# The best day trips from London

Castles, university towns, the seaside and Stonehenge, all reachable by train: the day trips London locals and travel bloggers recommend most.

- 262 votes · 15 items
- Sep 18, 2025 · Phoebe Evans
- https://even.best/en/l/561/the-best-day-trips-from-london

## Top 10

1. **Oxford** (27 · ▲27 ▼0) — Dreaming spires, the Bodleian Library and Christ Church, about an hour from Paddington or Marylebone.
2. **Windsor Castle** (25 · ▲28 ▼3) — The oldest occupied castle in the world, with St George's Chapel; under an hour by train.
3. **Cambridge** (18 · ▲21 ▼3) — King's College Chapel and punting on the Cam, under an hour on fast trains.
4. **Canterbury** (15 · ▲18 ▼3) — Cathedral city and pilgrimage site, under an hour from St Pancras.
5. **Bath** (12 · ▲16 ▼4) — Roman Baths and Georgian crescents, around 90 minutes from Paddington; a World Heritage city.
6. **Stonehenge and Salisbury** (12 · ▲16 ▼4) — Train to Salisbury, home of a Magna Carta copy, then the tour bus to the stone circle.
7. **Warner Bros. Studio Tour London** (10 · ▲11 ▼1) — Harry Potter sets, 20 minutes by train to Watford Junction plus shuttle bus.
8. **Rye** (9 · ▲12 ▼3) — Cobbled medieval town in East Sussex, with Mermaid Street.
9. **White Cliffs of Dover** (9 · ▲11 ▼2) — Clifftop walks above the Channel, about an hour from St Pancras.
10. **The Cotswolds** (9 · ▲11 ▼2) — Area of honey-coloured stone villages like Bibury and Castle Combe, two hours from London.
11. **Whitstable** (8 · ▲11 ▼3) — Kent seaside town famous for oysters and beach huts.
12. **Hampton Court Palace** (8 · ▲10 ▼2) — Henry VIII's palace, 35 minutes by train from Waterloo.
13. **Brighton** (7 · ▲13 ▼6) — Seaside city with the Palace Pier and Royal Pavilion, an hour from Victoria.
14. **Leeds Castle** (3 · ▲6 ▼3) — Castle on islands in a lake in Kent, once a royal residence of Henry VIII.
15. **Seven Sisters** (2 · ▲7 ▼5) — White chalk cliffs on the South Downs coast near Eastbourne, best seen from Seaford Head.

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