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Kingdown and Middledown

Photo of Kingdown and Middledown, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Cheddar in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, south west England.

Kingdown and Middledown

© Roger Cornfoot / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Roger Cornfoot / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Kingdown and Middledown

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Kingdown and Middledown is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, covering 0.06 km². It is one of 177 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. It lies inside the Mendip Hills National Landscape.

Cheddar Gorge and Draycott Sleights are among the SSSIs within 1.6 km. Yatton Station is about 13.7 km away to the north-west.

More places to visit near Kingdown and Middledown

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

0.3 km SW

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.

2.6 km W

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

Cheddar

Village

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

3.5 km W · Somerset

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.

4.9 km N

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.

4.9 km S