Mountain

Windmill Hill

Located in Avebury, Wiltshire Coordinates: 51°26′29″ N 1°52′34″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 196 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Avebury Trusloe; 2 km SE
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: BRS Bristol Airport59 km; SOU Southampton Airport66 km

About Windmill Hill

Windmill Hill is a mountain. Location: Avebury, Wiltshire. Elevation: 196 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Bristol Airport (59 km). Nearby sights include Waden Hill and Silbury Hill.

Climate of Windmill Hill

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 71 mm

Hottest month: July (day 21°)
Coldest month: February (night 1°)
Wettest month: December (78 mm)
Driest month: July (46 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 Windmill Hill
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	6°	7°	9°	11°	15°	18°	21°	20°	17°	13°	9°	7°
Average low (°C)	1°	1°	2°	3°	6°	9°	11°	11°	9°	6°	3°	2°
Precipitation (mm)	73	52	58	47	51	57	46	58	65	69	71	78

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Windmill Hill

The nearest airport is Bristol Airport (BRS), 59 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Swindon, 15 km to the northeast.

Airports

Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 59 kmwest
Southampton Airport (SOU) Southampton 66 kmsoutheast
Bournemouth Airport (BOH) Bournemouth 74 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

Swindon Population: 201.7K 15 kmnortheast
Bath Population: 101.6K 35 kmwest
Bristol Population: 479K 50 kmwest
Cheltenham Population: 118.8K 53 kmnorth
Gloucester Population: 132.4K 54 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Windmill Hill

Within 100 km: 688 historic and cultural sites, 1,081 natural sites, 248 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km71 places

Friday Island Island 25 kmN
Milk Hill Mountain 7 kmS
Hackpen Hill Mountain 5 kmNE
Liddington Hill Mountain 15 kmNE

25–60 km459 places

Alney Island Island 54 kmNW
Andersey Island Island 49 kmNE
Harnham Water Meadows Island 42 kmS
Rose Isle Island 54 kmNE

60–100 km1,487 places

Portsea Island Natural site 91 kmSE
Isle of Wight Island 94 kmSE
Brownsea Island Island 84 kmS
Avon Beach Beach 80 kmS

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Avebury Trusloe Village, Avebury
2 km SE
Winterbourne Monkton Village, Winterbourne Monkton
1.5 km NE
Winterbourne Monkton Municipality, Wiltshire
1.6 km NE
Beckhampton Village, Avebury
2.4 km S
Avebury Village, Avebury
2.8 km S
Yatesbury Village, Cherhill
2.2 km W

Windmill Hill

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Waden Hill Mountain, Avebury
2.9 km SE
Silbury Hill Mountain, Avebury
3.1 km SE
Avebury Stones Historic site, Avebury
2.1 km SE
Cherhill Down Mountain, Calne Without
4.2 km SW
Hackpen Hill Mountain, Winterbourne Bassett
5.2 km NE
Clyffe Pypard Hill Mountain, Clyffe Pypard
5.2 km N
Silbury Hill Historic site, Avebury
3.2 km SE
Tan Hill Mountain, Allcannings
6.7 km S

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Sources & licences

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

Data last updated: November 3, 2026