Longwood Swallet
The Longwood Swallet 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 and is connected to August Hole.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rhino Rift and 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 690 feet southwest of Longwood Swallet.
Charterhouse Cave
Cave
Charterhouse Cave, on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, is the deepest cave in southern England. Charterhouse Cave is situated 3,200 feet northwest of Longwood 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 3,700 feet northwest of Longwood Swallet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Black Down and Cheddar.
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.
Cheddar
Photo: Delta 51, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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 2½ miles north of Longwood Swallet.
Longwood Swallet
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in Somerset, England
- Category: landform
- Location: Priddy, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.29829° or 51° 17′ 54″ northLongitude
-2.73852° or 2° 44′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C3V77X6+8HOpenStreetMap ID
node 894370977OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q6674533
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In Other Languages
“Longwood Swallet” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “لونجوود سواليت”
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Highlights include Gorsey Bigbury Henge and Long Wood Nature Reserve.
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