46 Loopfest
- Leeds · United Kingdom 1h 50 · 1 ch 6–15° 54 mm 15 h 56
- Wakefield · United Kingdom 2h 03 · 1 ch — 15 h 55
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 2h 08 7–16° 61 mm 15 h 44
- Ludlow · United Kingdom 2h 10 · 1 ch — 15 h 43 May Fair, Spring Festival
- Sheffield · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 2 ch 8–16° 54 mm 15 h 52 Sheffield Food Festival
- London · United Kingdom 2h 16 9–18° 46 mm 15 h 36
- Annan · United Kingdom 2h 17 · 2 ch — 16 h 07
- York · United Kingdom 2h 18 · 1 ch 7–16° 44 mm 15 h 57
- Nelson · United Kingdom 2h 27 · 1 ch 7–14° 61 mm 15 h 56
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 29 · 1 ch — 15 h 40
- Derby · United Kingdom 2h 33 · 2 ch — 15 h 48
- Llandudno · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 2 ch — 15 h 51
- Doncaster · United Kingdom 2h 38 · 2 ch — 15 h 53
- Coventry · United Kingdom 2h 40 8–17° 53 mm 15 h 43
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 2h 52 · 1 ch — 15 h 39 International Jazz Festival, Wychwood Festival of Music
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 53 · 2 ch 6–16° 51 mm 15 h 45
- St Albans · United Kingdom 2h 56 · 2 ch — 15 h 38
- Northampton · United Kingdom 2h 58 · 2 ch — 15 h 42
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 3h · 2 ch — 15 h 39
- Reading · United Kingdom 3h 01 · 3 ch — 15 h 35
- Nottingham · United Kingdom 3h 02 · 2 ch 7–17° 46 mm 15 h 48
- Kingston upon Hull · United Kingdom 3h 02 · 2 ch — 15 h 55
- Worcester · United Kingdom 3h 04 · 2 ch — 15 h 41
- Durham · United Kingdom 3h 08 · 1 ch — 16 h 05 Durham Pride
Journeys from Wigan'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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