Charterhouse Cave, Mendips

#25 among attractions in Mendips

Nature, Natural attraction, Cave

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Charterhouse Cave, on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, is the deepest cave in southern England. ()

Length: 3.02 miDepth: 748 ftCoordinates: 51°18'9"N, 2°45'3"W

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Mendips United Kingdom

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Charterhouse Cave – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mendips Raceway, East Twin Swallet, Black Down, Reservoir Hole.

0.9 miSW
Sport venue, Sport
Mendips Raceway, Mendips
24 min walk • 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.
1.2 miN
Cave
East Twin Swallet, Mendips
30 min walk • East Twin Swallet also known as Upper Twin Swallet is a karst cave in Burrington Combe on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. The cave is not very stable. The floor is strewn with boulders under which the stream normally flows.
0.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Black Down, Mendips
21 min walk • 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.
1.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Reservoir Hole, Mendips
28 min walk • Reservoir Hole is a cave in Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, southwest England. It contains what is believed to be the largest chamber yet found under the Mendip Hills.
0.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Rhino Rift, Mendips
16 min walk • Rhino Rift is a cave near Charterhouse, in the Carboniferous Limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave is part of the Cheddar Complex SSSI. It is 253 m in length and reaches a depth of 147 m. The cave was discovered in 1971 after a successful dig by members of the Wessex Cave Club.
~480 ftW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
GB Cave, Mendips
3 min walk • GB Cave is a cave between Charterhouse and Shipham in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave was first entered on 19 November 1939, after ten months of digging, by the University of Bristol Spelæological Society, and was named in recognition of the two members, F.
0.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Longwood Swallet, Mendips
16 min walk • The Longwood Swallet is a cave near Charterhouse, in the Carboniferous Limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave is part of the Cheddar Complex SSSI and is connected to August Hole. It is 1.65 km in length and reaches a depth of 175m.
0.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Tyning's Barrow Swallet, Mendips
11 min walk • Tyning's Barrow Swallet is a cave between Charterhouse and Shipham in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave is close to GB Cave and also to Charterhouse Cave, the deepest cave in the region.

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Which popular attractions are close to Charterhouse Cave?

Nearby attractions include GB Cave, Mendips (3 min walk), Tyning's Barrow Swallet, Mendips (11 min walk), Rhino Rift, Mendips (16 min walk), Longwood Swallet, Mendips (16 min walk).