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Compton Martin Ochre Mine

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Compton Martin Ochre Mine is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, covering 0.01 km². It is one of 177 SSSIs in the county. It is one of the smaller SSSIs in the county. It lies inside the Mendip Hills National Landscape.

Nailsea & Backwell Station is about 14.1 km away to the north-west. Nearby SSSIs include Cheddar Gorge and Burledge Sidelands and Meadows.

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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 along the Limestone Link, a 36-mile long-distance path running from Cold Ashton to Shipham, south west England.

Limestone Link

Long-distance path

The connector from the Cotswold Way at Cold Ashton to the Mendips at Shipham — limestone to limestone, marked with an ammonite.

0.1 km E · Somerset & Gloucestershire

Photo along the Monarch's Way, a 625-mile long-distance path running from Worcester to Shoreham-by-Sea, England.Highlight

Monarch's Way

Long-distance path

England's longest inland waymarked trail, tracing Charles II's escape route from defeat at Worcester in 1651 to the ship waiting at Shoreham.

0.5 km NE · spans 14 counties

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

3.3 km W

Photo of Chew Valley Lake, a reservoir near Priddy in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, south west England.

Chew Valley Lake

Reservoir near Priddy

South of Bristol, this large Somerset reservoir draws wintering wildfowl and is popular with fly-fishers and birdwatchers.

4.1 km NE

Photo of Burrington Combe, a gorge near Cheddar in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Burrington Combe

Gorge near Cheddar

Rocky Mendip valley of tumbled limestone crags whose 'Rock of Ages' cleft is said to have inspired the hymn.

6.6 km W