Long Wood

Long Wood is a forest in England, United Kingdom. Long Wood is situated nearby to the village Charterhouse, as well as near the locality Black Down.

Places of Interest

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.

Mendips Raceway

Stadium

Photo: Dalags, CC BY 3.0.

Mendips Raceway is a motorsport venue in the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. It is located on the rim of Batts Combe quarry between Shipham and Charterhouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cheddar and Blagdon.

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.

Blagdon

Village

Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Blagdon is a village and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Somerset, within the unitary authority of North Somerset, in England. It is located in the Mendip Hills, a recognised Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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.

Long Wood

Type: Forest
Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.2962° or 51° 17′ 46″ north

Longitude

-2.7418° or 2° 44′ 31″ west

Open location code

9C3V77W5+F7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 30800632

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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