Cheltenham
Population 116,447 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 8 h 17 of daylight
- February: 9 h 58 of daylight
- March: 11 h 48 of daylight
- April: 13 h 52 of daylight
- May: 15 h 39 of daylight
- June: 16 h 41 of daylight
- July: 16 h 15 of daylight
- August: 14 h 41 of daylight
- September: 12 h 42 of daylight
- October: 10 h 44 of daylight
- November: 8 h 51 of daylight
- December: 7 h 48 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Cheltenham
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Cheltenham'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· 4
1 to 2 hours· 9
2 to 3 hours· 33
- Oxford2h
- Northampton2h 09
- Stratford-upon-Avon2h 11
- Leicester2h 15
- Milton Keynes2h 18
- Nottingham2h 19
- Sheffield2h 20
- Farnborough2h 20
- Stockport2h 21
- London2h 23
23 moreFewer
- Shrewsbury2h 24
- Runcorn2h 24
- Torquay2h 25
- Ludlow2h 26
- Warrington2h 27
- Winchester2h 28
- Manchester2h 31
- Swansea2h 31
- Guildford2h 34
- Salisbury2h 35
- Eastleigh2h 36
- Wigan2h 38
- Windsor and Eton2h 38
- Salford2h 41
- Liverpool2h 44
- Southampton2h 44
- Chester2h 46
- Wakefield2h 48
- Plymouth2h 49
- Preston2h 52
- Bolton2h 54
- St Albans2h 56
- Stamford2h 58
3 to 5 hours· 39
- Leeds3h 04
- Wrexham3h 04
- Chelmsford3h 10
- Peterborough3h 12
- Doncaster3h 14
- Stevenage3h 15
- Bournemouth3h 17
- Blackpool3h 21
- Crawley3h 21
- Lincoln3h 29
29 moreFewer
- York3h 34
- Altrincham3h 36
- Huddersfield3h 37
- Southend-on-Sea3h 37
- Canterbury3h 38
- Colchester3h 39
- Folkestone3h 43
- Cambridge3h 45
- Portsmouth3h 46
- Ely3h 48
- Burnley3h 49
- Brighton3h 50
- Accrington4h
- Ipswich4h 08
- Hastings4h 08
- Arundel4h 17
- Kingston upon Hull4h 18
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll4h 18
- Eastbourne4h 19
- Aberystwyth4h 23
- Llandudno4h 25
- Durham4h 25
- Nelson4h 27
- Lille4h 28
- Middlesbrough4h 37
- Annan4h 38
- Newcastle upon Tyne4h 39
- Norwich4h 50
- Cleethorpes4h 55
5 hours or more· 78
- Paris5h 01
- Sunderland5h 02
- Scarborough5h 02
- Brussels5h 07
- Penzance5h 09
- Glasgow5h 17
- Tywyn5h 24
- Berwick-upon-Tweed5h 27
- Saint-Cloud5h 29
- Edinburgh5h 29
68 moreFewer
- Kraainem5h 36
- Tenby5h 37
- Versailles5h 41
- Leuven5h 44
- Kortrijk5h 47
- Aalst5h 52
- Mechelen5h 52
- Disneyland Paris5h 56
- Fontainebleau5h 58
- Greenock5h 58
- Ghent6h 02
- Charleroi6h 04
- Stirling6h 08
- Antwerp6h 11
- North Berwick6h 11
- Amiens6h 12
- Helensburgh6h 12
- Calais6h 19
- Lanark6h 19
- Kirkcaldy6h 21
- Cromer6h 24
- Lier6h 25
- Ath6h 30
- Bruges6h 31
- Namur6h 32
- Rotterdam6h 34
- Liège6h 36
- Hasselt6h 37
- Sint-Niklaas6h 37
- Perth6h 38
- Rouen6h 42
- Schiedam6h 43
- Ypres6h 49
- Delft6h 49
- Ostend6h 56
- The Hague7h 02
- Dundee7h 02
- Dinant7h 08
- Breda7h 09
- Chartres7h 10
- Reims7h 16
- Dordrecht7h 16
- Leiden7h 17
- Amsterdam7h 22
- Lyon7h 24
- Tilburg7h 25
- Spa7h 25
- Rennes7h 27
- Gouda7h 28
- Dijon7h 33
- Whitby7h 34
- Le Mans7h 35
- Zaandam7h 36
- Haarlem7h 37
- Weesp7h 37
- Hilversum7h 38
- Maastricht7h 39
- Utrecht7h 48
- Almere7h 49
- Eindhoven7h 49
- Bussum7h 49
- Le Havre7h 50
- Metz7h 50
- Amersfoort7h 50
- 's-Hertogenbosch7h 52
- Nantes7h 55
- Dieppe7h 56
- Caen7h 58
From Cheltenham'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.
2 to 3 hours· 29
3 to 5 hours· 39
- Altrincham3h 05
- Wrexham3h 05
- Torquay3h 05
- Wigan3h 09
- Stevenage3h 15
- Portsmouth3h 16
- Wakefield3h 18
- Plymouth3h 21
- Crawley3h 21
- Chelmsford3h 23
29 moreFewer
- Preston3h 23
- Doncaster3h 28
- Peterborough3h 28
- Stamford3h 29
- Bournemouth3h 31
- Leeds3h 33
- Folkestone3h 33
- Southend-on-Sea3h 37
- Lincoln3h 42
- Colchester3h 45
- Cambridge3h 49
- Brighton3h 50
- Huddersfield3h 50
- York3h 53
- Blackpool3h 53
- Canterbury3h 53
- Arundel4h 05
- Ipswich4h 08
- Accrington4h 10
- Ely4h 11
- Tenby4h 13
- Burnley4h 17
- Eastbourne4h 18
- Hastings4h 21
- Llandudno4h 25
- Kingston upon Hull4h 45
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll4h 49
- Norwich4h 50
- Nelson4h 55
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- The Wilson Museum · 350 m
- The Old Restoration Building · 240 m
- Holst Victorian House Museum · 580 m
- La Petite Brasserie French · 250 m
- Home & Botanic Building · 390 m
- O'Hara's Coffee House Building · 420 m
- No. 131 Building · 490 m
- Pittville Gates Attraction · 620 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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International Jazz Festival
May
Cheltenham Jazz Festival is a jazz festival in Cheltenham in the United Kingdom.
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Wychwood Festival of Music
May
Wychwood Festival is an annual music festival held at Cheltenham racecourse in Gloucestershire, UK. As well as music, the family-friendly three-day festival includes workshops, comedy, the Children's Literature Festival, and a Headphone Disco.
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Cheltenham Science Festival
June
Cheltenham Science Festival is one of the UK's leading science festivals, and is part of Cheltenham Festivals: also responsible for the Jazz, Music and Literature Festivals that run every year.
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Cheltenham Literature Festival
October
The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, is an international festival of literature held annually in Cheltenham, England. It is part of Cheltenham Festivals.
5 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Cheltenham); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Eating nearby
All 88 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.