soup wrote:
We are thinking of getting a compost bin for grass clippings veg
peelings etc. Does the bin have to be sited in direct sunlight or can
it be in a shetered from the wind but no direct sunlight position? We
can put it at the bottom of the garden which can be warmer, but gets
more wind, or we can put it in a gap between us and next door which is
pretty wind proof, but gets no direct sunlight.

We just put ours in the most convenient available spot! It's at the bottom
fo the garden, by the gate. I don't think it gets direct sunlight, and it's
probably fairly sheltered, but not deliberately.
The compost on the allotment is in direct sunlight, and everything is
unsheltered!