Fort · near Alton · Staffordshire

Flag Tower

Head 500 m north of Alton for Flag Tower, a fort. Add Alton Towers Resort, 800 m away, to a visit; it leads 32 places within 15 km.

Where

500 m

north of Alton

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–21°C

In brief

Fort near Alton

Just outside Alton

Flag Tower is 500 m north of Alton. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

Choosing a month

In Alton, June to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–21°C.

Jan6° / 1°78 mm

Feb7° / 1°65 mm

Mar9° / 3°60 mm

Apr12° / 4°61 mm

May16° / 7°61 mm

Jun18° / 10°74 mm

Jul21° / 12°76 mm

Aug20° / 12°81 mm

Sep17° / 9°71 mm

Oct13° / 6°95 mm

Nov9° / 4°93 mm

Dec7° / 1°98 mm

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

About

Flag Tower

Fort.

Type: Fort
Town: 500 m north of Alton

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

The map

The way to Flag Tower

Numbered points are the places near Flag Tower, which is in orange.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

Cheadle tops the 5 for size, at 11,403 people. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · 500 m south of it

Alton

980 people · 17 places to visit

2 · 2.9 km southeast of it

Denstone

829 people · 17 places to visit

3 · 4.2 km southeast of it

Rocester

1,679 people · 17 places to visit

4 · 4.3 km east of it

Ellastone

300 people · 16 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Flag Tower is	People	Places to visit
Alton	500 m south of it	980	17
Denstone	2.9 km southeast of it	829	17
Rocester	4.2 km southeast of it	1,679	17
Ellastone	4.3 km east of it	300	16
Cheadle	4.9 km west of it	11,403	6

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

The 32 places within 15 km include 6 attractions, a theme park and a castle.

Big drawTheme parkAlton Towers Resort800 m away · 2.5M visitors a year (2024)2

AttractionThe Smiler300 m away 3

AttractionOblivion200 m away 4

CastleAlton Castle700 m away 5

AttractionGalactica1 km away 6

AttractionRita500 m away 7

AttractionThirteen500 m away 8

AttractionWicker Man700 m away

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

Know before you visit Flag Tower

Where is Flag Tower?

Flag Tower is 500 m north of Alton, Staffordshire.

What is Flag Tower?

Fort.

When is the best time to visit Flag Tower?

June to September are the warmest months in Alton, with afternoon highs of 17–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Flag Tower?

Within 15 km: Alton Towers Resort (800 m), The Smiler (300 m), Oblivion (200 m) and Alton Castle (700 m).

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 (8)

Alton Towers Resort: Dunderklumpen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Smiler: TowersStreet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Oblivion: DAllardyce, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Alton Castle: Dennis Thorley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Galactica: Andyfishburne, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rita: rogerbarker2 https://www.flickr.com/photos/rogerbarker/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Thirteen: Freddo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wicker Man: WL2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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