Cheddar Reservoir

#1240 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Cheddar Reservoir is an artificial reservoir in Somerset, England, operated by Bristol Water. Dating from the 1930s it has a capacity of 1350 million gallons. The reservoir is supplied with water taken from the Cheddar Yeo river in Cheddar Gorge. The inlet grate for the 54 inches water pipe that is used to transport the water can be seen immediately upstream from the sensory garden in Cheddar Gorge. It lies to the west of the village of Cheddar and south east of the town of Axbridge. Because of this it is sometimes known as Axbridge Reservoir. It is roughly circular in shape, and surrounded by large earth banks which are grazed by sheep. ()

Area: 0.41 mi²Elevation: 36 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°16'48"N, 2°48'9"W

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Cheddar Reservoir – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: King John's Hunting Lodge, Church of St John the Baptist, Market Cross, St Andrew's Church.

0.8 miNW
Historical place, History museum, Museum
King John's Hunting Lodge, Axbridge
21 min walk • King John's Hunting Lodge is a wool-merchant's house built c. 1460, long after the death of King John in 1216, in Axbridge, a town in the English county of Somerset.
0.8 miNW
Church
Church of St John the Baptist, Axbridge
21 min walk • The Church of St John the Baptist in Axbridge, Somerset, England, was built in the 13th century and has been designated as a grade I listed building. Work on the current building began in the early 15th century, and grew from an earlier building dating back to about 1230.
1.2 miE
Memorial
Market Cross, Cheddar
30 min walk • Cheddar Market Cross in the village of Cheddar within the English county of Somerset, England dates from the 15th century. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and Grade II* listed building.
1.2 miE
Architecture, Historical place, Church
St Andrew's Church, Cheddar
32 min walk • The Church of St Andrew in Cheddar, Somerset, England dates from the 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The church was restored in 1873 by William Butterfield. It contains some 15th-century stained glass and an altar table of 1631.
0.9 miN
National park
Cheddar Wood
24 min walk • Cheddar Wood is an 86.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Cheddar in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, notified in 1967.
1.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Shute Shelve Cavern, Axbridge
38 min walk • Shute Shelve Cavern is a natural cave system located in Shute Shelve Hill, Somerset, England, above Axbridge in the Mendip Hills not far from Cheddar. The phreatic cave contains fossils of speleothems over 350,000 years old.
1.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill, Axbridge
31 min walk • Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill is a 64.8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, notified in 1990. The hills are above the town of Axbridge, immediately to the east of Shute Shelve Hill.
1.1 miE
Memorial
Cheddar Palace, Cheddar
28 min walk • The Cheddar Palace was established in the 9th century, in Cheddar, Somerset, England. It was a royal hunting lodge in the Anglo-Saxon and medieval periods and hosted the Witenagemot in the 10th century.