Beacon Batch

Beacon Batch is a peak in Priddy, Mendip District, England and has an elevation of 1,066 feet. Beacon Batch is situated nearby to the locality Black Down, as well as near the neighborhood Street End.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aveline’s Hole and Charterhouse Cave.

Aveline’s Hole

Cave

Photo: Rodw, Public domain.

Aveline's Hole is a cave at Burrington Combe in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The earliest scientifically dated cemetery in Britain, 10,200 and 10,400 years old, was found at Aveline's Hole, constituting the largest assemblage of Mesolithic human remains found in Britain.

Charterhouse Cave

Cave

Charterhouse Cave, on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, is the deepest cave in southern England.

Goatchurch Cavern

Cave

Photo: Goatchurch, Public domain.

Goatchurch Cavern is a cave on the edge of Burrington Combe in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Black Down and Burrington.

Black Down

Locality

Photo: Jsommer, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Burrington

Village

Photo: Rodw, Public domain.

Burrington is a small village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated in the unitary authority of North Somerset, just off the A368 between Blagdon and Churchill.

Blagdon

Village

Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Blagdon is a village and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Somerset, within the unitary authority of North Somerset, in England. It is located in the Mendip Hills, a recognised Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Beacon Batch

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,066 feet
Category: landform
Location: Priddy, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.31213° or 51° 18′ 44″ north

Longitude

-2.74087° or 2° 44′ 27″ west

Elevation

1,066 feet (325 metres)

Open location code

9C3V8765+VM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 412828748

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=survey_point

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12607726

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Localities in the Area

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