Cheddar
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.Places of Interest
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.
Cheddar Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Axbridge and Rodney Stoke.
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. Axbridge is situated 2 miles northwest of Cheddar.
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 southeast of Cheddar.
Cheddar
- Type: Locality
- Location: Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.2725° or 51° 16′ 21″ northLongitude
-2.7745° or 2° 46′ 28″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
9C3V76CG+X5GeoNames ID
7292399
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