Ash Hole Cavern

#1020 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Cave

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Ash Hole Cavern is a limestone cave system in Brixham, Devon, England. There is evidence of human habitation since Neolithic times, and archaeological excavations have been conducted, with several artefacts found. It has been a scheduled monument since 1966. ()

Coordinates: 50°24'2"N, 3°29'50"W

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Ash Hole Cavern – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Berry Head, Man and Boy, Shoalstone Pool, Brixham Battery.

0.4 miE
Park
Berry Head, Brixham
11 min walk • Berry Head is a coastal headland that forms the southern boundary of Tor Bay in Devon, England. Lying to the east of the town of Brixham, it is a national nature reserve and a local nature reserve.
0.6 miW
Monuments and statues
Man and Boy, Brixham
17 min walk • Man and Boy is a statue situated at King's Quay on the harbour of Brixham, Devon, England. It is the result of a long fundraising effort; the residents of the town raised £76,000 for its construction.
~510 ftNW
Watersports, Sport complex, Beach
Shoalstone Pool, Brixham
3 min walk • Shoalstone Pool is a sea-water swimming pool or lido on Shoalstone Beach, Brixham, Devon.
1 miW
Museum, Military museum
Brixham Battery, Brixham
26 min walk • Brixham Battery and Battery Gardens are an open space on the sea shore in Brixham, Devon at grid reference SX920569. They are a traditional observation point for Brixham trawler races, both past and present.
0.8 miSW
Cave
Windmill Hill Cavern, Brixham
22 min walk • Windmill Hill Cavern is a limestone cave system in the town of Brixham, Devon. It was discovered in 1858 and later excavated by a team led by the geologist William Pengelly, who found proof that humans co-existed with extinct British fauna.
1 miSW
History museum, Museum
Heritage Museum, Brixham
25 min walk • Brixham Heritage Museum, also known as Brixham Museum is a museum in the town of Brixham, Devon, England.
0.6 miE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Berry Head Lighthouse, Brixham
16 min walk • Berry Head Lighthouse is an active lighthouse, located at the end of Berry Head near Brixham in Devon. It was originally built in 1906, and was then automated and converted to run on acetylene in 1921, and further modernised in 1994; in 2019 it was converted to LED operation.
0.9 miSW
Theater
Brixham Theatre, Brixham
25 min walk • Brixham Town Hall is a municipal building in New Street, Brixham, Devon, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Brixham Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.
1.1 miW
Beach
Fishcombe Cove, Brixham
28 min walk • Fishcombe Cove is a small shingle beach on the south-west coast of England, on the outskirts of Brixham. The beach is surrounded by woodland, and an entrance to Churston Woods is located above Fishcombe Cove.
1.2 miW
Beach
Churston Cove, Brixham
31 min walk • Churston Cove is a cove with a sand and shingle beach on the outskirts of Brixham, surrounded by cliffs and wooded hillsides. An entrance to Churston Woods is located at the back of the cove.
0.8 miSW
Monuments and statues, Memorial
Orange Way, Brixham
20 min walk • The Orange Way, so called because it follows the march in 1688 of Prince William of Orange and his army from Brixham to London, is a 350 miles unofficial long-distance walk in England that passes through Devon, Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and London.