Shute Shelve Cavern
Shute Shelve Cavern is a natural cave system located in Shute Shelve Hill, Somerset, England, above Axbridge in the Mendip Hills not far from Cheddar. The phreatic cave contains fossils of speleothems over 350,000 years old.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include King John’s Hunting Lodge and Church of St John the Baptist.
King John’s Hunting Lodge
Museum
Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
King John's Hunting Lodge is a wool-merchant's house built c. 1468, long after the death of King John in 1216, in Axbridge, a town in the English county of Somerset. King John’s Hunting Lodge is situated 3,500 feet southeast of Shute Shelve Cavern.
Church of St John the Baptist
Church
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
The Church of St John the Baptist in Axbridge, Somerset, England, was built in the 13th century and has been designated as a grade I listed building. Work on the current building began in the early 15th century, and grew from an earlier building dating back to about 1230. Church of St John the Baptist is situated 3,500 feet southeast of Shute Shelve Cavern.
Manor Farmhouse
Guest house
Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Manor Farmhouse is a guest house, which is situated 2,200 feet southwest of Shute Shelve Cavern.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Axbridge and Winscombe.
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.
Winscombe
Village
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
Winscombe is a large village in the North Somerset unitary district of Somerset, England, close to the settlements of Axbridge and Cheddar, on the western edge of the Mendip Hills, 7 miles southeast of Weston-super-Mare and 14 miles southwest of Bristol.
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 2½ miles northeast of Shute Shelve Cavern.
Shute Shelve Cavern
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in Somerset, England
- Category: landform
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.29435° or 51° 17′ 40″ northLongitude
-2.82762° or 2° 49′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C3V75VC+PXOpenStreetMap ID
node 605223002OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q7505620
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