Mountain

Shrub Down

Located in Westwood, Wiltshire Coordinates: 51°20′05″ N 2°17′47″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 107 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Westwood; 1.2 km E
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: BRS Bristol Airport30 km; BOH Bournemouth Airport69 km

About Shrub Down

Shrub Down is a mountain. Location: Westwood, Wiltshire. Elevation: 107 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Bristol Airport (30 km). Nearby sights include River Frome and Hayes Wood Hill.

Photos of Shrub Down

Bath Abbey Velvet · CC BY-SA 3.0
Trowbridge Castle Phil Williams · CC BY-SA 2.0
Fashion Museum Mark Anderson · CC BY-SA 2.0
Jane Austen Centre Fahdshariff at English Wikipedia · Public domain

Climate of Shrub Down

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 Shrub Down
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	7°	7°	10°	12°	16°	19°	21°	21°	18°	14°	10°	8°
Average low (°C)	2°	1°	3°	4°	7°	10°	12°	12°	10°	7°	4°	3°
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 Shrub Down

The nearest airport is Bristol Airport (BRS), 30 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Bath, 6 km to the northwest.

Airports

Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 30 kmwest
Bournemouth Airport (BOH) Bournemouth 69 kmsoutheast
Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 73 kmwest

Nearby large cities

Bath Population: 101.6K 6 kmnorthwest
Bristol Population: 479K 25 kmnorthwest
Swindon Population: 201.7K 44 kmnortheast
Newport Population: 161.5K 56 kmnorthwest
Gloucester Population: 132.4K 59 kmnorth

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

Day trips from Shrub Down

Within 100 km: 666 historic and cultural sites, 1,214 natural sites, 168 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km109 places

Denny Island Island 22 kmW
Chew Valley Lake Lake 22 kmW
Cold Kitchen Hill Mountain 22 kmS
Cranmore Hill Mountain 19 kmSW

25–60 km562 places

Steep Holm Island 57 kmW
Flat Holm Island 58 kmW
Alney Island Island 59 kmN
Harnham Water Meadows Island 45 kmSE

60–100 km1,377 places

Brownsea Island Island 75 kmS
Avon Beach Beach 78 kmSE
Chesil Beach Beach 80 kmS
Calshot Beach Beach 90 kmSE

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Westwood Village, Westwood
1.2 km E
Limpley Stoke Village, Limpley Stoke
1.7 km NW
Bradford on Avon Town, Bradford on Avon
3.5 km NE
Upper Westwood Village, Westwood
1 km E
Avoncliff Village, Westwood
1.1 km E
Lower Westwood Village, Westwood
1.6 km E

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Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

River Frome River, England
0.5 km N
Hayes Wood Hill Mountain, Freshford
2.4 km NW
Vagg's Hill Mountain, Wingfield
3.9 km SE
Farleigh Hungerford Castle Historic site, Norton St. Philip
2 km S
Bathampton Down Mountain, Bathampton
6 km N
Lyncombe Hill Mountain, Bath and North East Somerset
6.1 km NW
Bathford Hill Mountain, Bathford
6.5 km N
Henrietta Park Natural site, Bath and North East Somerset
7 km NW

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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