St Cuthbert’s Swallet

St Cuthbert's Swallet is the second longest, and most complex, cave on the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. It forms a major part of the Priddy Caves system and water entering this swallet re-emerges at Wookey Hole.

Photo: Nick Chipchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Cave
Description: cave in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England
Also known as: “St. Cuthbert’s Swallet”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mendips and Eastwater Cavern.

Mendips

Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Mendips are a range of hills in northern Somerset in the south-west of the United Kingdom. The area is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Eastwater Cavern

Cave

Eastwater Cavern is a cave near Priddy in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. It is also known as Eastwater Swallet. It was first excavated in April 1902 by a team led by Herbert E. Eastwater Cavern is situated 1,500 feet west of St Cuthbert’s Swallet.

Priddy Mineries

Nature reserve

Priddy Mineries is a nature reserve previously run by the Somerset Wildlife Trust. It is in the village of Priddy, on the Mendip Hills in Somerset. The reserve lies 3 miles north of Wells and 1.5 miles east of the village of Priddy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Priddy and Wookey Hole.

Priddy

Village

Photo: Rodw, Public domain.

Priddy is a village in Somerset, England in the Mendip Hills, close to East Harptree and 4 miles north-west of Wells. The village lies in a small hollow near the summit of the Mendip range of hills, at an elevation of 260 metres above sea-level, and has evidence of occupation since Neolithic times.

Wookey Hole

Village

Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wookey Hole is a village in Somerset, England. It is the location of the Wookey Hole show caves. Wookey Hole is situated 2 miles southwest of St Cuthbert’s Swallet.