Mountain

Wooley Hill

Located in Brandon and Byshottles, Durham Coordinates: 54°45′04″ N 1°43′05″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 266 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Willington; 4 km S
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: NCL Newcastle International Airport32 km; MME Teesside International Airport33 km

About Wooley Hill

Wooley Hill is a mountain. Location: Brandon and Byshottles, Durham. Elevation: 266 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Newcastle International Airport (32 km). Nearby sights include Brandon Hill and Billy Hill.

Photos of Wooley Hill

Castle Steads peter robinson · CC BY-SA 2.0
Brancepeth Castle Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0

Climate of Wooley Hill

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 70 mm

Hottest month: July (day 18°)
Coldest month: January (night 0°)
Wettest month: December (73 mm)
Driest month: February (50 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 Wooley Hill
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	6°	6°	8°	10°	13°	16°	18°	18°	15°	12°	8°	6°
Average low (°C)	0°	0°	1°	2°	5°	7°	10°	10°	8°	5°	3°	1°
Precipitation (mm)	72	50	65	54	55	56	56	70	67	68	70	73

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Wooley Hill

The nearest airport is Newcastle International Airport (NCL), 32 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Newcastle upon Tyne, 26 km to the north.

Airports

Newcastle International Airport (NCL) Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 32 kmnorth
Teesside International Airport (MME) Darlington, Durham 33 kmsoutheast
Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) Leeds, West Yorkshire 99 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 26 kmnorth
Sunderland Population: 170.1K 28 kmnortheast
Middlesbrough Population: 142.7K 37 kmsoutheast
York Population: 156.1K 98 kmsoutheast
Bradford Population: 366.2K 107 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Wooley Hill

Within 100 km: 781 historic and cultural sites, 1,605 natural sites, 306 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km88 places

Michell's Island Island 23 kmS
Match Island Island 20 kmNE
Warden Law Mountain 22 kmNE
Collier Law Mountain 17 kmW

25–60 km620 places

Seaton Carew Beach Beach 36 kmE
Redcar Beach Beach 44 kmE
The Island Island 57 kmS
Saint Mary’s Island Island 40 kmNE

60–100 km1,984 places

Great Britain Island 86 kmS
Longhoughton Beach Beach 76 kmN
Whitby Beach Beach 75 kmE
Tuft Rock Island 89 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Willington Town, Greater Willington
4 km S
LCPs of Brancepeth and Brandon and Byshottles Municipality, Durham
0.7 km SE
Waterhouses Village, Brandon and Byshottles
1.7 km N
Ushaw Moor Town, Brandon and Byshottles
5.5 km NE
Crook Town, Durham
4.8 km SW
Esh Winning Village, Brandon and Byshottles
2.4 km NE

Wooley Hill

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Brandon Hill Mountain, Brandon and Byshottles
2.3 km E
Billy Hill Mountain, Durham
2.9 km SW
Greenland Bank Mountain, Esh
4 km N
Castle Steads Historic site, Cornsay
3.2 km N
Cornsay Hill Mountain, Cornsay
5.4 km NW
Brancepeth Castle Historic site, Brancepeth
4.5 km SE
Humber Hill Mountain, Lanchester
8 km NW
Cobby Castle Historic site, Durham
4.7 km W

Wooley Hill

Sources & licences

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

Data last updated: November 3, 2026