Aveline's Hole, Mendips

Name: Aveline's Hole
Address: Mendips, United Kingdom

#5 among attractions in Mendips

Nature, Natural attraction, Top attraction, Cave

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Aveline's Hole is a cave at Burrington Combe in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. ()

Alternative names: Discovered: 1797Length: 223 ftDepth: 52 ftCoordinates: 51°19'29"N, 2°45'12"W

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Mendips United Kingdom

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Aveline's Hole – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bos Swallet, East Twin Swallet, Bath Swallet, Goatchurch Cavern.

~1970 ftSW
Cave
Bos Swallet, Mendips
10 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.
0.4 miSE
Cave
East Twin Swallet, Mendips
11 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.
~1360 ftSW
Cave
Bath Swallet, Mendips
7 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.
~1420 ftS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Goatchurch Cavern, Mendips
7 min walk • Goatchurch Cavern is a cave on the edge of Burrington Combe in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England.
1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Black Down, Mendips
27 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.
~1360 ftSE
Geologic formation, Park, Archaeological site
Burrington Combe, Cheddar
7 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.
~1760 ftSW
Cave
Drunkard's Hole, Mendips
9 min walk • Drunkard's Hole is a karst cave in Burrington Combe on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England.
~1530 ftSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Rod's Pot, Mendips
8 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 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Read's Cavern, Mendips
13 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.
~1290 ftS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Sidcot Swallet, Mendips
7 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.
~990 ftS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Pierre's Pot, Mendips
5 min walk • Pierre's Pot is a karst cave in Burrington Combe on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. The cave was discovered in 1983 and has two main levels, the lower level being reached through an extremely tight rift.

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Which popular attractions are close to Aveline's Hole?

Nearby attractions include Rock of Ages, Mendips (2 min walk), Pierre's Pot, Mendips (5 min walk), Sidcot Swallet, Mendips (7 min walk), Burrington Combe, Cheddar (7 min walk).