Chelmsford
Population 115,369 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 8 h 18 of daylight
- February: 9 h 58 of daylight
- March: 11 h 48 of daylight
- April: 13 h 51 of daylight
- May: 15 h 38 of daylight
- June: 16 h 39 of daylight
- July: 16 h 14 of daylight
- August: 14 h 40 of daylight
- September: 12 h 42 of daylight
- October: 10 h 44 of daylight
- November: 8 h 52 of daylight
- December: 7 h 50 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Chelmsford
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Chelmsford's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 2
1 to 2 hours· 14
2 to 3 hours· 27
3 to 5 hours· 92
- Leuven3h
- Bristol3h 01
- Ghent3h 02
- York3h 05
- Wakefield3h 06
- Sheffield3h 07
- Bournemouth3h 08
- Cardiff3h 09
- Antwerp3h 11
- Liège3h 11
82 moreFewer
- Stockport3h 11
- Cheltenham3h 12
- Warminster3h 12
- Exeter3h 15
- Warrington3h 16
- Chester3h 16
- Runcorn3h 16
- Gloucester3h 17
- Manchester3h 21
- Leeds3h 23
- Lier3h 25
- Wigan3h 27
- Cromer3h 27
- Ath3h 30
- Bruges3h 31
- Salford3h 31
- Namur3h 32
- Rotterdam3h 34
- Worcester3h 35
- Paris3h 36
- Altrincham3h 36
- Liverpool3h 37
- Sint-Niklaas3h 38
- Wrexham3h 39
- Preston3h 41
- Stratford-upon-Avon3h 41
- Shrewsbury3h 43
- Schiedam3h 43
- Kortrijk3h 46
- Disneyland Paris3h 48
- Delft3h 49
- Huddersfield3h 49
- Bolton3h 51
- Charleroi3h 52
- Hasselt3h 54
- Ostend3h 56
- Kingston upon Hull3h 56
- Tewkesbury3h 57
- Lincoln3h 59
- Kerkrade4h 01
- The Hague4h 02
- Newcastle upon Tyne4h 02
- Scarborough4h 02
- Saint-Cloud4h 03
- Dinant4h 08
- Durham4h 08
- Breda4h 09
- Heerlen4h 10
- Amiens4h 12
- Accrington4h 13
- Ludlow4h 15
- Torquay4h 15
- Plymouth4h 16
- Dordrecht4h 16
- Leiden4h 17
- Versailles4h 19
- Amsterdam4h 22
- Blackpool4h 22
- Burnley4h 24
- Tilburg4h 25
- Spa4h 25
- Sunderland4h 25
- Llandudno4h 25
- Gouda4h 28
- Middlesbrough4h 31
- Valkenburg aan de Geul4h 32
- Swansea4h 35
- Zaandam4h 36
- Haarlem4h 37
- Weesp4h 37
- Hilversum4h 38
- Maastricht4h 39
- Utrecht4h 48
- Ypres4h 49
- Almere4h 49
- Reims4h 49
- Eindhoven4h 49
- Bussum4h 49
- Amersfoort4h 50
- 's-Hertogenbosch4h 52
- Cleethorpes4h 55
- Fontainebleau4h 58
5 hours or more· 61
- Alkmaar5h 05
- Chartres5h 09
- Apeldoorn5h 18
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll5h 19
- Le Mans5h 24
- Geldrop5h 24
- Nijmegen5h 26
- Rennes5h 27
- Venlo5h 27
- Berwick-upon-Tweed5h 27
51 moreFewer
- Nelson5h 27
- Annan5h 28
- Deventer5h 29
- Edinburgh5h 31
- Vlissingen5h 38
- Arnhem5h 41
- Strasbourg5h 42
- Zwolle5h 43
- Calais5h 52
- Metz5h 55
- Rouen5h 55
- Caen5h 55
- Zutphen5h 57
- Lyon5h 58
- Glasgow6h 04
- North Berwick6h 11
- Bayeux6h 13
- Penzance6h 14
- Enschede6h 16
- Stirling6h 19
- Kirkcaldy6h 21
- Colmar6h 24
- Assen6h 27
- Greenock6h 36
- Saint-Malo6h 42
- Groningen6h 44
- Nancy6h 46
- Le Havre6h 46
- Leeuwarden6h 46
- Nantes6h 49
- Avignon6h 50
- Saint-Étienne6h 50
- Perth6h 51
- Cherbourg-en-Cotentin7h 09
- Basel7h 10
- Bordeaux7h 10
- Marseille7h 12
- Helensburgh7h 13
- Dundee7h 14
- Lanark7h 20
- Aberystwyth7h 23
- Tywyn7h 27
- Arles7h 28
- Orange7h 28
- Clermont-Ferrand7h 33
- Dijon7h 33
- Whitby7h 34
- Tenby7h 39
- Grenoble7h 41
- Delfzijl7h 43
- Dieppe7h 56
From Chelmsford's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 3
1 to 2 hours· 12
- Southend-on-Sea1h 05
- St Albans1h 26
- Reading1h 29
- Stevenage1h 30
- Folkestone1h 30
- Guildford1h 38
- Farnborough1h 40
- Crawley1h 41
- Windsor and Eton1h 48
- Milton Keynes1h 50
2 moreFewer
2 to 3 hours· 29
3 to 5 hours· 54
- Stockport3h 07
- Wakefield3h 07
- Cardiff3h 09
- Cromer3h 11
- Lincoln3h 13
- Leeds3h 15
- Manchester3h 16
- Chester3h 16
- Runcorn3h 18
- Sheffield3h 19
44 moreFewer
- Lille3h 28
- Salford3h 31
- Wrexham3h 31
- Worcester3h 34
- Huddersfield3h 37
- Liverpool3h 38
- Durham3h 39
- Newcastle upon Tyne3h 41
- Exeter3h 41
- Warrington3h 46
- Kingston upon Hull3h 51
- Bolton3h 53
- Shrewsbury3h 53
- Wigan3h 57
- Middlesbrough3h 58
- Paris4h 01
- Swansea4h 03
- Altrincham4h 05
- Brussels4h 07
- Preston4h 11
- Tewkesbury4h 13
- Ludlow4h 14
- Sunderland4h 15
- Kortrijk4h 17
- Llandudno4h 25
- Cleethorpes4h 25
- Torquay4h 26
- Scarborough4h 31
- Kraainem4h 32
- Saint-Cloud4h 34
- Burnley4h 34
- Aalst4h 40
- Berwick-upon-Tweed4h 40
- Versailles4h 42
- Accrington4h 42
- Plymouth4h 42
- Blackpool4h 47
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll4h 49
- Disneyland Paris4h 52
- Mechelen4h 53
- Ghent4h 54
- Leuven4h 58
- Fontainebleau4h 59
- Stratford-upon-Avon4h 59
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Marconi New Street Factory Attraction · 520 m
- Shire Hall Attraction · 500 m
- Essex Police Museum Museum · 730 m
- Peter Edwards Library & Museum Museum · 970 m
- The Gilson Family Monument · 480 m
- Henry Frank Johnson, Archdeacon of Colchester and Emily Ann Memorial · 510 m
- Chelmsford War Memorial Memorial · 970 m
- Joseph Strutt Memorial · 30 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Rize Festival
August
A music festival in Hylands Park in mid-August. Each year offers different genres. Formerly called V Festival
1 event here has no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Chelmsford); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 23 places to eatSomewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.