Bristol Exploration Club

Bristol Exploration Club is a building in Priddy, Mendip District, England. Bristol Exploration Club is situated nearby to the cave St Cuthbert’s Swallet, as well as near Eastwater Cavern.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mendips and St Cuthbert’s Swallet.

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.

St Cuthbert’s Swallet

Cave

Photo: Nick Chipchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

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 1,200 feet west of Bristol Exploration Club.

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 Bristol Exploration Club.

Westbury-sub-Mendip

Village

Photo: Rodw, Public domain.

Westbury-sub-Mendip is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. The village is on the southern slopes of the Mendip Hills, 4 miles from Wells and Cheddar. The parish boundary is formed by the River Axe. Westbury-sub-Mendip is situated 3 miles west of Bristol Exploration Club.

Bristol Exploration Club

Type: Building
Postal code: BA5 3AU
Location: Priddy, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.25171° or 51° 15′ 6″ north

Longitude

-2.65754° or 2° 39′ 27″ west

Open location code

9C3V782R+MX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 501194909

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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