Winchester · August
Where to go from Winchester in August
160 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.
- Portsmouth 1h 10 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Victorious Music Festival.
- Bournemouth 1h 15 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Bournenmouth Air Festival.
- Bristol 2h 04 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Bristol Balloon Fiesta.
- Chelmsford 2h 10 United Kingdom Highs of 23°, and Rize Festival.
- Eastbourne 2h 49 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Beachlife Festival.
- Leicester 3h 07 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and For the love of Jazz.
On in August
- Mela in Reading 47 min
- Reading Festival in Reading 47 min
- Victorious Music Festival in Portsmouth 1h 10
- Bournenmouth Air Festival in Bournemouth 1h 15
- Mela in Swindon 1h 25
- Shuffle in Swindon 1h 25
- Swindon and Wiltshire Pride in Swindon 1h 25
- Bristol Balloon Fiesta in Bristol 2h 04
- Rize Festival in Chelmsford 2h 10
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 2h 33
- Cardiff Big Weekend in Cardiff 2h 39
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 2h 45
- Beachlife Festival in Eastbourne 2h 49
- CAMRA Real Ale Festival in Worcester 3h 01
- For the love of Jazz in Leicester 3h 07
- Weekend at the Asylum in Lincoln 3h 59
- Bolton Food & Drink Festival in Bolton 4h 23
- MELA in Newcastle upon Tyne 5h 02
- Flower Carpet of Brussels in Brussels 5h 07
- Durham Fringe Festival in Durham 5h 08
- Tonfanau Road Races in Tywyn 5h 24
- Race The Train in Tywyn 5h 24
- Boro Mela in Middlesbrough 5h 30
- Alcatraz Metal Festival in Kortrijk 5h 47
Most happen every year in August; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Winchester, August has 14 h 36 of daylight.
PlaceJourneyLow – highRainDaylightOn
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 20 min — 14 h 36
- Southampton · United Kingdom 28 min 14–22° 59 mm 14 h 36
- Reading · United Kingdom 47 min — 14 h 39 Mela, Reading Festival
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 49 min — 14 h 38
- Guildford · United Kingdom 1h 05 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Portsmouth · United Kingdom 1h 10 14–22° 57 mm 14 h 35 Victorious Music Festival
- Bournemouth · United Kingdom 1h 15 12–22° 60 mm 14 h 35 Bournenmouth Air Festival
- Oxford · United Kingdom 1h 15 — 14 h 40
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 1h 17 · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- London · United Kingdom 1h 18 · 1 ch 14–23° 53 mm 14 h 39
- Swindon · United Kingdom 1h 25 · 1 ch — 14 h 39 Mela, Shuffle +1
- Windsor and Eton · United Kingdom 1h 38 · 2 ch — 14 h 39
- Warminster · United Kingdom 1h 45 · 1 ch — 14 h 37
- Bath · United Kingdom 1h 51 · 1 ch — 14 h 38
- St Albans · United Kingdom 1h 56 · 4 ch — 14 h 40
- Bristol · United Kingdom 2h 04 · 1 ch 13–21° 75 mm 14 h 39 Bristol Balloon Fiesta
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 2h 10 · 4 ch 12–23° 52 mm 14 h 40 Rize Festival
- Crawley · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 2h 16 · 2 ch — 14 h 42
- Arundel · United Kingdom 2h 16 · 2 ch — 14 h 35
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 2h 16 · 3 ch — 14 h 41
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 2h 18 · 1 ch — 14 h 41
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 2h 20 12–21° 68 mm 14 h 45
- Brighton · United Kingdom 2h 22 · 1 ch 13–21° 55 mm 14 h 35
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 2h 27 · 3 ch — 14 h 39
- Coventry · United Kingdom 2h 29 12–22° 66 mm 14 h 44
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 2h 33 · 1 ch — 14 h 41 Cheltenham Cricket Festival
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 3 ch — 14 h 45
- Colchester · United Kingdom 2h 39 · 4 ch 13–23° 57 mm 14 h 41
- Cardiff · United Kingdom 2h 39 · 1 ch — 14 h 39 Cardiff Big Weekend
- Stratford-upon-Avon · United Kingdom 2h 41 · 2 ch — 14 h 43
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 2h 45 · 3 ch — 14 h 43 Cambridge Shakespeare Festival
- Eastbourne · United Kingdom 2h 49 · 1 ch 15–21° 60 mm 14 h 35 Beachlife Festival
- Tewkesbury · United Kingdom 2h 54 · 2 ch — 14 h 42
- Northampton · United Kingdom 2h 58 · 2 ch — 14 h 43
- Derby · United Kingdom 2h 59 — 14 h 47
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 3h 01 · 2 ch — 14 h 37
- Worcester · United Kingdom 3h 01 · 1 ch — 14 h 43 CAMRA Real Ale Festival
- Ely · United Kingdom 3h 05 · 3 ch — 14 h 44
- Ipswich · United Kingdom 3h 07 · 3 ch — 14 h 42
Journeys from Winchester'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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