Cheddar Yeo
The Cheddar Yeo is a small river in Somerset, England. Beneath the limestone of the Mendip Hills it forms the largest underground river system in Britain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include St Andrew’s Church, Cheddar and The Court House and forecourt wall.
St Andrew’s Church, Cheddar
Church
The Church of St Andrew in Cheddar, Somerset, England dates from the 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The church was restored in 1873 by William Butterfield.
The Court House and forecourt wall
Social service facility
Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Court House and forecourt wall is a social service facility.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Draycott and Axbridge.
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 1½ miles southeast of Cheddar Yeo.
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 Yeo.
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 Yeo.
Cheddar Yeo
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United Kingdom
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Cheddar, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cheddar Yeo” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cheddar Yeo”
- French: “Cheddar Yeo”
- Slovenian: “Cheddar Yeo”
- Swedish: “Cheddar Yeo”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Andrews Cemetery and Cheddar Library.
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