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Cheddar Gorge Travel guide
Cheddar Gorge : Michelin's recommendations
The village has given its name to the universally known English national cheese. According to legend, monks carrying milk during a pilgrimage to Glastonbury took shelter from a storm in the Cheddar caves and found that the milk had turned into a tasty cheese, later named cheddar. More factually, it is believed that Irish monks found a means of preserving surplus ewes' milk, of which there were many flocks in the region in those days.
Tourist attractions Cheddar Gorge : Things to see and do
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Heritage Centre
B3151 GB - Cheddar Gorge BS27
In the caves' Heritage Centre, the weapons, utensils made of flint, bone, antler horn and bronze, pottery and the skull of Cheddar Man indicate that the caves were inhabited intermittently from the Paleolithic to the Iron Age (20000 to 500 BC) and in..
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Cheddar Gorge
The Cliffs GB - Cheddar Gorge BS27 3QA
The gorge is 3 km long with a 1:6 gradient in its descent from the Mendips. The cliffs are of limestone, gaunt and grey where the fissured walls and pinnacles rise vertically to 107-122 m. From near the foot of the gorge, Jacob's Ladder a staircase..
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Caves
B3151 GB - Cheddar Gorge BS27
The caves are near the gorge bottom on the south side. Cox's Cave was discovered in 1837 and Gough's Cave in 1890. The series of chambers follow the course of underground streams through the porous limestone. The stalagmites, stalactites, petrifi..
Hotels Cheddar Gorge
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Bath Arms Hotel
4 BATH STREET GB - CHEDDAR BS273AA
"Welcome To The Bath Arms HotelSituated in the heart of Cheddar village in Somerset, UK, less than half-a-mile from the famous Caves and Cheddar George, The Bath Arms Hotel boasts facilities and service that guarantee an enjoyable visit. We are ..
