Charterhouse Cave
Charterhouse Cave, on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, is the deepest cave in southern England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include GB Cave and Tyning’s Barrow Swallet.
GB Cave
Cave
Photo: Nick Chipchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
GB Cave is a cave between Charterhouse and Shipham in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave was first entered on 19 November 1939, after ten months of digging, by the University of Bristol Spelæological Society, and was named in recognition of the two members, F. GB Cave is situated 480 feet west of Charterhouse Cave.
Tyning’s Barrow Swallet
Cave
Tyning's Barrow Swallet is a cave between Charterhouse and Shipham in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave is close to GB Cave and also to Charterhouse Cave, the deepest cave in the region. Tyning’s Barrow Swallet is situated 2,100 feet west of Charterhouse Cave.
Rhino Rift
Cave
Rhino Rift is a cave near Charterhouse, in the Carboniferous Limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave is part of the Cheddar Complex SSSI. Rhino Rift is situated 3,100 feet southeast of Charterhouse Cave.
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. Burrington is situated 2 miles north of Charterhouse Cave.
Rowberrow
Hamlet
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
Rowberrow is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shipham in the Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. Rowberrow is situated 2 miles northwest of Charterhouse Cave.
Charterhouse Cave
- Type: Cave
- Description: Cave in Somerset, England
- Category: landform
- Location: Cheddar, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.30257° or 51° 18′ 9″ northLongitude
-2.75092° or 2° 45′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C3V863X+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 413553755OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q5086875
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Japanese—“Charterhouse Cave” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف تشارترهاوس”
- French: “grotte de Charterhouse”
- French: “Grotte de Charterhouse”
- Japanese: “チャーターハウス洞窟”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include barrow and Gorsey Bigbury Henge.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as GB Gruffy Nature Reserve and Charterhouse Farm.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Charterhouse Cave”. Photo: Delta 51, CC BY-SA 4.0.