Location: Somerset < England
Nearest Airport:
Bristol at 18
Miles
Nearest Ferry:
Plymouth at 180
Miles
Nearest Train:
Weston SuperMare at 12
Miles
Nearest Motorway:
M5 at 6
Miles
Nearest Beach:
Weston Super Mare at 12
Miles
Nearest Ski:
Dry Ski Slope at 4
Miles
Nearest Golf:
Wedmore at 4
Miles
Cheddar Gorge, a place of wild and rugged beauty, is a karst limestone and calcareous grassland Nature Reserve and home to many rare plants and animals. Cheddar caves offers pot holing for the more adventurous as well as climbing and abseiling in the Gorge itself (01934 744389). Jacobs ladder has 274 steps leading to the start of a 3 mile cliff top walk along Britains biggest Gorge, and a Look Out Tower that boasts stunning views.There is a Museum, Cheddar Man & the Cannibals, which explores 40,000 years of British Pre-history, with demonstrations of Stone Age survival skills and the chance to try your hand at cave painting.
5 miles away at Sandford there is a dry ski slope (01934 852335) where you can get tuition in skiing and snow boarding. There is tobogganing for younger children. Horse riding and quad biking are also on offer. Other activities in Cheddar include fishing, dry skiing, go-carting (07000 616161), miniature golf, swimming, gym, leisure centre, cycling