Black Rock
Black Rock is a road bend in England, United Kingdom. Black Rock is situated nearby to Cheddar Gorge, as well as near the locality Black Down.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cheddar Gorge and Gough’s Cave.
Cheddar Gorge
Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.
Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills, near the village of Cheddar, Somerset, 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.
Gough’s Cave
Cave
Photo: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gough's Cave is located in Cheddar Gorge on the Mendip Hills, in Cheddar, Somerset, England. The cave is 115 m deep and is 3.405 km long, and contains a variety of large chambers and rock formations. Gough’s Cave is situated 1 mile west of Black Rock.
Rhino Rift
Cave
Rhino Rift is a cave near Charterhouse, in the Carboniferous Limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave is part of the Cheddar Complex SSSI. Rhino Rift is situated 3,600 feet north of Black Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cheddar and Black Down.
Cheddar
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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.
Black Down
Locality
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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. Black Down is situated 1½ miles north of Black Rock.
Draycott
Village
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Draycott is a village in Somerset, England, neighbouring the village of Cheddar on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is now the larger village in the civil parish of Rodney Stoke. Draycott is situated 2 miles south of Black Rock.
Black Rock
- Type: Road bend
- Category: transportation
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.28741° or 51° 17′ 15″ northLongitude
-2.74405° or 2° 44′ 39″ westElevation
600 feet (183 metres)Open location code
9C3V77P4+X9GeoNames ID
6619738
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