Before you go
- January: 8 h 12 of daylight
- February: 9 h 55 of daylight
- March: 11 h 48 of daylight
- April: 13 h 54 of daylight
- May: 15 h 43 of daylight
- June: 16 h 47 of daylight
- July: 16 h 21 of daylight
- August: 14 h 44 of daylight
- September: 12 h 43 of daylight
- October: 10 h 42 of daylight
- November: 8 h 47 of daylight
- December: 7 h 43 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Ely
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Ely'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· 7
2 to 3 hours· 24
3 to 5 hours· 49
- Folkestone3h 01
- Winchester3h 06
- Durham3h 08
- Stockport3h 11
- Oxford3h 12
- Kingston upon Hull3h 14
- Eastleigh3h 15
- Bath3h 20
- Manchester3h 20
- Canterbury3h 21
39 moreFewer
- Southampton3h 24
- Newcastle upon Tyne3h 26
- Cheltenham3h 29
- Middlesbrough3h 30
- Salford3h 31
- Arundel3h 35
- Worcester3h 35
- Altrincham3h 36
- Bristol3h 37
- Portsmouth3h 43
- Salisbury3h 45
- Hastings3h 46
- Runcorn3h 46
- Eastbourne3h 49
- Bolton3h 51
- Gloucester3h 52
- Cleethorpes3h 53
- Sunderland3h 54
- Tewkesbury3h 57
- Shrewsbury3h 57
- Warrington4h
- Liverpool4h 01
- Preston4h 01
- Scarborough4h 02
- Burnley4h 04
- Exeter4h 05
- Wigan4h 06
- Bournemouth4h 07
- Chester4h 08
- Stratford-upon-Avon4h 11
- Cardiff4h 12
- Accrington4h 13
- Warminster4h 13
- Berwick-upon-Tweed4h 27
- Lille4h 28
- Wrexham4h 43
- Torquay4h 49
- Ludlow4h 51
- Blackpool4h 52
5 hours or more· 81
- Paris5h 01
- Plymouth5h 05
- Brussels5h 07
- Edinburgh5h 12
- Nelson5h 27
- Annan5h 28
- Saint-Cloud5h 29
- Swansea5h 32
- Llandudno5h 35
- Kraainem5h 36
71 moreFewer
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll5h 39
- Versailles5h 41
- Leuven5h 44
- Kortrijk5h 47
- Aalst5h 52
- Mechelen5h 52
- Disneyland Paris5h 56
- Fontainebleau5h 58
- Ghent6h 02
- Charleroi6h 04
- Glasgow6h 08
- Antwerp6h 11
- North Berwick6h 11
- Amiens6h 12
- Stirling6h 14
- Calais6h 19
- Kirkcaldy6h 21
- Lier6h 25
- Ath6h 30
- Bruges6h 31
- Namur6h 32
- Rotterdam6h 34
- Perth6h 35
- Liège6h 36
- Hasselt6h 37
- Sint-Niklaas6h 37
- Rouen6h 42
- Schiedam6h 43
- Ypres6h 49
- Delft6h 49
- Ostend6h 56
- The Hague7h 02
- Penzance7h 05
- Dundee7h 06
- Greenock7h 07
- Dinant7h 08
- Breda7h 09
- Chartres7h 10
- Helensburgh7h 13
- Reims7h 16
- Dordrecht7h 16
- Leiden7h 17
- Lanark7h 20
- Amsterdam7h 22
- Aberystwyth7h 23
- Lyon7h 24
- Tilburg7h 25
- Spa7h 25
- Rennes7h 27
- Tywyn7h 27
- Gouda7h 28
- Dijon7h 33
- Whitby7h 34
- Le Mans7h 35
- Zaandam7h 36
- Haarlem7h 37
- Weesp7h 37
- Hilversum7h 38
- Maastricht7h 39
- Tenby7h 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 Ely'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· 2
2 to 3 hours· 25
3 to 5 hours· 54
- Eastleigh3h 08
- Canterbury3h 08
- Birmingham3h 10
- Oxford3h 11
- Southampton3h 16
- Eastbourne3h 18
- Huddersfield3h 19
- Folkestone3h 20
- Bath3h 21
- Hastings3h 21
44 moreFewer
- Salisbury3h 22
- Kingston upon Hull3h 23
- Cleethorpes3h 25
- Lille3h 28
- Portsmouth3h 32
- Scarborough3h 32
- Newcastle upon Tyne3h 33
- Arundel3h 34
- Bristol3h 35
- Durham3h 39
- Stockport3h 41
- Warrington3h 46
- Gloucester3h 48
- Bournemouth3h 51
- Manchester3h 51
- Wigan3h 57
- Middlesbrough3h 58
- Runcorn3h 58
- Sunderland4h
- Salford4h 03
- Cheltenham4h 05
- Altrincham4h 05
- Brussels4h 07
- Cardiff4h 10
- Preston4h 11
- Tewkesbury4h 13
- Warminster4h 14
- Chester4h 16
- Kortrijk4h 17
- Berwick-upon-Tweed4h 18
- Worcester4h 18
- Bolton4h 21
- Shrewsbury4h 28
- Kraainem4h 32
- Burnley4h 34
- Liverpool4h 37
- Wrexham4h 37
- Aalst4h 40
- Accrington4h 42
- Blackpool4h 47
- Mechelen4h 53
- Ghent4h 54
- Leuven4h 58
- 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- Ely Cathedral Attraction · 100 m
- The Lamb Hotel · 60 m
- The Stained Glass Museum Museum · 100 m
- Ely Museum Museum · 110 m
- Oliver Cromwell's House Attraction · 280 m
- Babylon ARTS Gallery · 650 m
- Crimean War Cannon Memorial · 150 m
- Ely Castle Archaeological site · 380 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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Eel Day Festival
May
Ely's Eel Day Festival celebrates the city's wetland heritage.
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 (Ely); 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
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Getting around
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.