Mountain

Bowden Hill

Located in Lacock, Wiltshire Coordinates: 51°25′00″ N 2°04′59″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 181 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Chittoe; 2.2 km SE
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: BRS Bristol Airport44 km; SOU Southampton Airport73 km

About Bowden Hill

Bowden Hill is a mountain. Location: Lacock, Wiltshire. Elevation: 181 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Bristol Airport (44 km). Nearby sights include Naish Hill Mediumwave Transmitter and Lacock Mediumwave Transmitter.

Climate of Bowden Hill

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 10° · Night 3° · Rain 66 mm

Hottest month: July (day 21°)
Coldest month: February (night 1°)
Wettest month: December (73 mm)
Driest month: July (44 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 Bowden Hill
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	7°	7°	9°	12°	15°	18°	21°	20°	17°	13°	10°	7°
Average low (°C)	1°	1°	2°	3°	6°	9°	11°	11°	9°	6°	3°	2°
Precipitation (mm)	69	49	55	46	49	56	44	56	63	65	66	73

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Bowden Hill

The nearest airport is Bristol Airport (BRS), 44 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Bath, 20 km to the west.

Airports

Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 44 kmwest
Southampton Airport (SOU) Southampton 73 kmsoutheast
Bournemouth Airport (BOH) Bournemouth 73 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

Bath Population: 101.6K 20 kmwest
Swindon Population: 201.7K 26 kmnortheast
Bristol Population: 479K 36 kmwest
Gloucester Population: 132.4K 51 kmnorth
Cheltenham Population: 118.8K 54 kmnorth

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

Day trips from Bowden Hill

Within 100 km: 713 historic and cultural sites, 1,161 natural sites, 197 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km88 places

Windmill Hill Mountain 15 kmE
Milk Hill Mountain 17 kmE
Hackpen Hill Mountain 19 kmE
Bathford Hill Mountain 15 kmW

25–60 km546 places

Alney Island Island 51 kmN
Harnham Water Meadows Island 44 kmSE
Bathing Island Island 57 kmS
Fish's Island Island 57 kmS

60–100 km1,437 places

Portsea Island Natural site 99 kmSE
Isle of Wight Island 99 kmSE
Brownsea Island Island 81 kmS
Avon Beach Beach 80 kmS

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Chittoe Village, Bromham
2.2 km SE
Lacock Village, Lacock
2.7 km W
Bowden Hill Village, Lacock
1.1 km SW
Chippenham Town, Chippenham
5.6 km NW
Reybridge Village, Lacock
2.5 km W
Calne Town, Calne
5.9 km NE

Bowden Hill

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Naish Hill Mediumwave Transmitter Landmark, Calne Without
0.4 km E
Lacock Mediumwave Transmitter Landmark, Lacock
1.9 km SW
Loxwell Abbey Historic site, Calne Without
1.6 km NE
King's Play Hill Mountain, Heddington
7.1 km E
Seend Hill Mountain, Seend
7.6 km S
Morgan's Hill Mountain, Bishops Cannings
8.8 km E
Roundway Hill Mountain, Bishops Cannings
8.9 km SE
Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site, Chippenham
4.4 km N

Bowden Hill

Sources & licences

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

Data last updated: November 3, 2026