Axbridge

Places of Interest

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.

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.

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. 1460, long after the death of King John in 1216, in Axbridge, a town in the English county of Somerset.

Places in the Area

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.

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.

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.

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