Axbridge
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.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cheddar Gorge and King John’s Hunting Lodge.
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. Cheddar Gorge is situated 2 miles east of Axbridge.
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. 1468, long after the death of King John in 1216, in Axbridge, a town in the English county of Somerset.
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 Cheddar and Winscombe.
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.
Axbridge
- Type: Locality
- Location: Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.2872° or 51° 17′ 14″ northLongitude
-2.8166° or 2° 48′ 60″ westElevation
79 feet (24 metres)Open location code
9C3V75PM+V9GeoNames ID
7294118
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