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Mountain

Whitehills

Located in Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, Cheshire East Coordinates: 53°15′04″ N 2°03′01″ W

Map showing the location of Whitehills Whitehills
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
478 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Bottom-of-the-Oven
1.3 km E
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go
July–August
See the climate
Airports
MAN Manchester Airport19 km
LPL Liverpool John Lennon Airport54 km

About Whitehills

Whitehills is a mountain. Location: Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, Cheshire East. Elevation: 478 m. The best months to visit are July–August. The nearest airport is Manchester Airport (19 km). Nearby sights include Brink and Ely Brow.

Climate of Whitehills

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: July–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 106 mm

Hottest month
July (day 17°)
Coldest month
February (night -1°)
Wettest month
November (106 mm)
Driest month
April (67 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Whitehills
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)4°4°6°9°13°15°17°17°14°11°7°5°
Average low (°C)-1°-1°0°2°5°7°10°9°7°5°2°0°
Precipitation (mm)997382676778708685102106104

Other places to visit in this season: July August

How to get to Whitehills

The nearest airport is Manchester Airport (MAN), 19 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Stockport, 19 km to the north.

Airports

  • Manchester Airport (MAN) Manchester, Greater Manchester 19 kmnorthwest
  • Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) Liverpool 54 kmwest
  • East Midlands Airport (EMA) Nottingham, Leicestershire 67 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Stockport Population: 139.1K 19 kmnorth
  • Manchester Population: 569K 28 kmnorthwest
  • Stoke-on-Trent Population: 258.4K 29 kmsouth
  • Newcastle-under-Lyme Population: 127.7K 31 kmsouthwest
  • Salford Population: 129.8K 31 kmnorthwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Whitehills

Within 100 km: 715 historic and cultural sites, 1,152 natural sites, 165 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km177 places

  • Birch Island Island 24 kmW
  • Bottoms Reservoir Lake 25 kmN
  • Kinder Scout Mountain 19 kmNE
  • The Cloud Mountain 11 kmSW

25–60 km574 places

  • Horninglow island Island 57 kmSE
  • Saint George's Island Island 28 kmNW
  • The Island Island 53 kmNW
  • Don Island Island 50 kmNE

60–100 km1,281 places

  • Great Britain Island 83 kmN
  • Thurstaston Beach Beach 73 kmW
  • Formby Beach Beach 78 kmNW
  • Ainsdale Beach Beach 78 kmNW

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