GB Cave, Mendips

Name: GB Cave
Address: Mendips, United Kingdom

#21 among attractions in Mendips

Nature, Natural attraction, Cave

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GB Cave is a cave between Charterhouse and Shipham in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. ()

Discovered: 1939Length: 6398 ftDepth: 440 ftCoordinates: 51°18'10"N, 2°45'11"W

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Mendips United Kingdom

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GB Cave – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mendips Raceway, East Twin Swallet, Black Down, Reservoir Hole.

0.8 miSW
Sport venue, Sport
Mendips Raceway, Mendips
22 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
East Twin Swallet, Mendips
30 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.
0.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Black Down, Mendips
22 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.
1.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Reservoir Hole, Mendips
29 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.
0.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Rhino Rift, Mendips
18 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.
0.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Longwood Swallet, Mendips
18 min walk • The Longwood Swallet 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 and is connected to August Hole. It is 1.65 km in length and reaches a depth of 175m.
~480 ftE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Charterhouse Cave, Mendips
3 min walk • Charterhouse Cave, on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, is the deepest cave in southern England.
~1640 ftW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Tyning's Barrow Swallet, Mendips
8 min walk • 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.

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Which popular attractions are close to GB Cave?

Nearby attractions include Charterhouse Cave, Mendips (3 min walk), Tyning's Barrow Swallet, Mendips (8 min walk), Rhino Rift, Mendips (18 min walk), Longwood Swallet, Mendips (18 min walk).