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.
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  • Type: Village with 5,200 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Somerset, England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Cheddar (ort)”, “Cheddar, Somerset”, “체다”, and “체다르”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Cheddar Gorge and Gough’s Cave.

Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.
is a limestone gorge in the…

Cave
Photo: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gough's Cave is located in on the , in Cheddar, Somerset, England.

Reservoir
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an artificial reservoir in , England, operated by Bristol Water.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Axbridge and Draycott.

Town
Photo: Martin Clark, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in , England, on the River…

Village
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England…

Village
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is a small village and civil parish… is situated 2½ miles southeast of Cheddar.

Cheddar

Latitude
51.2753° or 51° 16′ 31″ north
Longitude
-2.7767° or 2° 46′ 36″ west
Population
5,200
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB CDA
Open location code
9C3V76GF+48
Open­Street­Map ID
node 304449
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2653281
Wiki­data ID
Q1019479
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Cheddar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تشيدر”
  • Arabic: “شيدر”
  • Armenian: “Չեդեր”
  • Basque: “Cheddar”
  • Belarusian: “Чэдэр”
  • Bengali: “চেডার”
  • Catalan: “Cheddar”
  • Cebuano: “Cheddar”
  • Chinese: “徹達”
  • Chinese: “車打”
  • Czech: “Čedar”
  • Dutch: “Cheddar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شيدر”
  • Esperanto: “Cheddar”
  • Finnish: “Cheddar”
  • French: “Cheddar”
  • Galician: “Cheddar”
  • Georgian: “ჩედერი”
  • German: “Cheddar”
  • Greek: “Τσένταρ”
  • Gujarati: “ચેડર”
  • Hebrew: “צ’דר”
  • Icelandic: “Cheddar”
  • Irish: “Cheddar”
  • Italian: “Cheddar”
  • Japanese: “チェダー”
  • Kannada: “ಚೆಡ್ಡರ್”
  • Korean: “체더”
  • Ladin: “Cheddar”
  • Latin: “Cheddar”
  • Lithuanian: “Čederas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Cheddar (Somerset)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Cheddar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cheddar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cheddar i Somerset”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cheddar”
  • Persian: “چدار، سامرست”
  • Persian: “چدار”
  • Polish: “Cheddar”
  • Portuguese: “Cheddar”
  • Russian: “Чеддер”
  • Slovenian: “Cheddar”
  • Spanish: “Cheddar”
  • Swedish: “Cheddar, England”
  • Swedish: “Cheddar”
  • Tamil: “செட்டார்”
  • Telugu: “చెద్దర్”
  • Turkish: “Cheddar, Somerset”
  • Urdu: “چیڈر، سمرسیٹ”
  • Volapük: “Cheddar”
  • Welsh: “Cheddar”

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