Mountain

Yarnest Wood

Located in Ellesmere Rural, Shropshire Coordinates: 52°53′04″ N 2°52′20″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 130 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Ellesmere; 3.2 km NW
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: LPL Liverpool John Lennon Airport50 km; MAN Manchester Airport65 km

About Yarnest Wood

Yarnest Wood is a mountain. Location: Ellesmere Rural, Shropshire. Elevation: 130 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (50 km). Nearby sights include George's Wood and Ellesmere Castle.

Photos of Yarnest Wood

Ellesmere Castle Jeff Buck · CC BY-SA 2.0

Climate of Yarnest Wood

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 10° · Night 3° · Rain 74 mm

Hottest month: July (day 20°)
Coldest month: February (night 0°)
Wettest month: November (74 mm)
Driest month: February (48 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 Yarnest Wood
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	7°	7°	9°	12°	15°	18°	20°	20°	17°	13°	10°	8°
Average low (°C)	1°	0°	2°	3°	6°	9°	11°	10°	8°	6°	3°	1°
Precipitation (mm)	64	48	55	51	52	56	50	63	67	69	74	71

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Yarnest Wood

The nearest airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), 50 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Telford, 37 km to the southeast.

Airports

Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) Liverpool 50 kmnorth
Manchester Airport (MAN) Manchester, Greater Manchester 65 kmnortheast
Birmingham Airport (BHX) Birmingham, West Midlands 90 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

Telford Population: 155.6K 37 kmsoutheast
Newcastle-under-Lyme Population: 127.7K 45 kmeast
Stoke-on-Trent Population: 258.4K 48 kmeast
Birkenhead Population: 325.3K 57 kmnorth
Liverpool Population: 496.8K 59 kmnorth

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

Day trips from Yarnest Wood

Within 100 km: 850 historic and cultural sites, 2,397 natural sites, 202 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km189 places

Duckbay Island Island 21 kmNE
Newton Mere Lake 2 kmNE
Crose Mere Lake 2 kmSE
Hawkstone lake Lake 16 kmE

25–60 km1,043 places

Thurstaston Beach Beach 54 kmN
Little Eye Island 59 kmN
Birch Island Island 59 kmNE
Wigg Island Island 53 kmN

60–100 km2,217 places

Formby Beach Beach 77 kmN
Ainsdale Beach Beach 82 kmN
St Anne's Beach Beach 97 kmN
Ynys Tywyn Island 85 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Ellesmere Village, Ellesmere Urban
3.2 km NW
Lee Village, Ellesmere Rural
1 km W
Wood Lane Village, Welshampton and Lyneal
0.7 km NE
Cockshutt Village, Cockshutt
3.8 km SE
Tetchill Village, Ellesmere Rural
2.4 km W
Kenwick Village, Cockshutt
1.9 km S

Yarnest Wood

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

George's Wood Mountain, Welshampton and Lyneal
2.1 km N
Ellesmere Castle Mountain, Ellesmere Urban
2.7 km NW
Kenwick Park Mountain, Cockshutt
2.7 km S
Crose Mere Lake, Cockshutt
2.4 km SE
Newton Mere Lake, England
2.3 km NE
Sweat Mere Lake, Cockshutt
2.9 km SE
Ellesmere Castle Historic site, Ellesmere Urban
2.6 km NW
Frankton Hill Mountain, Ellesmere Rural
4.7 km W

Yarnest Wood

Sources & licences

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

Data last updated: November 3, 2026