# Brownswick GN division, Norwood DS Division – Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/brownswick/ Grama Niladhari division · Norwood DS Division # Brownswick Brownswick is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Norwood DS Division, Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province. It covers **12.7 km²**. 5 named villages and localities are recorded here. - 12.7km² ## Where is Brownswick? Brownswick lies in [Norwood DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/), [Nuwara Eliya District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/), [Central Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 7 other GN divisions: [Brownlow](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/brownlow/), [Gawarawila](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/gawarawila/), [Mahanelu](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/mahanelu/), [Maskeliya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/maskeliya/), [Mocha](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/mocha/), [Moray](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/moray/) and [Norwood](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/norwood/). By area it is the 884th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 3.6% of [Norwood DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/). The centre of Brownswick is about 82 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 6.8200° N, 80.5787° E. Local names: බ්‍රවුන්ස්වික් . Source: [Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lka). ## Villages and localities in Brownswick Open gazetteers list **5 villages, towns and localities** in Brownswick. - Brunswick Estate - Caskeiben - Emalina - Lanka - Mottiongham Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). ## Landscape and landmarks of Brownswick Named natural and historic features inside Brownswick, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Hills and mountains 1 mountain. - Yakahaluwela · 1,466 m ### Estates 12 estates. - Bloomfield - Brunswick - Bunyan - Caskieben - Dotala - Dunnottar - Emelina - Halloowella - Lanka - Mottingham - Queensland - Rockwood Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/). Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate. ## Weather in Brownswick and the best time to visit Using the climate of Nuwara Eliya District, the warmest month is Apr (average 24 °C) and the coolest is Jan (21 °C). About 1,762 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (274 mm) and the driest Jul (82 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **January to March and June to August**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 21 108 Feb 22 86 Mar 23 104 Apr 24 175 May 24 164 Jun 23 101 Jul 23 82 Aug 23 92 Sep 23 129 Oct 23 234 Nov 22 274 Dec 22 212 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Brownswick Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital MaskeliyHospital · Brownlow 1.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.83395&mlon=80.57446#map=17/6.83395/80.57446) Bank HNB -Maskeliya · Maskeliya 1.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.83348&mlon=80.57254#map=17/6.83348/80.57254) ATM ATM HNB · Maskeliya 1.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.83341&mlon=80.57251#map=17/6.83341/80.57251) Petrol pump Cepetco Maskeliya · Maskeliya 2.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.83643&mlon=80.57197#map=17/6.83643/80.57197) Hotel River Side Guest House & Travels · Maskeliya 1.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.82817&mlon=80.57359#map=17/6.82817/80.57359) Mall Shakthi Electronics and Furnitures · Maskeliya 1.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.83399&mlon=80.57181#map=17/6.83399/80.57181) School Samaneliya navodya vidyalaya · Maskeliya 1.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.82977&mlon=80.57474#map=17/6.82977/80.57474) College Arafa College - Weligama · Newvalleygama 4.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.85505&mlon=80.59970#map=17/6.85505/80.59970) Police station Maskeliya Police Station · Maskeliya 2.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.83628&mlon=80.57051#map=17/6.83628/80.57051) Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km. ## Other GN divisions in Norwood DS Division - Annfield - Aulton Watta - Bagawanthalawa South - Bogawana - Brownlow - Dickoya - Dickoya South - Gawarawila - Hatton East - Hatton North - Hatton South - Hatton West - Injuster - Kirkoswald - Kotiyagala - Lethant - Loinon - Mahanelu - Maskeliya - Maussakele - Mocha - Moray - Newvalleygama - Norwood - Panmur - Rosella - Ruwanpura - Seethagangula - Shanon - Strathspey - Tillary - Venture - Wanarajah - Welioya ## Quick answers - Where is Brownswick?In Norwood DS Division, Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Brownswick?Brownlow, Gawarawila, Mahanelu, Maskeliya, Mocha, Moray and Norwood - How many villages are in Brownswick?5 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the highest point in Brownswick?Yakahaluwela (1,466 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Brownswick?January to March and June to August - Where is the nearest hospital to Brownswick?MaskeliyHospital, about 1.6 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Brownswick?HNB -Maskeliya, about 1.6 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Brownswick?ATM HNB, about 1.6 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Brownswick?Cepetco Maskeliya, about 2.0 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Brownswick?LK2330280 (OCHA common operational dataset)