Cheddar Gorge & Cliffs
Cheddar Gorge & Cliffs is a building in Cheddar, Sedgemoor District, England. Cheddar Gorge & Cliffs is situated nearby to the pub White Hart Inn, as well as near the scenic viewpoint Cheddar Viewing Tower.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cheddar Gorge and Gough’s Cave.
Cheddar Gorge
Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.
Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills, near the village of Cheddar, Somerset, England. The gorge is the site of the Cheddar show caves, where Great Britain's oldest complete human skeleton, Cheddar Man, estimated to be 9,000 years old, was found in 1903.
Gough’s Cave
Cave
Photo: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gough's Cave is located in Cheddar Gorge on the Mendip Hills, in Cheddar, Somerset, England. The cave is 115 m deep and is 3.405 km long, and contains a variety of large chambers and rock formations. Gough’s Cave is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Cheddar Gorge & Cliffs.
Cox’s Cave
Cave
Cox's Cave is in Cheddar Gorge on the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. It is open to the public as a show cave. The cave is named after mill owner George Cox who discovered it in 1837, while quarrying limestone for a new building. Cox’s Cave is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Cheddar Gorge & Cliffs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Draycott and Axbridge.
Draycott
Village
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Draycott is a village in Somerset, England, neighbouring the village of Cheddar on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is now the larger village in the civil parish of Rodney Stoke. Draycott is situated 2 miles southeast of Cheddar Gorge & Cliffs.
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. Axbridge is situated 2 miles west of Cheddar Gorge & Cliffs.
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. Black Down is situated 2½ miles northeast of Cheddar Gorge & Cliffs.
Cheddar Gorge & Cliffs
- Type: Building
- Location: Cheddar, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.27986° or 51° 16′ 48″ northLongitude
-2.77302° or 2° 46′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C3V76HG+WQOpenStreetMap ID
way 1306405475OpenStreetMap feature
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