Tyning's Barrow Swallet, Mendips

#31 among attractions in Mendips

Nature, Natural attraction, Cave

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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. ()

Length: 4232 ftDepth: 433 ftCoordinates: 51°18'15"N, 2°45'36"W

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Tyning's Barrow Swallet – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mendips Raceway, Bos Swallet, East Twin Swallet, Goatchurch Cavern.

0.6 miSW
Sport venue, Sport
Mendips Raceway, Mendips
17 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
Bos Swallet, Mendips
32 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.
1.2 miNE
Cave
East Twin Swallet, Mendips
31 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.
1.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Goatchurch Cavern, Mendips
31 min walk • Goatchurch Cavern is a cave on the edge of Burrington Combe in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England.
1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Black Down, Mendips
26 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.
1.3 miN
Geologic formation, Park, Archaeological site
Burrington Combe, Cheddar
33 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.
1.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Reservoir Hole, Mendips
31 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.
1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Rhino Rift, Mendips
25 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.
1.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Sidcot Swallet, Mendips
31 min walk • Sidcot Swallet is a cave near Burrington Combe, in the Carboniferous Limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. It was named after the Sidcot School Speleological Society who explored it in 1925.
1.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Pierre's Pot, Mendips
33 min walk • Pierre's Pot is a karst cave in Burrington Combe on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. The cave was discovered in 1983 and has two main levels, the lower level being reached through an extremely tight rift.
~1640 ftE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
GB Cave, Mendips
8 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.

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Which popular attractions are close to Tyning's Barrow Swallet?

Nearby attractions include GB Cave, Mendips (8 min walk), Charterhouse Cave, Mendips (11 min walk), Mendips Raceway, Mendips (17 min walk).