Mountain

Great Wood Hill

Located in Brinkworth, Wiltshire Coordinates: 51°32′00″ N 1°57′50″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 136 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Lyneham; 1.9 km S
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: BRS Bristol Airport55 km; SOU Southampton Airport77 km

About Great Wood Hill

Great Wood Hill is a mountain. Location: Brinkworth, Wiltshire. Elevation: 136 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Bristol Airport (55 km). Nearby sights include Lyneham Hillock Wood and Avon Grove Hill.

Climate of Great Wood Hill

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 10° · Night 4° · Rain 65 mm

Hottest month: July (day 21°)
Coldest month: February (night 1°)
Wettest month: December (71 mm)
Driest month: July (45 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 Great Wood Hill
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	7°	7°	9°	12°	16°	19°	21°	21°	17°	14°	10°	7°
Average low (°C)	1°	1°	2°	4°	7°	10°	12°	11°	9°	7°	4°	2°
Precipitation (mm)	66	48	54	46	49	57	45	56	62	62	65	71

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Great Wood Hill

The nearest airport is Bristol Airport (BRS), 55 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Swindon, 13 km to the east.

Airports

Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 55 kmwest
Southampton Airport (SOU) Southampton 77 kmsoutheast
Bournemouth Airport (BOH) Bournemouth 84 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

Swindon Population: 201.7K 13 kmeast
Bath Population: 101.6K 33 kmsouthwest
Cheltenham Population: 118.8K 42 kmnorth
Gloucester Population: 132.4K 42 kmnorthwest
Bristol Population: 479K 45 kmwest

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

Day trips from Great Wood Hill

Within 100 km: 717 historic and cultural sites, 1,079 natural sites, 212 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km66 places

Friday Island Island 13 kmN
Windmill Hill Mountain 12 kmSE
Milk Hill Mountain 19 kmSE
Hackpen Hill Mountain 13 kmSE

25–60 km548 places

Alney Island Island 42 kmNW
Andersey Island Island 50 kmE
Harnham Water Meadows Island 53 kmS
Rose Isle Island 54 kmNE

60–100 km1,394 places

Brownsea Island Island 94 kmS
Avon Beach Beach 91 kmS
Calshot Beach Beach 92 kmSE
Studland Beach Beach 97 kmS

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Lyneham Town, Lyneham and Bradenstoke
1.9 km S
Brinkworth Village, Brinkworth
3.1 km NW
Royal Wootton Bassett Town, Wootton Bassett
4.2 km E
Grittenham Village, Brinkworth
1.6 km NE
Tockenham Municipality, Wiltshire
2 km SE
Brooklands Village, Brinkworth
2.9 km NW

Great Wood Hill

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Lyneham Hillock Wood Historic site, Tockenham
1.2 km S
Avon Grove Hill Mountain, Lyneham and Bradenstoke
4.8 km SW
Hook Hill Mountain, Lydiard Tregoze
5.9 km NE
Lyneham Clack Mount Historic site, Lyneham and Bradenstoke
3.6 km SW
Worthy Hill Mountain, Charlton
6.6 km N
Clyffe Pypard Hill Mountain, Clyffe Pypard
7.1 km SE
Windmill Hill Mountain, Avebury
12 km SE
Okus Hill Mountain, Swindon
13 km E

Great Wood Hill

Sources & licences

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

Data last updated: November 3, 2026