Crook Peak

#716 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill is a 332.2 hectare geological and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the western end of the Mendip Hills, Somerset. The line of hills runs for approximately 5 kilometres from west to east and includes: Crook Peak, Compton Hill, Wavering Down, Cross Plain and Shute Shelve Hill. Most of the site is owned by the National Trust, which bought 725 acres in 1985, and much of it has been designated as common land. It was notified as an SSSI by Natural England in 1952. ()

Coordinates: 51°17'54"N, 2°52'49"W

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Crook Peak – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: King John's Hunting Lodge, Banwell Caves, The Helicopter Museum, Church of St John the Baptist.

2.8 miE
Historical place, History museum, Museum
King John's Hunting Lodge, Axbridge
72 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.
1.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Banwell Caves
48 min walk • Banwell Caves are a 1.7-hectare geological and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Banwell, North Somerset, England notified in 1963.
3.6 miNW
Specialty museum, Science museum, Museum
The Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare
91 min walk • The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England, is a museum featuring a collection of more than 80 helicopters and autogyros from around the world, both civilian and military.
2.8 miE
Church
Church of St John the Baptist, Axbridge
73 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.
2 miNE
Forts and castles, Gothic Revival architecture
Banwell Castle, Banwell
50 min walk • Banwell Castle is a Victorian Gothic Revival mansion in Banwell, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.2 miN
Church
St Andrew's Church, Banwell
56 min walk • The mainly 15th-century parish Church of St Andrew in Banwell, Somerset, England, is a Grade I listed building. The body of the church has a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles and a rather short chancel, considering the proportions of the rest of the church.
0.6 miSE
Church
St Andrew's Church
16 min walk • The Church of St Andrew in Compton Bishop, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century, being consecrated by Bishop Jocelin in 1236, with more recent restoration. It is a Grade I listed building.
3.5 miNW
Forts and castles
Locking Castle
88 min walk • Locking Castle was a castle that once stood on Carberry Hill near the site of RAF Locking in Locking in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. It has been scheduled as an ancient monument. It was a motte and bailey on Carberry Hill. Excavations in 1902 identified the remains of a small stone chamber surrounded by a ditch.
3.6 miE
National park
Cheddar Wood
92 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.
2.4 miNW
Hill
Bleadon Hill, Mendips
62 min walk • Bleadon Hill is a 13.52 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest just north of the village of Bleadon, North Somerset, notified in 1999. The site is a Geological Conservation Review site, as it shows a low ridge of calcite-cemented Pleistocene sand and gravel on its southern side.
2.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Shute Shelve Cavern, Axbridge
59 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.