West Country
Somerset
Sedgemoor District

Cheddar Gorge

Cheddar Gorge is a limestone in the , near the village of , England. The gorge is the site of the Cheddar show caves, where Great Britain's oldest complete human skeleton, Cheddar Man, estimated to be 9,000 years old, was found in 1903.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:30 PM
  • Email: info@cheddargorge.co.uk
  • Type: Tourist attraction with an elevation of 223 feet
  • Description: valley in Somerset, England
  • Also known as: “Cheddar Gorge & Caves”
  • Address: Cliff Road, Cheddar, BS27 3QF

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gough’s Cave and Cox’s Cave.

Cave
Photo: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gough's Cave is located in Cheddar Gorge on the , in , England. The cave is 115 m deep and is 3.405 km long, and contains a variety of large chambers and rock formations.

Cave
Cox's Cave is in Cheddar Gorge on the , in , England. It is open to the public as a show cave. The cave is named after mill owner George Cox who discovered it in 1837, while quarrying limestone for a new building.

Pub
Photo: Ian Rob, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cheddar and Draycott.

Photo: Delta 51, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 cheese.

Village
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England, neighbouring the village of on the southern edge of the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is now the larger village in the civil parish of . is situated 2 miles south of Cheddar Gorge.

Town
Photo: Martin Clark, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in , England, on the River Axe, near the southern edge of the . Its population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. is situated 2½ miles west of Cheddar Gorge.

Cheddar Gorge

Latitude
51.28259° or 51° 16′ 57″ north
Longitude
-2.76565° or 2° 45′ 56″ west
Elevation
223 feet (68 metres)
Open location code
9C3V76MM+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3761594634
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
3345392
Wiki­data ID
Q1068812
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Cheddar Gorge” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Cheddar Gorge”
  • Basque: “Cheddarko arroila”
  • Basque: “Cheddarreko arroila”
  • Breton: “Kanienn Cheddar”
  • Catalan: “gorja de Cheddar”
  • Catalan: “Gorja de Cheddar”
  • Cebuano: “Cheddar Gorge”
  • Chinese: “切达峡谷”
  • Chinese: “切达峡谷和岩洞”
  • Chinese: “切達峽谷”
  • Czech: “Cheddar Gorge”
  • Dutch: “Cheddar Gorge”
  • French: “gorges de Cheddar”
  • French: “Gorges de Cheddar”
  • Georgian: “ჩედერის ხეობა”
  • German: “Cheddar Gorge”
  • Hebrew: “קניון הצ’דר”
  • Hebrew: “קניון צ’דר”
  • Irish: “Cheddar Gorge”
  • Italian: “Cheddar Gorge”
  • Italian: “Gola di Cheddar”
  • Japanese: “チェダー・ゴージ”
  • Japanese: “チェダー渓谷”
  • Lithuanian: “Čedaro tarpeklis”
  • Polish: “Cheddar Gorge”
  • Portuguese: “Garganta de cheddar”
  • Portuguese: “Garganta de Cheddar”
  • Russian: “Чеддер (ущелье)”
  • Russian: “Чеддер”
  • Spanish: “garganta de Cheddar”
  • Spanish: “Garganta de Cheddar”
  • Swedish: “Cheddar Gorge”
  • Turkish: “Çedar Kanyonu”
  • Welsh: “Ceunant Cheddar”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cheddar Gorge”. Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.