10 Best Day Trips from London

London is a perfect base for English day trips. Here are 10 destinations you can reach by train or coach in under 2 hours.

30 min from Paddington

Royal residence + state apartments + St George’s Chapel

1 hour from Marylebone

Spires, colleges, punting on the Cherwell, Bodleian Library

50 min from King’s Cross

King’s College Chapel, Cam river punting, Fitzwilliam Museum

90 min from Paddington

Roman Baths, Georgian crescents, Jane Austen Centre

90 min by tour

5,000-year-old monument + medieval cathedral

1 hour from Victoria

Seaside resort, Royal Pavilion, North Laine lanes

1 hour from St Pancras

Cathedral, medieval cobbled streets, Chaucer history

90 min by car/tour

Honey-stone villages, rolling hills, country pubs

20 min by DLR

Royal Observatory, Cutty Sark, Maritime Museum, Park

35 min by train

Tudor palace, maze, formal gardens, Henry VIII’s residence