Shiplate Slait, Mendips

Name: Shiplate Slait
Address: Mendips, United Kingdom

#32 among attractions in Mendips

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Shiplate Slait is a 33.9 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Loxton, within the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, North Somerset, notified in 1987. ()

Coordinates: 51°18'21"N, 2°54'44"W

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Mendips United Kingdom

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Shiplate Slait – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Old Church of St Nicholas, Crook Peak, Banwell Caves, Church of St Mary.

3.2 miW
Church, Romanesque architecture
Old Church of St Nicholas, Weston-super-Mare
82 min walk • The Old Church of St Nicholas at Uphill, Somerset, England, is described as 'Norman' but was remodelled in later Middle Ages. Regular services ceased in 1846. The church is partially ruined but still consists of a tower, chancel and a roofless nave.
1.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Crook Peak
38 min walk • Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill is a 332.2 hectare geological and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the western end of the Mendip Hills, Somerset.
1.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Banwell Caves
44 min walk • Banwell Caves are a 1.7-hectare geological and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Banwell, North Somerset, England notified in 1963.
3.2 miSW
Church
Church of St Mary
83 min walk • The Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin is a Church of England parish church in East Brent, Somerset, England. It was built in the 15th century is a Grade I listed building.
2.4 miN
Specialty museum, Science museum, Museum
The Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare
63 min walk • The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England, is a museum featuring a collection of more than 80 helicopters and autogyros from around the world, both civilian and military.
2.6 miNE
Forts and castles, Gothic Revival architecture
Banwell Castle, Banwell
66 min walk • Banwell Castle is a Victorian Gothic Revival mansion in Banwell, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.6 miNE
Church
St Andrew's Church, Banwell
67 min walk • The mainly 15th-century parish Church of St Andrew in Banwell, Somerset, England, is a Grade I listed building. The body of the church has a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles and a rather short chancel, considering the proportions of the rest of the church.
2.1 miE
Church
St Andrew's Church
54 min walk • The Church of St Andrew in Compton Bishop, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century, being consecrated by Bishop Jocelin in 1236, with more recent restoration. It is a Grade I listed building.
3.7 miNW
Park
Ellenborough Park, Weston-super-Mare
96 min walk • Ellenborough Park is a park situated in the centre of Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England. The western half of the park, an area of 1.8 hectares, is of significant biodiversity interest, due to its plant communities, and was notified as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1989.
2.6 miN
Forts and castles
Locking Castle
67 min walk • Locking Castle was a castle that once stood on Carberry Hill near the site of RAF Locking in Locking in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. It has been scheduled as an ancient monument. It was a motte and bailey on Carberry Hill. Excavations in 1902 identified the remains of a small stone chamber surrounded by a ditch.
1 miNW
Hill
Bleadon Hill, Mendips
25 min walk • Bleadon Hill is a 13.52 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest just north of the village of Bleadon, North Somerset, notified in 1999. The site is a Geological Conservation Review site, as it shows a low ridge of calcite-cemented Pleistocene sand and gravel on its southern side.