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Cheddar is a gorge lying on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills. [6] The maximum depth of the gorge is 137 m (449 ft), [7] [8] with a near-vertical cliff-face to the south, and steep grassy slopes to the north. The B3135 road runs along the bottom of the gorge.
Cheddar Gorge is Britain’s largest gorge and probably the country’s best known limestone feature. It is a spectacular fluvial feature with a geomorphic history extending back 2 million years and encompassing the major environmental changes of the Pleistocene period. Cheddar Caves contain both active and fossil systems.
Cheddar Gorge, which is located on the edge of the village, is the largest gorge in the United Kingdom. [44] The gorge is the site of the Cheddar Caves, where Cheddar Man was found in 1903. [7] Older remains from the Upper Late Palaeolithic era (12,000–13,000 years ago) have been found. [8]
Site name Reason for designation Area Grid reference [B] Year in which notified Map [C] Biological interest Geological interest Hectares Acres Aller and Beer Woods Y 56.9 140.6 ST404305 1952 Map Aller Hill Y 18.4 45.4 ST408291 1988 Map Asham Wood Y 141.6 347.5 ST705460 1963 Map Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill Y 67.1 160.1 ST433555 1990 Map Babcary Meadows Y 13.6 31.6 ST567293 1988 Map River Barle ...
The A371 is a primary road in England running from Wincanton to Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset, through Shepton Mallet, Croscombe, Wells, Westbury-sub-Mendip, Rodney Stoke, Draycott, Cheddar, Axbridge, Winscombe, Banwell and Weston-super-Mare.
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.
Gough's Cave (/ ɡ ɒ f / GOF) is located in Cheddar Gorge on the Mendip Hills, in Cheddar, Somerset, England. The cave is 115 m (377 ft) deep and is 3.405 km (2.12 mi) long, [2] and contains a variety of large chambers and rock formations. It contains the Cheddar Yeo, the largest underground river system in Britain. [3]
Stock Hill, Forestry Commission. Stock Hill (grid reference) is a Forestry Commission plantation on the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England.. It lies to the south of the B3135 which runs from Cheddar Gorge to Green Ore and is the largest woodland on the Mendip plateau.