Mountain

Round Hill

Located in Castleton, West Dorset District Coordinates: 50°58′14″ N 2°32′10″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 166 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Sherborne; 3 km SE
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: BRS Bristol Airport48 km; BOH Bournemouth Airport53 km

About Round Hill

Round Hill is a mountain. Location: Castleton, West Dorset District. Elevation: 166 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Bristol Airport (48 km). Nearby sights include Holway Hill and Babylon Hill.

Photos of Round Hill

Sherborne Abbey The original uploader was Isis at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sherborne Old Castle Pengannel · CC BY 2.0

Climate of Round Hill

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 11° · Night 4° · Rain 75 mm

Hottest month: July (day 21°)
Coldest month: February (night 1°)
Wettest month: December (90 mm)
Driest month: July (52 mm)

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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 Round Hill
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	8°	8°	10°	12°	15°	18°	21°	20°	18°	14°	11°	8°
Average low (°C)	2°	1°	3°	3°	6°	9°	11°	11°	9°	7°	4°	2°
Precipitation (mm)	87	66	63	53	54	57	52	59	67	75	75	90

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Round Hill

The nearest airport is Bristol Airport (BRS), 48 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Bath, 47 km to the north.

Airports

Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 48 kmnorth
Bournemouth Airport (BOH) Bournemouth 53 kmsoutheast
Exeter International Airport (EXT) Exeter, Devon 67 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

Bath Population: 101.6K 47 kmnorth
Poole Population: 151.5K 48 kmsoutheast
Bournemouth Population: 163.6K 54 kmsoutheast
Bristol Population: 479K 54 kmnorth
Cardiff Population: 372.1K 72 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Round Hill

Within 100 km: 474 historic and cultural sites, 1,115 natural sites, 128 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km112 places

Bathing Island Island 17 kmE
Fish's Island Island 17 kmE
Hod Hill Mountain 25 kmE
Bulbarrow Hill Mountain 21 kmSE

25–60 km543 places

Brownsea Island Island 50 kmSE
Chesil Beach Beach 38 kmS
Studland Beach Beach 54 kmSE
Man O'War Beach Beach 43 kmSE

60–100 km1,062 places

Isle of Wight Island 94 kmE
Avon Beach Beach 63 kmSE
Goodrington Sands Beach 95 kmSW
Calshot Beach Beach 88 kmE

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Sherborne Town, Sherborne
3 km SE
Sandford Orcas Village, West Dorset District
1.5 km N
Higher Sandford Village, Sandford Orcas
1.1 km N
Trent Village, Trent
3.2 km W
Sherborne Village, West Dorset District
2.5 km S
Nether Compton Village, Nether Compton
3.3 km SW

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Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Holway Hill Mountain, Poyntington
1.9 km NE
Babylon Hill Mountain, Nether Compton
4 km SW
Sherborne Abbey Attraction, Sherborne
3 km SE
Corton Hill Beacon Mountain, Corton Denham
4.4 km N
The Beacon Mountain, Corton Denham
4.4 km N
Highmore's Hill Mountain, Milborne Port
4.4 km E
Sherborne Old Castle Historic site, Castleton
3.4 km SE
Parrock Hill Mountain, Corton Denham
4.8 km N

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Sources & licences

GeoNames, CC-BY-4.0 GeoNames (www.geonames.org), CC BY 4.0

Data last updated: November 3, 2026