Swildon's Hole

#861 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Cave

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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. ()

Discovered: 1901Length: 5.68 miDepth: 548 ftCoordinates: 51°15'32"N, 2°40'23"W

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Swildon's Hole – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

0.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Eastwater Cavern
16 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.
1.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Hunter's Hole, Mendips
35 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.
1.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Stock Hill
28 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.
0.8 miNW
Protected area
Chancellor's Farm, Priddy Mineries
22 min walk • Chancellor's Farm is a 34.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest just north of Priddy in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, notified in 1984.
0.9 miSE
Natural attraction, Cave
St Cuthbert's Swallet, Priddy Mineries
23 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 miE
Archaeological site
Priddy Nine Barrows
13 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.
0.9 miE
Natural attraction, Hill
Priddy Pools, Priddy Mineries
23 min walk • Priddy Pools is a 52.7-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Priddy in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, notified in 1972. The pools provided the water supply for the Priddy Mineries which is now a Nature Reserve.
1.1 miNE
Archaeological site
Priddy Circles, Cheddar
28 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.
~670 ftNW
Church
Church of St Lawrence, Cheddar
4 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.
0.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Priddy Caves, Cheddar
19 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.
1.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins, Cheddar
33 min walk • Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins is a 154.3 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Wookey Hole and Priddy in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, notified in 1987.