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Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot

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Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, covering 0.01 km². The county has 177 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. It is one of the smaller SSSIs in the county. It lies within the Mendip Hills National Landscape.

Other SSSIs nearby include Priddy Caves, Priddy Pools and Ebbor Gorge. For arrivals by rail, Castle Cary Station is about 18 km to the south-east.

More places to visit near Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot

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 Ebbor Gorge, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Priddy in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Ebbor Gorge

SSSI near Priddy

A steep wooded limestone gorge on the Mendips near Wookey Hole, a National Nature Reserve with a scramble through the ravine and ice-age caves

0.9 km SW

Photo of Wookey Hole, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Wells in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Wookey Hole

SSSI near Wells

River-carved show caves under the Mendips.

1.1 km SW

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.

2.9 km S

Photo of Wells Cathedral, a cathedral in Somerset, south west England.Iconic

Wells Cathedral

Cathedral near Wells

England's earliest Gothic cathedral, famous for its carved west front and the great scissor arches crossing the nave.

3.9 km S

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.

4.4 km W