Windsor and Eton · December
Where to go from Windsor and Eton in December
196 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what December is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Cambridge 2h 09 United Kingdom Mill Road Winter Fair.
- Cardiff 2h 14 United Kingdom Winter Wonderland.
- Lille 2h 26 France Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Derby 2h 32 United Kingdom Derby's Ethical Christmas Market.
- Leuven 3h Belgium International Short Film Festival Leuven.
- York 3h 05 United Kingdom Highs of 7°, and York Christmas Festival.
On in December
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 2h 09
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 2h 14
- Christmas Market in Lille 2h 26
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 2h 32
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 3h
- York Christmas Festival in York 3h 05
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 3h 07
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 3h 43
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 3h 59
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 3h 59
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 3h 59
- Christmas Market in Newcastle upon Tyne 4h 02
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 4h 22
- Skate parade in Utrecht 4h 48
- Montol Festival in Penzance 5h 09
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 5h 42
- Art | Basel in Basel 7h 10
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 7h 10
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Windsor and Eton, December has 7 h 52 of daylight.
- Reading · United Kingdom 28 min — 7 h 53
- London · United Kingdom 44 min 3–9° 57 mm 7 h 52
- Swindon · United Kingdom 1h 09 · 1 ch — 7 h 51
- Oxford · United Kingdom 1h 15 · 1 ch — 7 h 50
- St Albans · United Kingdom 1h 16 · 1 ch — 7 h 49
- Farnborough · United Kingdom 1h 20 · 1 ch — 7 h 54
- Milton Keynes · United Kingdom 1h 25 · 2 ch — 7 h 47
- Winchester · United Kingdom 1h 28 · 1 ch — 7 h 56
- Chelmsford · United Kingdom 1h 29 · 1 ch 2–8° 52 mm 7 h 50
- Stevenage · United Kingdom 1h 30 · 1 ch — 7 h 48
- Guildford · United Kingdom 1h 34 · 1 ch — 7 h 55
- Eastleigh · United Kingdom 1h 37 · 1 ch — 7 h 57
- Crawley · United Kingdom 1h 41 · 1 ch — 7 h 56
- Southampton · United Kingdom 1h 45 · 1 ch 4–9° 97 mm 7 h 58
- Colchester · United Kingdom 1h 48 · 1 ch 3–7° 57 mm 7 h 48
- Bath · United Kingdom 1h 51 · 1 ch — 7 h 53
- Southend-on-Sea · United Kingdom 1h 51 · 2 ch — 7 h 52
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 1h 52 · 2 ch — 7 h 41
- Northampton · United Kingdom 1h 57 · 2 ch — 7 h 45
- Bristol · United Kingdom 1h 58 · 2 ch 3–8° 90 mm 7 h 53
- Brighton · United Kingdom 1h 59 · 3 ch 4–9° 75 mm 7 h 59
- Folkestone · United Kingdom 2h 01 · 2 ch — 7 h 56
- Coventry · United Kingdom 2h 06 · 2 ch 2–8° 61 mm 7 h 43
- Ipswich · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 1 ch — 7 h 46
- Stamford · United Kingdom 2h 08 · 3 ch — 7 h 40
- Cambridge · United Kingdom 2h 09 · 1 ch — 7 h 45 Mill Road Winter Fair
- Exeter · United Kingdom 2h 10 · 1 ch — 8 h
- Leicester · United Kingdom 2h 11 · 2 ch 1–8° 69 mm 7 h 40
- Cheltenham · United Kingdom 2h 13 · 2 ch — 7 h 48
- Cardiff · United Kingdom 2h 14 · 1 ch — 7 h 52 Winter Wonderland
- Brussels · Belgium 2h 15 · 2 ch 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Bournemouth · United Kingdom 2h 17 · 1 ch 2–9° 104 mm 8 h
- Gloucester · United Kingdom 2h 18 · 1 ch — 7 h 48
- Birmingham · United Kingdom 2h 20 · 1 ch 2–7° 84 mm 7 h 42
- Salisbury · United Kingdom 2h 23 · 2 ch — 7 h 56
- Canterbury · United Kingdom 2h 24 · 3 ch — 7 h 54
- Lille · France 2h 26 · 2 ch 2–7° 73 mm 8 h 01 Christmas Market
- Derby · United Kingdom 2h 32 · 2 ch — 7 h 37 Derby's Ethical Christmas Market
- Ely · United Kingdom 2h 33 · 3 ch — 7 h 43
- Arundel · United Kingdom 2h 35 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
Journeys from Windsor and Eton'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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