Mountain

Merbach Hill

Located in Clifford, Herefordshire Coordinates: 52°05′46″ N 3°01′04″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 319 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Merbach; 0.7 km N
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: CWL Cardiff International Airport81 km; BRS Bristol Airport82 km

About Merbach Hill

Merbach Hill is a mountain. Location: Clifford, Herefordshire. Elevation: 319 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (81 km). Nearby sights include Newton Tump and Brynspeard Hill.

Photos of Merbach Hill

Dorstone Castle Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0
Almeley Castle R J Higginson · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bredwardine Oldcastle Trevor Rickard · CC BY-SA 2.0
Kinnersley Castle Philip Pankhurst · CC BY-SA 2.0
Hay Castle Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0

Climate of Merbach Hill

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 115 mm

Hottest month: July (day 20°)
Coldest month: February (night 0°)
Wettest month: January (128 mm)
Driest month: July (58 mm)

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5° 0°

8° 2°

11° 3°

14° 6°

17° 8°

20° 11°

19° 10°

16° 8°

12° 6°

9° 3°

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Jan

128

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

105

Nov

115

Dec

127

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 Merbach Hill
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	6°	5°	8°	11°	14°	17°	20°	19°	16°	12°	9°	7°
Average low (°C)	1°	0°	2°	3°	6°	8°	11°	10°	8°	6°	3°	2°
Precipitation (mm)	128	90	94	71	67	73	58	82	93	105	115	127

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Merbach Hill

The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (CWL), 81 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Worcester, 56 km to the east.

Airports

Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 81 kmsouth
Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 82 kmsouth
Birmingham Airport (BHX) Birmingham, West Midlands 95 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

Worcester Population: 101.7K 56 kmeast
Newport Population: 161.5K 57 kmsouth
Gloucester Population: 132.4K 59 kmsoutheast
Cheltenham Population: 118.8K 68 kmeast
Cardiff Population: 372.1K 69 kmsouth

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

Day trips from Merbach Hill

Within 100 km: 1,051 historic and cultural sites, 2,442 natural sites, 166 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km342 places

Llangorse Lake Lake 25 kmSW
Pen y Gader-fawr Mountain 18 kmSW
Hay Bluff Mountain 10 kmSW
Black Mountains Mountain 16 kmSW

25–60 km1,355 places

Alney Island Island 58 kmSE
The Island Island 28 kmNE
Bevere Island Island 55 kmE
Pen-y-gareg Reservoir Lake 47 kmNW

60–100 km1,962 places

Llangrannog's Beach Beach 100 kmW
Ynys Lochtyn Island 100 kmW
Steep Holm Island 84 kmS
Flat Holm Island 80 kmS

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Merbach Village, Bredwardine
0.7 km N
Newton Village, Clifford
1.4 km SW
Scotland Bank Village, Dorstone
1.3 km S
Dorstone Village, Dorstone
3.5 km S
The Bage Village, Dorstone
1.6 km SW
Westbrook Village, Clifford
2.4 km SW

Merbach Hill

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Newton Tump Historic site, Clifford
1.2 km SW
Brynspeard Hill Mountain, Dorstone
3 km SW
The Bage Historic site, Clifford
1.4 km S
Moccas Hill Mountain, Dorstone
3.9 km SE
Old Castleton Historic site, Clifford
2.3 km NW
Oaker's Hill Mountain, Staunton on Wye
4.4 km E
Dorstone Castle Historic site, Dorstone
3.2 km S
Bredwardine Oldcastle Historic site, Bredwardine
3.2 km E

Merbach Hill

Sources & licences

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

Data last updated: November 3, 2026