Mountain

Swell Hill

Located in Swell, Cotswold District Coordinates: 51°56′19″ N 1°46′36″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 235 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Stow on the Wold; 3.7 km E
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: BHX Birmingham Airport57 km; BRS Bristol Airport90 km

About Swell Hill

Swell Hill is a mountain. Location: Swell, Cotswold District. Elevation: 235 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Birmingham Airport (57 km). Nearby sights include Stow-on-the-Wold Hill and Cutsdean Hill.

Photos of Swell Hill

Birdland Park and Gardens David Stowell · CC BY-SA 2.0
Cotswold Motoring Museum DeFacto · CC BY-SA 3.0

Climate of Swell Hill

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 74 mm

Hottest month: July (day 21°)
Coldest month: February (night 0°)
Wettest month: December (82 mm)
Driest month: July (53 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 Swell Hill
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	6°	6°	9°	11°	15°	18°	21°	20°	17°	13°	9°	7°
Average low (°C)	1°	0°	2°	3°	6°	9°	11°	11°	9°	6°	3°	2°
Precipitation (mm)	77	56	64	54	58	66	53	67	70	70	74	82

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Swell Hill

The nearest airport is Birmingham Airport (BHX), 57 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Cheltenham, 21 km to the west.

Airports

Birmingham Airport (BHX) Birmingham, West Midlands 57 kmnorth
Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 90 kmsouthwest
London Luton Airport (LTN) Luton, Luton 97 kmeast

Nearby large cities

Cheltenham Population: 118.8K 21 kmwest
Gloucester Population: 132.4K 33 kmwest
Worcester Population: 101.7K 41 kmnorthwest
Oxford Population: 162.1K 41 kmsoutheast
Swindon Population: 201.7K 42 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Swell Hill

Within 100 km: 882 historic and cultural sites, 1,008 natural sites, 188 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km67 places

Glover's Island Island 22 kmNW
Kemerton Lake 24 kmNW
Cleeve Hill Mountain 16 kmW
Bredon Hill Mountain 24 kmNW

25–60 km517 places

Alney Island Island 34 kmW
Andersey Island Island 46 kmSE
Rose Isle Island 44 kmSE
Lock Wood Island Island 48 kmSE

60–100 km1,494 places

The Lynch Island 79 kmSE
Windsor Racecourse Island Island 93 kmSE
Wargrave Island Island 78 kmSE
Loddon Island Island 82 kmSE

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Stow on the Wold Village, Stow-on-the-Wold
3.7 km E
Donnington Village, Donnington
4 km E
Upper Swell Village, Swell
2.2 km E
Longborough Village, Longborough
3.9 km NE
Lower Swell Village, Swell
2.2 km SE
Condicote Village, Condicote
1.6 km N

Swell Hill

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Stow-on-the-Wold Hill Mountain, Stow-on-the-Wold
3.8 km E
Cutsdean Hill Mountain, Temple Guiting
6.2 km NW
Upper Slaughter Castle Historic site, Upper Slaughter
3.5 km S
Temple Guiting Hill Mountain, Temple Guiting
7.5 km W
Wyck Beacon Mountain, Wick Rissington
7.6 km SE
Cotswold Motoring Museum Museum, Bourton-on-the-Water
6.1 km S
St Mary Attraction, Lower Slaughter
4.2 km S
Upper Coscombe Hill Mountain, Stanway
8.8 km W

Swell Hill

Sources & licences

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

Data last updated: November 3, 2026