Ludlow
Population 10,041 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 8 h 13 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 46 of daylight
- July: 16 h 20 of daylight
- August: 14 h 44 of daylight
- September: 12 h 43 of daylight
- October: 10 h 42 of daylight
- November: 8 h 48 of daylight
- December: 7 h 43 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Ludlow
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Ludlow'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· 1
1 to 2 hours· 2
2 to 3 hours· 20
3 to 5 hours· 53
- Swansea3h 04
- Northampton3h 09
- London3h 11
- Sheffield3h 11
- Warminster3h 12
- Leicester3h 13
- Tewkesbury3h 14
- Oxford3h 16
- Milton Keynes3h 18
- Nottingham3h 19
43 moreFewer
- Reading3h 20
- Blackpool3h 21
- Aberystwyth3h 22
- Llandudno3h 25
- Tywyn3h 26
- Huddersfield3h 29
- Stratford-upon-Avon3h 32
- Salisbury3h 34
- Doncaster3h 40
- St Albans3h 43
- Stevenage3h 45
- Exeter3h 46
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll3h 47
- Burnley3h 49
- Wakefield3h 49
- Leeds3h 50
- Farnborough3h 52
- Stamford3h 57
- Accrington4h
- Southampton4h 04
- Guildford4h 04
- York4h 05
- Peterborough4h 05
- Chelmsford4h 10
- Crawley4h 11
- Cambridge4h 15
- Windsor and Eton4h 18
- Colchester4h 19
- Eastleigh4h 22
- Winchester4h 23
- Southend-on-Sea4h 25
- Nelson4h 27
- Brighton4h 29
- Lincoln4h 29
- Torquay4h 31
- Canterbury4h 36
- Ipswich4h 38
- Annan4h 38
- Ely4h 40
- Folkestone4h 43
- Portsmouth4h 46
- Plymouth4h 50
- Cleethorpes4h 55
5 hours or more· 42
- Newcastle upon Tyne5h 02
- Kingston upon Hull5h 02
- Scarborough5h 02
- Arundel5h 04
- Bournemouth5h 07
- Durham5h 08
- Hastings5h 08
- Glasgow5h 17
- Eastbourne5h 19
- Norwich5h 20
32 moreFewer
- Sunderland5h 26
- Edinburgh5h 29
- Middlesbrough5h 30
- Tenby5h 37
- Berwick-upon-Tweed5h 47
- Greenock5h 58
- Paris6h 01
- Stirling6h 08
- North Berwick6h 11
- Helensburgh6h 12
- Lanark6h 19
- Kirkcaldy6h 21
- Cromer6h 24
- Lille6h 28
- Saint-Cloud6h 29
- Perth6h 38
- Versailles6h 41
- Disneyland Paris6h 56
- Fontainebleau6h 58
- Dundee7h 02
- Penzance7h 05
- Brussels7h 08
- Reims7h 30
- Kraainem7h 34
- Whitby7h 34
- Le Mans7h 35
- Leuven7h 45
- Rouen7h 46
- Kortrijk7h 47
- Metz7h 50
- Aalst7h 52
- Mechelen7h 52
From Ludlow'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· 1
2 to 3 hours· 18
3 to 5 hours· 45
- Derby3h 03
- Sheffield3h 05
- Altrincham3h 05
- Llandudno3h 05
- Swansea3h 06
- Northampton3h 10
- Huddersfield3h 13
- Reading3h 16
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll3h 21
- Leicester3h 24
35 moreFewer
- Accrington3h 30
- Wakefield3h 33
- London3h 35
- Nottingham3h 35
- Leeds3h 42
- Burnley3h 44
- Oxford3h 45
- Warminster3h 47
- Stratford-upon-Avon3h 48
- Farnborough3h 52
- Doncaster3h 53
- Nelson3h 56
- Exeter3h 57
- Winchester3h 59
- Annan4h 03
- York4h 08
- Eastleigh4h 08
- Windsor and Eton4h 08
- Salisbury4h 08
- Guildford4h 10
- St Albans4h 13
- Stevenage4h 15
- Southampton4h 16
- Stamford4h 30
- Chelmsford4h 40
- Crawley4h 41
- Lincoln4h 42
- Peterborough4h 44
- Cambridge4h 45
- Kingston upon Hull4h 45
- Bournemouth4h 47
- Edinburgh4h 47
- Colchester4h 48
- Southend-on-Sea4h 58
- Brighton4h 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- The Feathers Hotel Hotel · 190 m
- Ludlow Castle Attraction · 410 m
- Ludlow Museum Museum · 170 m
- Shropshire Museums' Collections Centre Museum · 260 m
- Old Gate City gate · 110 m
- The Tolsey Memorial · 130 m
- Galdeford Gate City gate · 150 m
- Feathers Hotel Memorial · 190 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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May Fair
May
May Fair is a funfair over the early May public holiday weekend, in the streets fronting the castle
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Spring Festival
May
Spring Festival is over the following May weekend
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Ludlow Food Festival
September
Ludlow Food Festival is mid-September
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Winter Festival
November
Winter Festival is over the last full weekend in November
4 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 (Ludlow); 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 25 places to eatSomewhere to run
Getting around
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.