Stock Hill
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Stock Hill is a Forestry Commission plantation on the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England. ()
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Nearby attractions include: Swildon's Hole, Eastwater Cavern, Hunter's Hole, St Cuthbert's Swallet.
Nature, Natural attraction, CaveSwildon's Hole
28 min walk • Swildon's Hole is an extensive cave in Priddy, Somerset. At 9,144 metres in length, it is the longest cave on the Mendip Hills. It has been found to be connected to Priddy Green Sink and forms part of the Priddy Caves Site of Special Scientific Interest. The upper series of the cave compresses many features into a relatively short space.
Nature, Natural attraction, CaveEastwater Cavern
20 min walk • Eastwater Cavern is a cave near Priddy in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. It is also known as Eastwater Swallet. It was first excavated in April 1902 by a team led by Herbert E. Balch composed of paid labourers and volunteers from the Wells Natural History Society.
Nature, Natural attraction, CaveHunter's Hole, Mendips
21 min walk • Hunter's Hole is a cave in the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. It is behind a pub, known as the Hunters Lodge Inn just outside Priddy where visitors can park.
Natural attraction, CaveSt Cuthbert's Swallet, Priddy Mineries
17 min walk • St Cuthbert's Swallet is the second longest, and most complex, cave on the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. It forms a major part of the Priddy Caves system and water entering this swallet re-emerges at Wookey Hole.
Archaeological sitePriddy Nine Barrows
17 min walk • Priddy Nine Barrows Cemetery and Ashen Hill Barrow Cemetery are a collection of round barrows, dating from the Bronze Age, near Priddy in the English county of Somerset. They are designated as ancient monuments.
Natural attraction, HillPriddy Pools, Priddy Mineries
9 min walk • Priddy Pools is a 52.7-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Priddy in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, notified in 1972. The pools provided the water supply for the Priddy Mineries which is now a Nature Reserve.
CaveAttborough Swallet, Mendips
22 min walk • Attborough Swallet is a cave in Chewton Mendip in Somerset, England. It is unusual for a cave on the Mendip Hills in that it is not in limestone but instead in Dolomitic Conglomerate and Marl.
Archaeological sitePriddy Circles, Cheddar
28 min walk • Priddy Circles are a linear arrangement of four circular earthwork enclosures near the village of Priddy on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England.
ChurchChurch of St Lawrence, Cheddar
31 min walk • The Anglican Church of St Lawrence at Priddy, Somerset, England, dates from the 13th century, with some rebuilding in the 15th century and was restored in 1881–88; it is a Grade I listed building.
Nature, Natural attraction, HillDrove Cottage Henge, Cheddar
29 min walk • Drove Cottage Henge is a scheduled monument in the Priddy parish of Somerset, England. It is located 370 metres north of Drove Cottage. The site is a ceremonial Neolithic location. Since this henge is one of only around 80 henges throughout England, it is considered to be nationally important.
Nature, Natural attraction, CavePriddy Caves, Cheddar
20 min walk • Priddy Caves is an Area: 67.6 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Priddy in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, notified in 1965. The entrance to St Cuthbert's Swallet is incorporated in the adjacent Priddy Pools SSSI.
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