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Westbury Camp

Open accessin a National Nature Reserve open to the public

Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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Westbury Camp is a hillfort in Somerset. It is one of 29 hillforts the Albion Guide charts in the county. The surrounding countryside is part of the Mendip Hills National Landscape. The nearest railway station is Yatton, 16.4 km to the north-west.

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Photo of the Mendip Hills, a National Landscape in Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Mendip Hills

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Cheddar

A limestone upland riddled with caves and gorges, an easy high point, and old lead-mining country on top

Photo of Cheddar Gorge, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Cheddar Gorge

SSSI near Cheddar

Britain's biggest gorge, a mile of grey limestone cliffs in the Mendips with famous show caves cut into the rock below

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Photo: Deer Leap, a viewpoint near Priddy, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Deer Leap

Viewpoint near Priddy

A grassy Mendip shoulder above Ebbor, rated by locals the best view in Somerset, taking in Glastonbury Tor, the Quantocks and Wales.

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Photo of Cheddar Gorge, a gorge in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, south west England.Iconic

Cheddar Gorge

Gorge near Cheddar

Britain's largest gorge, a 400-foot limestone canyon cut through the Mendips with a cliff-edge road, show caves and clifftop walks.

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Photo of Cheddar, a village in Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Cheddar

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Mendip village at the mouth of its famous gorge, cheese-making since the twelfth century and gateway to the show caves.

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Photo of Milton Lodge Gardens, a Grade II registered house & garden near Wells in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Milton Lodge Gardens

House & garden near Wells

Edwardian hillside terraces framing Wells Cathedral and the Vale of Avalon below.

7.1 km SE