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Max Bog

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Max Bog is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, covering 0.1 km². The county has 177 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. It lies inside the Mendip Hills National Landscape.

Nearby SSSIs include Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill, Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill and Dolebury Warren. Worle Station is about 6.2 km away 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: Crook Peak, a viewpoint near Axbridge in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Crook Peak

Viewpoint near Axbridge

A rocky limestone summit at the western tip of the Mendips, its bare crown giving sweeping views over the Levels to the sea.

2.6 km SW

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.

6.3 km SE · Somerset

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.

6.8 km SE

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.

7 km E

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

9.1 km W · spans 24 counties