
What is recorded here
Wookey Hole - Cave Entrance is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
Wookey Hole is a limestone cave system formed by the dissolution of Carboniferous Limestone, typical of the Mendip Hills in Somerset. The cave has a long history of human use, with archaeological evidence including prehistoric tools and Roman-era artifacts, and it features prominently in local folklore, notably as the supposed lair of a dragon.
The picture record does not grant public access. Use signed public paths and do not enter private land without permission.
Places near here
Wookey Hole Caves And MillHeritage attraction · 93 yd
Entrance to Wookey Hole CaveCave or cavern · 131 yd
Subterranean Lake at Wookey HoleHeritage place · 154 yd
Wookey Hole Paper MillListed building · 165 yd
Wookey Hole CavesCave · 203 yd
Cow wire sculpturePublic sculpture · 729 yd
Ebbor WoodWood · 859 yd
Ebbor GorgeCliff · 971 yd
Henley HillMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Bowl barrow near Dursdon DroveAncient burial place · 1.2 mi
Wells CemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.5 mi
Stoberry WarrenForest · 1.6 miOther information
Photo: Chris Talbot · CC BY-SA 2.0