GB Cave
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.Photo: Nick Chipchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “GB cave”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Charterhouse Cave and Tyning’s Barrow Swallet.
Charterhouse Cave
Cave
Charterhouse Cave, on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, is the deepest cave in southern England. Charterhouse Cave is situated 480 feet east of GB 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 1,600 feet west of GB 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 3,600 feet southeast of GB 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 GB 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 GB Cave.
GB Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Cheddar, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.30278° or 51° 18′ 10″ northLongitude
-2.75301° or 2° 45′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C3V863W+4QOpenStreetMap ID
node 894380789OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q5512959
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“GB Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف جي بي”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include barrow and barrow.
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