Rock of Ages, Mendips

Name: Rock of Ages
Address: Mendips, United Kingdom

#24 among attractions in Mendips

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"Rock of Ages" is a popular Christian hymn written by the Reformed Anglican minister, the Reverend Augustus Toplady. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°19'31"N, 2°45'12"W

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Mendips United Kingdom

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Rock of Ages – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

0.4 miSW
Cave
Bos Swallet, Mendips
11 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.
0.5 miSE
Cave
East Twin Swallet, Mendips
12 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.
~1530 ftSW
Cave
Bath Swallet, Mendips
8 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.
~260 ftS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Aveline's Hole, Mendips
2 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.
~1680 ftS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Goatchurch Cavern, Mendips
9 min walk • Goatchurch Cavern is a cave on the edge of Burrington Combe in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England.
1.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Black Down, Mendips
28 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.
~1590 ftSE
Geologic formation, Park, Archaeological site
Burrington Combe, Cheddar
8 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.
~1910 ftSW
Cave
Drunkard's Hole, Mendips
10 min walk • Drunkard's Hole is a karst cave in Burrington Combe on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England.
~1690 ftSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Rod's Pot, Mendips
9 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.
0.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Read's Cavern, Mendips
14 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.
~1540 ftS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Sidcot Swallet, Mendips
8 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.

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Which popular attractions are close to Rock of Ages?

Nearby attractions include Aveline's Hole, Mendips (2 min walk), Pierre's Pot, Mendips (7 min walk), Bath Swallet, Mendips (8 min walk), Sidcot Swallet, Mendips (8 min walk).