Priddy
Priddy is a village in Somerset, England in the Mendip Hills, close to East Harptree and 4 miles north-west of Wells. The village lies in a small hollow near the summit of the Mendip range of hills, at an elevation of 260 metres above sea-level, and has evidence of occupation since Neolithic times.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 675 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Somerset, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Priddy, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Lawrence, Priddy and Swildon’s Hole.
Church of St Lawrence, Priddy
Church
Photo: Stevekeiretsu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Anglican Church of St Lawrence at Priddy, Somerset, England, dates from the 13th century, with some rebuilding in the 15th century and was restored in 1881–88; it is a Grade I listed building.
Swildon’s Hole
Cave
Swildon's Hole is an extensive cave in Priddy, Somerset. At 9,144 metres in length, it is the longest cave on the Mendip Hills. It has been found to be connected to Priddy Green Sink and forms part of the Priddy Caves Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wookey Hole and Westbury-sub-Mendip.
Wookey Hole
Village
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wookey Hole is a village in Somerset, England. It is the location of the Wookey Hole show caves. Wookey Hole is situated 2 miles south of Priddy.
Westbury-sub-Mendip
Village
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
Westbury-sub-Mendip is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. The village is on the southern slopes of the Mendip Hills, 4 miles from Wells and Cheddar. The parish boundary is formed by the River Axe. Westbury-sub-Mendip is situated 2½ miles southwest of Priddy.
Rodney Stoke
Village
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rodney Stoke is a small village and civil parish, located at grid reference ST486501, 5 miles north-west of Wells, in the English county of Somerset. The village is on the A371 between Draycott and Westbury-sub-Mendip. Rodney Stoke is situated 2½ miles west of Priddy.
Priddy
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Priddy, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.2561° or 51° 15′ 22″ northLongitude
-2.67947° or 2° 40′ 46″ westPopulation
675Elevation
827 feet (252 metres)Open location code
9C3V784C+C6OpenStreetMap ID
node 29673721OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2639894Wikidata ID
Q2693076
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Priddy” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Priddy”
- Chinese: “Priddy”
- Dutch: “Priddy”
- Egyptian Arabic: “پريدى”
- French: “Priddy”
- German: “Priddy”
- Irish: “Priddy”
- Italian: “Priddy”
- Japanese: “プリディ”
- Ladin: “Priddy”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Priddy”
- Persian: “پریدی”
- Polish: “Priddy”
- Spanish: “Priddy”
- Swedish: “Priddy”
- Turkish: “Priddy”
- “Priddy”
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