Days out by train
The car isn’t the only way. Pick your nearest city below and we’ll show every day out you can reach by train within two hours — castles, coast, wildlife parks, historic houses and everything between.
All times are estimates. Rail travel is genuinely better for some of these destinations than driving — we’ll tell you which.
Edinburgh40 days out within 2hrsGlasgow35 days out within 2hrsNewcastle51 days out within 2hrsYork72 days out within 2hrsLeeds81 days out within 2hrsSheffield78 days out within 2hrsManchester81 days out within 2hrsLiverpool67 days out within 2hrsChester70 days out within 2hrsCrewe73 days out within 2hrsStoke-on-Trent75 days out within 2hrsShrewsbury78 days out within 2hrsWolverhampton85 days out within 2hrsBirmingham95 days out within 2hrsDerby78 days out within 2hrsNottingham80 days out within 2hrsLeicester92 days out within 2hrsCambridge81 days out within 2hrsOxford94 days out within 2hrsLondon76 days out within 2hrsBrighton69 days out within 2hrsBristol60 days out within 2hrsCardiff46 days out within 2hrs