Black Down, Mendips

Name: Black Down
Address: Mendips, United Kingdom

#9 among attractions in Mendips

Nature, Natural attraction, Top attraction, Hill

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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. The summit is marked with an Ordnance Survey trig point, the base of which has been rebuilt by the Mendip Hills AONB authority. ()

Elevation: 1066 ftProminence: 791 ftCoordinates: 51°18'44"N, 2°44'27"W

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Mendips United Kingdom

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Black Down – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bos Swallet, East Twin Swallet, Bath Swallet, Aveline's Hole.

1.1 miNW
Cave
Bos Swallet, Mendips
28 min walk • Bos Swallet is a karst cave in Burrington Combe on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. It is noted for being rather steep, with a length of 78 metres and a depth of 42 metres.
0.6 miNW
Cave
East Twin Swallet, Mendips
16 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.
1.1 miNW
Cave
Bath Swallet, Mendips
27 min walk • Bath Swallet is a karst cave in Burrington Combe on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. On Wednesday 19th September 2007 members of the Wessex Cave Club and Cheddar Caving Club succeeded in connecting Bath Swallet and Rod's Pot.
1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Aveline's Hole, Mendips
27 min walk • Aveline's Hole is a cave at Burrington Combe in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The earliest scientifically dated cemetery in Britain, 10,200 and 10,400 years old, was found at Aveline's Hole, constituting the largest assemblage of Mesolithic human remains found in Britain.
0.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Goatchurch Cavern, Mendips
21 min walk • Goatchurch Cavern is a cave on the edge of Burrington Combe in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England.
0.8 miNW
Geologic formation, Park, Archaeological site
Burrington Combe, Cheddar
20 min walk • Burrington Combe is a Carboniferous Limestone gorge near the village of Burrington, on the north side of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in North Somerset, England.
1.1 miNW
Cave
Drunkard's Hole, Mendips
28 min walk • Drunkard's Hole is a karst cave in Burrington Combe on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England.
1.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Rod's Pot, Mendips
28 min walk • Rod's Pot is a limestone cave above Burrington Combe in the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave was first excavated in 1944 by the University of Bristol Spelæological Society.
1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Rhino Rift, Mendips
27 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.
1.4 miSE
Church
Church of St Hugh, Mendips
37 min walk • The Anglican Church of St Hugh in Charterhouse, within the English county of Somerset, dates from 1908. It is a Grade II* listed building. The church is dedicated to Hugh of Lincoln. It was built in 1908 by W. D. Caröe, on the initiative of the Rev. Menzies Lambrick, from the former welfare hall for the local lead miners.
1.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Read's Cavern, Mendips
32 min walk • Read's Cavern is a cave at Burrington Combe, Somerset, England, in which traces of Iron Age occupation have been found. It lies under Dolbury Hill. Its large main chamber has a boulder ruckle floor and is parallel to a cliff face.

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Which popular attractions are close to Black Down?

Nearby attractions include East Twin Swallet, Mendips (16 min walk), Burrington Combe, Cheddar (20 min walk), Charterhouse Cave, Mendips (21 min walk), Goatchurch Cavern, Mendips (21 min walk).