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Harptree Combe

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Harptree Combe is one of 177 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset. The surrounding countryside is part of the Mendip Hills National Landscape. Nearby SSSIs include Burledge Sidelands and Meadows, Priddy Pools and Chancellor's Farm. The nearest railway station is Parson Street, about 14.5 km to the north.

More places to visit near Harptree Combe

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 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.

0.7 km SW · spans 14 counties

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.

0.9 km N · Somerset & Gloucestershire

Photo of Ring O' Bells, a pub near Hinton Blewett, Somerset, south west England.

Ring O' Bells

Pub near Hinton Blewett

Village-green pub at Hinton Blewett between the Mendips and the Chew Valley, known for its Sunday lunches.

3.6 km E

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 km N

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

5 km W