The Perch

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The Perch is one of 177 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset. It lies inside the Mendip Hills National Landscape. The closest station is Yatton, about 10.5 km to the north. Cheddar Gorge and Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill are among the SSSIs within 1.5 km.

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Photo of the Mendip Hills, a National Landscape in Somerset, south west England.

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.

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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

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

Cheddar

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

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Photo of Axbridge, a village in Somerset, south west England.

Axbridge

Compact medieval town on the edge of the Levels, its square framed by King John's Hunting Lodge, a jettied timber merchant's house.

2.2 km W · Somerset

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

Burrington Combe

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

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Photo: Crook Peak, a viewpoint near Axbridge in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, south west England.

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Viewpoint near Axbridge

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6.6 km W