Summit · England

Chanctonbury Ring

242 m794 ft

Prominence: 216 m708 ft
Isolation: 17 km
Tonight: 6°CPartly cloudy · Wind 32 km/h W

Chanctonbury Ring is a 242 m (794 ft) summit in England, United Kingdom.

All facts

Elevation: 242 m · 794 ft
Nearest higher peak: Walbury Hill (297 m)
Region: England, United Kingdom
Coordinates: 50.8968° N, 0.3806° W

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3D map

Chanctonbury Ring 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Chanctonbury Ring terrain and contours

10 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 50 mShowing west → east through the summit

Chanctonbury Ring elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Chanctonbury Ring weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 6°C (43°F) · Wind 32 km/h W

Chanctonbury Ring forecast for the summit, about 242 m.

Tonight6°–32 km/h W
Today7°13°23.1 mm61 km/h SW
Sun9°12°0.2 mm49 km/h W
Mon11°15°10.2 mm46 km/h SW
Tue9°14°2.6 mm37 km/h S
Wed8°14°–18 km/h SW
Thu5°13°0.4 mm12 km/h S
Fri9°13°6.2 mm13 km/h SE
Sat6°11°7.1 mm17 km/h NW
Sun3°9°–22 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Chanctonbury Ring

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Chanctonbury Ring, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
Chanctonbury Ring Carparking
0.7 km ENE · +2 more within 2.1 km
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Nearest caravan site
Washington Caravan & Camping Park
2.1 km NW · +2 more within 6.4 km
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Nearest campsite
4.2 km E
+2 more within 7.3 km
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Chanctonbury Ring CarparkingParking	0.7 km ENE
Washington SDW Trail Car ParkParking	1.9 km W
Parking	2.1 km WNW
Washington Caravan & Camping ParkCaravan site	2.1 km NW
Wild Heart Hill CampCaravan site	4.2 km SW
Campsite	4.2 km E
New Wharf CampsiteCampsite	5.5 km NE
Honeybridge ParkCaravan site	6.4 km NNE
Hillside Scout CampCampsite	7.3 km E

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 91% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

90.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

9.2%

Steep, 30–45°

0.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.2% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 233 m low point 11 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 46.8%Trees 27.4%Cropland 24.4%Built-up 1.2%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 438 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

European Peacock Butterfly22
Red Admiral19
Pyramidal orchid18
Red campion15
Eurasian Kestrel13
Common Spotted Orchid12

Where it sits

Where Chanctonbury Ring sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Virginia Water Lake59 km NNW

Downloads

Chanctonbury Ring downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGChanctonbury Ring satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-29.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 245 m at the summit; the official height is 242 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	242 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	245 m	+3 m
Copernicus GLO-90	242 m	0 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-29)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · Wikipedia

Chanctonbury Ring

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest caravan site

Nearest campsite

Data sources