Fort · near Warminster · Wiltshire

Cley Hill

Set 1.2 km west of Warminster, Cley Hill is a fort. Its status is a scheduled monument. Around it, within 15 km, lie 23 more places, Longleat House (3.7 km) first on our list.

Photo: Cley Hill, David Doff (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

1.2 km

west of Warminster

Run by

National Trust

a national heritage body

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Fort near Warminster

Just outside Warminster

Cley Hill is 1.2 km west of Warminster. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by the National Trust

One of the places the National Trust looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Warminster has 224 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The climate through the year

June to September are the warmest in Warminster, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C.

Jan8° / 2°108 mm

Feb8° / 1°81 mm

Mar11° / 3°70 mm

Apr14° / 4°63 mm

May17° / 7°60 mm

Jun20° / 10°60 mm

Jul22° / 12°68 mm

Aug21° / 12°74 mm

Sep19° / 10°71 mm

Oct15° / 7°105 mm

Nov11° / 4°118 mm

Dec8° / 2°110 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Warminster, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Warminster. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Warminster’s full climate →

About

Cley Hill

It is in the care of the National Trust.

Warminster’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Fort
Run by: National Trust
Listed: Scheduled monument
Town: 1.2 km west of Warminster

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Cley Hill at a glance

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Cley Hill is the orange one.

Towns near it

Towns around Cley Hill, by distance

In size, Warminster comes first of the 4, with 18,018 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · 1.2 km east of it

Warminster

18,018 people · 7 places to visit

2 · 2.8 km northwest of it

Chapmanslade

676 people · 8 places to visit

3 · 4.2 km north of it

Dilton Marsh

1,958 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 4.8 km northeast of it

Westbury

16,394 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Cley Hill is	People	Places to visit
Warminster	1.2 km east of it	18,018	7
Chapmanslade	2.8 km northwest of it	676	8
Dilton Marsh	4.2 km north of it	1,958	5
Westbury	4.8 km northeast of it	16,394	5

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Around Cley Hill

Nearby, 23 places within 15 km include 2 castles, a historic house and a wildlife park.

Historic houseLongleat House3.7 km away 2

Wildlife parkLongleat Safari Park2.6 km away 3

Garden · National TrustStourhead Park13 km away 4

Castle · English HeritageNunney Castle10 km away 5

Attraction · National TrustKing Alfred's Tower14 km away 6

Castle · English HeritageFarleigh Hungerford Castle13 km away 7

Fort · English HeritageBratton Castle9 km away 8

Museum · National TrustWestwood Manor14 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Cley Hill: what to know

Where is Cley Hill?

Cley Hill is 1.2 km west of Warminster, Wiltshire.

What is Cley Hill?

Hillfort in Wiltshire, England, UK.

Who runs Cley Hill?

National Trust, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Cley Hill?

June to September are the warmest months in Warminster, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Cley Hill a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Cley Hill?

Within 15 km: Longleat House (3.7 km), Longleat Safari Park (2.6 km), Stourhead Park (13 km) and Nunney Castle (10 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Cley Hill: David Doff, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Longleat House: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Longleat Safari Park: Andy Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stourhead Park: Jon Wornham, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nunney Castle: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
King Alfred's Tower: Jürgen Matern, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Farleigh Hungerford Castle: nicksarebi, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bratton Castle: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westwood Manor: Rog Frost, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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