Mountain

Box Hill

Located in Box, Wiltshire Coordinates: 51°25′29″ N 2°13′43″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 150 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Neston; 2.4 km SE
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: BRS Bristol Airport34 km; BOH Bournemouth Airport77 km

About Box Hill

Box Hill is a mountain. Location: Box, Wiltshire. Elevation: 150 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Bristol Airport (34 km). Nearby sights include Bathford Hill and Corsham.

Climate of Box Hill

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 10° · Night 4° · Rain 75 mm

Hottest month: July (day 21°)
Coldest month: February (night 1°)
Wettest month: December (83 mm)
Driest month: July (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 Box Hill
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	7°	7°	9°	12°	16°	18°	21°	20°	17°	14°	10°	8°
Average low (°C)	1°	1°	2°	3°	7°	9°	12°	11°	9°	7°	4°	2°
Precipitation (mm)	79	56	62	51	54	61	48	62	71	72	75	83

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Box Hill

The nearest airport is Bristol Airport (BRS), 34 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Bath, 11 km to the southwest.

Airports

Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 34 kmwest
Bournemouth Airport (BOH) Bournemouth 77 kmsouth
Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 78 kmwest

Nearby large cities

Bath Population: 101.6K 11 kmsouthwest
Bristol Population: 479K 26 kmwest
Swindon Population: 201.7K 34 kmnortheast
Gloucester Population: 132.4K 49 kmnorth
Cheltenham Population: 118.8K 54 kmnorth

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

Day trips from Box Hill

Within 100 km: 722 historic and cultural sites, 1,221 natural sites, 180 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km92 places

Windmill Hill Mountain 25 kmE
Bathford Hill Mountain 6 kmSW
White Horse Hill Mountain 19 kmS
Urchfont Hill Mountain 24 kmSE

25–60 km621 places

Alney Island Island 49 kmN
Harnham Water Meadows Island 50 kmSE
Knightstone Island 54 kmW
Bathing Island Island 56 kmS

60–100 km1,410 places

Brownsea Island Island 84 kmS
Avon Beach Beach 85 kmSE
Chesil Beach Beach 91 kmS
Calshot Beach Beach 94 kmSE

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Neston Town, Corsham
2.4 km SE
Hawthorn Village, Box
0.4 km E
Corsham Town, Corsham
3.3 km E
Rudloe Village, Box
0.6 km NE
Box Hill Village, Box
0.7 km W
Colerne Village, Colerne
2.8 km NW

Box Hill

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Bathford Hill Mountain, Bathford
5.9 km SW
Corsham Historic site, Corsham
3.3 km NE
Little Solsbury Hill Mountain, Batheaston
7.6 km W
Bathampton Down Mountain, Bathampton
8.1 km SW
Alice Park Natural site, Bath and North East Somerset
8.3 km W
Henley Hill Mountain, Cold Ashton
9.5 km W
Bowden Hill Mountain, Lacock
10 km E
Henrietta Park Natural site, Bath and North East Somerset
9.8 km SW

Box Hill

Sources & licences

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

Data last updated: November 3, 2026