Turnpike House
Turnpike House is a building in Wedmore, Sedgemoor District, England. Turnpike House is situated nearby to the peak Nyland Hill, as well as near Lascot Hill.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. Cheddar Gorge is situated 2½ miles northeast of Turnpike House.
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 2½ miles northeast of Turnpike House.
Cheddar Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cheddar Reservoir is an artificial reservoir in Somerset, England, operated by Bristol Water. Dating from the 1930s it has a capacity of 135 million gallons. Cheddar Reservoir is situated 1½ miles north of Turnpike House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cheddar and Wedmore.
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.
Wedmore
Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wedmore is a large village and civil parish in the county of Somerset, England. It is situated on raised ground, in the Somerset Levels between the River Axe and River Brue, often called the Isle of Wedmore. Wedmore is situated 2 miles south of Turnpike House.
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 east of Turnpike House.
Turnpike House
- Type: Building
- Postal code: BS28 4JF
- Location: Wedmore, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.25549° or 51° 15′ 20″ northLongitude
-2.80235° or 2° 48′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C3V754X+53OpenStreetMap ID
way 1492208686OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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