Mountain

Whitwell Hill

Located in Bulmer, Ryedale District Coordinates: 54°05′54″ N 0°54′17″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 98 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Welburn; 0.9 km E
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–September; See the climate
Airports: LBA Leeds Bradford Airport56 km; MME Teesside International Airport57 km

About Whitwell Hill

Whitwell Hill is a mountain. Location: Bulmer, Ryedale District. Elevation: 98 m. The best months to visit are June–September. The nearest airport is Leeds Bradford Airport (56 km). Nearby sights include East Fields and High Stittenham.

Photos of Whitwell Hill

Slingsby Castle David Rogers · CC BY-SA 2.0
Sheriff Hutton Castle Shaunconway · CC BY 3.0
Henderskelfe Castle Nicholas Hawksmoor · Public domain

Climate of Whitwell Hill

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 58 mm

Hottest month: July (day 20°)
Coldest month: January (night 0°)
Wettest month: December (62 mm)
Driest month: February (40 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 Whitwell Hill
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	6°	6°	9°	11°	15°	17°	20°	20°	17°	13°	9°	7°
Average low (°C)	0°	1°	2°	3°	6°	8°	11°	10°	9°	6°	3°	1°
Precipitation (mm)	59	40	51	45	47	56	50	57	54	58	58	62

Other places to visit in this season: June July August September

How to get to Whitwell Hill

The nearest airport is Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA), 56 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is York, 20 km to the southwest.

Airports

Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) Leeds, West Yorkshire 56 kmsouthwest
Teesside International Airport (MME) Darlington, Durham 57 kmnorthwest
Humberside Airport (HUY) Grimsby, Lincolnshire 69 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

York Population: 156.1K 20 kmsouthwest
Leeds Population: 536.3K 54 kmsouthwest
Hull Population: 314K 54 kmsoutheast
Middlesbrough Population: 142.7K 57 kmnorth
Wakefield Population: 109.8K 60 kmsouthwest

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

Day trips from Whitwell Hill

Within 100 km: 403 historic and cultural sites, 596 natural sites, 132 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km97 places

The Island Island 20 kmS
Bank Island Island 23 kmS
The Island Island 23 kmW
Cherry Islands Island 5 kmE

25–60 km366 places

Redcar Beach Beach 59 kmN
Whitby Beach Beach 47 kmN
North Beach Beach 48 kmE
Fraisethorpe Beach Beach 46 kmE

60–100 km668 places

Great Britain Island 73 kmW
Seaton Carew Beach Beach 65 kmN
Sunk Island Island 74 kmSE
Spurn Island Island 89 kmSE

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Welburn Village, Ryedale District
0.9 km E
Welburn Village, Welburn
1.5 km E
Whitwell-on-the-Hill Village, Whitwell-on-the-Hill
1.8 km S
Bulmer Village, Whitwell-on-the-Hill
1.9 km SW
Whitwell-on-the-Hill Village, Ryedale District
2 km S
Henderskelfe Village, Ryedale District
2.4 km N

Whitwell Hill

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

East Fields Mountain, Bulmer
1.2 km W
High Stittenham Mountain, Sheriff Hutton
3.7 km W
Henderskelfe Castle Historic site, Henderskelfe
2.5 km N
Spy Hill Mountain, Westow
4.4 km SE
The Rush Mountain, Amotherby
4.9 km NE
Cherry Islands Island, Huttons Ambo
4.9 km E
Bank Top Mountain, Terrington
6.9 km NW
Sheriff Hutton Castle Historic site, Sheriff Hutton
6.7 km W

Whitwell Hill

Sources & licences

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

Data last updated: November 3, 2026