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Charterhouse Camp, Mendips

#29 among attractions in Mendips

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Coordinates: 51°18'1"N, 2°42'36"W
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Mendips United Kingdom

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Charterhouse Camp – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Upper Flood Swallet, Church of St Hugh, Longwood Swallet, Manor Farm Swallet.

  • upper flood swallet mendips~550 ftS
    Nature, Natural attraction, Cave

    Upper Flood Swallet, Mendips

    3 min walk • Upper Flood Swallet which was originally known as Blackmoor Flood Swallet, is an exceptionally well-decorated cave near Charterhouse, in the carboniferous limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave is part of the Cheddar Complex SSSI.

  • church of st hugh mendips~1760 ftSW
    Church

    Church of St Hugh, Mendips

    9 min walk • The Anglican Church of St Hugh in Charterhouse, within the English county of Somerset, dates from 1908. It is a Grade II* listed building. The church is dedicated to Hugh of Lincoln. It was built in 1908 by W. D. Caröe, on the initiative of the Rev. Menzies Lambrick, from the former welfare hall for the local lead miners.

  • longwood swallet mendips1.2 miW
    Nature, Natural attraction, Cave

    Longwood Swallet, Mendips

    32 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.

  • manor farm swallet mendips0.5 miW
    Nature, Natural attraction, Cave

    Manor Farm Swallet, Mendips

    14 min walk • Manor Farm Swallet is a cave in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England which was subject to numerous failed digging attempts between 1947 and 1973 as the surface shafts kept collapsing.

  • charterhouse roman town mendips~1330 ftNW
    Town, Amphitheatre

    Charterhouse, Mendips

    7 min walk • Charterhouse was a town in the Roman province of Britannia. Its site is located just to the west of the village of Charterhouse-on-Mendip in the English county of Somerset. Its Latin name may have been Iscalis, but this is far from certain. Based on inscriptions on a pig of Roman lead BRIT. EX. ARG.

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Which popular attractions are close to Charterhouse Camp?

Nearby attractions include Upper Flood Swallet, Mendips (3 min walk), Charterhouse, Mendips (7 min walk), Church of St Hugh, Mendips (9 min walk), Manor Farm Swallet, Mendips (14 min walk).

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