Fairy Cave
Fairy Cave is a cave in Stoke St. Michael, Mendip District, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. Fairy Cave is situated nearby to Hillier’s Cave, as well as near the evergreen forest Limekiln Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hillier’s Cave and Fairy Cave Quarry.
Hillier’s Cave
Cave
Hillier's Cave is a cave in Fairy Cave Quarry, near Stoke St Michael in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. It falls within the St.
Fairy Cave Quarry
Quarry
Photo: Doug Lee, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fairy Cave Quarry is between Stoke St Michael and Oakhill in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. Quarrying was first started on the site in the early 1920s. Fairy Cave Quarry is situated 420 feet south of Fairy Cave.
Harridge Wood
Forest
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harridge Wood is an area of woodland in Somerset, England. From about 1300 AD part of the wood was the scene of coal mining, which continued until around 1800.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashwick and Oakhill.
Ashwick
Hamlet
Photo: Lyn Yates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ashwick is a village in Somerset, England, about three miles north of Shepton Mallet and seven miles east from Wells. It has also been a civil parish since 1826.
Oakhill
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oakhill is a village in Somerset, England, in Ashwick parish approximately 2.5 miles north of Shepton Mallet. It lies between the A37 and the A367. Oakhill is today mainly a commuter village of 0.4 square miles in size, and is notable for former activities which including brewing.
Binegar
Village
Photo: Sharon Loxton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Binegar is a small village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is located on the A37, 4 miles east of Wells, between Shepton Mallet and Chilcompton. Binegar is situated 2½ miles west of Fairy Cave.
Fairy Cave
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Stoke St. Michael, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.22783° or 51° 13′ 40″ northLongitude
-2.49327° or 2° 29′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C3V6GH4+4MOpenStreetMap ID
node 3431368504OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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