Priddy Pools, Priddy Mineries

Name: Priddy Pools
Address: Priddy Mineries, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Priddy Mineries

Natural attraction, Hill

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Priddy Pools is a 52.7-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Priddy in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, notified in 1972. ()

Coordinates: 51°15'23"N, 2°39'12"W

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Priddy Mineries United Kingdom

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Priddy Pools – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Swildon's Hole, Eastwater Cavern, Hunter's Hole, Stock Hill.

0.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Swildon's Hole
23 min walk • Swildon's Hole is an extensive cave in Priddy, Somerset. At 9,144 metres in length, it is the longest cave on the Mendip Hills. It has been found to be connected to Priddy Green Sink and forms part of the Priddy Caves Site of Special Scientific Interest. The upper series of the cave compresses many features into a relatively short space.
0.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Eastwater Cavern
12 min walk • 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. Balch composed of paid labourers and volunteers from the Wells Natural History Society.
0.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Hunter's Hole, Mendips
17 min walk • Hunter's Hole is a cave in the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. It is behind a pub, known as the Hunters Lodge Inn just outside Priddy where visitors can park.
~1690 ftNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Stock Hill
9 min walk • Stock Hill 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. A number of wide rides run through the forest.
~1810 ftS
Natural attraction, Cave
St Cuthbert's Swallet, Priddy Mineries
9 min walk • 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.
0.5 miNW
Archaeological site
Priddy Nine Barrows
14 min walk • Priddy Nine Barrows Cemetery and Ashen Hill Barrow Cemetery are a collection of round barrows, dating from the Bronze Age, near Priddy in the English county of Somerset. They are designated as ancient monuments.
1.2 miNE
Cave
Attborough Swallet, Mendips
30 min walk • Attborough Swallet is a cave in Chewton Mendip in Somerset, England. It is unusual for a cave on the Mendip Hills in that it is not in limestone but instead in Dolomitic Conglomerate and Marl.
1.2 miN
Archaeological site
Priddy Circles, Cheddar
30 min walk • Priddy Circles are a linear arrangement of four circular earthwork enclosures near the village of Priddy on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England.
1 miW
Church
Church of St Lawrence, Cheddar
26 min walk • The Anglican Church of St Lawrence at Priddy, Somerset, England, dates from the 13th century, with some rebuilding in the 15th century and was restored in 1881–88; it is a Grade I listed building.
1.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Drove Cottage Henge, Cheddar
30 min walk • Drove Cottage Henge is a scheduled monument in the Priddy parish of Somerset, England. It is located 370 metres north of Drove Cottage. The site is a ceremonial Neolithic location. Since this henge is one of only around 80 henges throughout England, it is considered to be nationally important.
0.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Priddy Caves, Cheddar
12 min walk • Priddy Caves is an Area: 67.6 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Priddy in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, notified in 1965. The entrance to St Cuthbert's Swallet is incorporated in the adjacent Priddy Pools SSSI.

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Which popular attractions are close to Priddy Pools?

Nearby attractions include St Cuthbert's Swallet, Priddy Mineries (9 min walk), Priddy Caves, Cheddar (12 min walk), Hunter's Hole, Mendips (17 min walk).