Charterhouse
Charterhouse, also known as Charterhouse-on-Mendip, is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Priddy, in the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England.Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 25 residents
- Description: village in Somerset, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Charterhouse, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Manor Farm Swallet and Manor Farmhouse.
Manor Farm Swallet
Cave
Manor Farm Swallet is a cave in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England which was subject to numerous failed digging attempts between 1947 and 1973 as the surface shafts kept collapsing.
Upper Flood Swallet
Cave
Photo: Nick Chipchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Upper Flood Swallet which was originally known as Blackmoor Flood Swallet, is an exceptionally well-decorated cave near Charterhouse, in the carboniferous limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Black Down and Blagdon.
Black Down
Locality
Photo: Jsommer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Black Down is the highest hill in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, in south-western England. Black Down lies just a few miles eastward of the Bristol Channel at Weston-super-Mare, and provides a view over the Chew Valley.
Blagdon
Village
Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blagdon is a village and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Somerset, within the unitary authority of North Somerset, in England. It is located in the Mendip Hills, a recognised Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Blagdon is situated 2 miles north of Charterhouse.
Ubley
Village
Ubley is a small village and civil parish within the Chew Valley in Bath and North East Somerset about 9 miles south of Bristol. It is just south-east of Blagdon Lake, just off the A368 between Compton Martin and Blagdon. Ubley is situated 2½ miles northeast of Charterhouse.
Charterhouse
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Priddy, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.29834° or 51° 17′ 54″ northLongitude
-2.72093° or 2° 43′ 15″ westPopulation
25Elevation
823 feet (251 metres)Open location code
9C3V77XH+8JOpenStreetMap ID
node 29673715OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6619736Wikidata ID
Q5086874
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Charterhouse” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Charterhouse, Somerset”
- French: “Charterhouse”
- Irish: “Charterhouse”
- Ladin: “Charterhouse”
- Polish: “Charterhouse (Somerset)”
- Polish: “Charterhouse”
- Swedish: “Charterhouse, Somerset”
- Swedish: “Charterhouse”
- “Charterhouse”
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Highlights include Charterhouse and Town Field rectangular enclosure.
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