Stamford
Population 20,742 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 8 h 10 of daylight
- February: 9 h 54 of daylight
- March: 11 h 48 of daylight
- April: 13 h 55 of daylight
- May: 15 h 45 of daylight
- June: 16 h 50 of daylight
- July: 16 h 23 of daylight
- August: 14 h 46 of daylight
- September: 12 h 43 of daylight
- October: 10 h 41 of daylight
- November: 8 h 46 of daylight
- December: 7 h 40 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Stamford
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Stamford'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· 7
2 to 3 hours· 16
3 to 5 hours· 57
- Leeds3h 04
- York3h 05
- Manchester3h 07
- Bristol3h 09
- Chelmsford3h 10
- Crawley3h 11
- Norwich3h 14
- Oxford3h 16
- Farnborough3h 16
- Runcorn3h 16
47 moreFewer
- Windsor and Eton3h 18
- Colchester3h 22
- Southend-on-Sea3h 25
- Guildford3h 26
- Warrington3h 28
- Brighton3h 29
- Swindon3h 29
- Ipswich3h 30
- Bath3h 31
- Salford3h 31
- Stratford-upon-Avon3h 32
- Winchester3h 34
- Altrincham3h 36
- Liverpool3h 37
- Huddersfield3h 37
- Canterbury3h 38
- Wigan3h 39
- Cardiff3h 42
- Eastleigh3h 43
- Folkestone3h 43
- Chester3h 46
- Ludlow3h 48
- Southampton3h 51
- Bolton3h 51
- Cleethorpes3h 53
- Preston3h 53
- Kingston upon Hull3h 56
- Newcastle upon Tyne4h 02
- Wrexham4h 02
- Scarborough4h 02
- Arundel4h 04
- Durham4h 08
- Hastings4h 08
- Warminster4h 13
- Eastbourne4h 19
- Blackpool4h 22
- Salisbury4h 22
- Cromer4h 24
- Sunderland4h 25
- Bournemouth4h 27
- Exeter4h 27
- Lille4h 28
- Middlesbrough4h 31
- Swansea4h 35
- Portsmouth4h 35
- Burnley4h 49
- Llandudno4h 55
5 hours or more· 81
- Accrington5h
- Paris5h 01
- Torquay5h 02
- Brussels5h 07
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll5h 19
- Aberystwyth5h 24
- Tywyn5h 24
- Berwick-upon-Tweed5h 27
- Nelson5h 27
- Annan5h 28
71 moreFewer
- Saint-Cloud5h 29
- Edinburgh5h 31
- Kraainem5h 36
- Versailles5h 41
- Leuven5h 44
- Kortrijk5h 47
- Plymouth5h 49
- Aalst5h 52
- Mechelen5h 52
- Disneyland Paris5h 56
- Fontainebleau5h 58
- Ghent6h 02
- Charleroi6h 04
- Antwerp6h 11
- North Berwick6h 11
- Amiens6h 12
- Calais6h 19
- Stirling6h 19
- Kirkcaldy6h 21
- Lier6h 25
- Ath6h 30
- Bruges6h 31
- Namur6h 32
- Rotterdam6h 34
- Liège6h 36
- Glasgow6h 36
- Hasselt6h 37
- Sint-Niklaas6h 37
- Rouen6h 42
- Schiedam6h 43
- Ypres6h 49
- Delft6h 49
- Perth6h 51
- Ostend6h 56
- The Hague7h 02
- Dinant7h 08
- Breda7h 09
- Chartres7h 10
- Dundee7h 14
- Reims7h 16
- Dordrecht7h 16
- Leiden7h 17
- Lanark7h 20
- Amsterdam7h 22
- Lyon7h 24
- Tilburg7h 25
- Spa7h 25
- Rennes7h 27
- Greenock7h 28
- Gouda7h 28
- Dijon7h 33
- Whitby7h 34
- Le Mans7h 35
- Zaandam7h 36
- Haarlem7h 37
- Weesp7h 37
- Hilversum7h 38
- Maastricht7h 39
- Tenby7h 39
- Helensburgh7h 43
- 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 Stamford'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
1 to 2 hours· 4
2 to 3 hours· 19
3 to 5 hours· 55
- Salford3h 01
- Reading3h 03
- Guildford3h 04
- Altrincham3h 05
- Worcester3h 05
- Huddersfield3h 07
- Windsor and Eton3h 08
- Newcastle upon Tyne3h 11
- Middlesbrough3h 11
- Crawley3h 11
45 moreFewer
- Farnborough3h 16
- Runcorn3h 18
- Colchester3h 20
- Bolton3h 21
- Cheltenham3h 22
- Kingston upon Hull3h 23
- Cleethorpes3h 25
- Southend-on-Sea3h 26
- Shrewsbury3h 27
- Brighton3h 29
- Warrington3h 30
- Scarborough3h 32
- Folkestone3h 33
- Ipswich3h 34
- Preston3h 34
- Wigan3h 36
- Winchester3h 36
- Sunderland3h 37
- Liverpool3h 38
- Chester3h 39
- Oxford3h 40
- Gloucester3h 43
- Eastleigh3h 45
- Stratford-upon-Avon3h 48
- Southampton3h 53
- Canterbury3h 53
- Swindon3h 55
- Berwick-upon-Tweed4h
- Arundel4h 05
- Bristol4h 08
- Cromer4h 11
- Wrexham4h 11
- Tewkesbury4h 13
- Portsmouth4h 13
- Ludlow4h 14
- Eastbourne4h 18
- Burnley4h 21
- Salisbury4h 21
- Hastings4h 21
- Bath4h 22
- Blackpool4h 25
- Accrington4h 30
- Bournemouth4h 43
- Edinburgh4h 46
- 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- Crown Hotel Hotel · 80 m
- The George Hotel · 290 m
- Site of Stamford Castle Archaeological site · 140 m
- Castle Wall Archaeological site · 150 m
- War Memorial Memorial · 170 m
- Stamford Arts Centre Gallery · 230 m
- Scot Gate (site of) Ruins · 270 m
- Daniel Lambert's Grave Memorial · 450 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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Burghley Game & Country Fair
May
Burghley Game & Country Fair is on Spring Bank Holiday weekend in late May, with countryside activities and entertainment in the grounds of Burghley House
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Stamford Georgian Festival
September
Stamford Georgian Festival is intended to be in September of odd years, but funding has been axed and it's unlikely to happen in 2023
2 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 (Stamford); 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 27 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.