Cheddar Reservoir
Cheddar Reservoir is an artificial reservoir in Somerset, England, operated by Bristol Water. Dating from the 1930s it has a capacity of 135 million gallons.Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Somerset, England
- Also known as: “Axbridge Reservoir” and “Cheddar Reservoir SSSI”
Places of Interest
Highlights include King John’s Hunting Lodge and Church of St John the Baptist.
King John’s Hunting Lodge
Museum
Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
King John's Hunting Lodge is a wool-merchant's house built c. 1460, long after the death of King John in 1216, in Axbridge, a town in the English county of Somerset.
Church of St John the Baptist
Church
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
The Church of St John the Baptist in Axbridge, Somerset, England, was built in the 13th century and has been designated as a grade I listed building. Work on the current building began in the early 15th century, and grew from an earlier building dating back to about 1230.
Cheddar Wood
Forest
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cheddar Wood is an 86.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Cheddar in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, notified in 1967. Cheddar Wood and the smaller Macall's Wood near Cheddar Gorge are what remains of the wood of the Bishops of Bath and Wells in the thirteenth century and of King Edmund the Magnificent's wood in the tenth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Axbridge and Cheddar.
Axbridge
Town
Photo: Martin Clark, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Axbridge is a town in Somerset, England, on the River Axe, near the southern edge of the Mendip Hills. Its population according to the 2011 census was 2,057.
Cheddar
Photo: Delta 51, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cheddar is a large village, with the largest gorge and caves in Britain. It has a population of around 5,800. The village gave its name to Cheddar cheese.
Winscombe
Village
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
Winscombe is a large village in the North Somerset unitary district of Somerset, England, close to the settlements of Axbridge and Cheddar, on the western edge of the Mendip Hills, 7 miles southeast of Weston-super-Mare and 14 miles southwest of Bristol.
Cheddar Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.28014° or 51° 16′ 49″ northLongitude
-2.80194° or 2° 48′ 7″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Operator
Bristol WaterOpen location code
9C3V75JX+36OpenStreetMap ID
way 4929957OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoir
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cheddar Reservoir” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cheddar Reservoir”
- Russian: “водохранилище Чеддер”
- Slovenian: “Cheddar Reservoir”
- Swedish: “Cheddar Reservoir”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hythe and Draycott Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bristol Corinthian Yacht Club and Cheddar Reservoir BMX/Skate Park.
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