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Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl

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Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl is one of 177 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset. It is the smallest of them. It lies within the Mendip Hills National Landscape.

Priddy Pools and Chancellor's Farm are among the SSSIs within 2.4 km. For arrivals by rail, Nailsea & Backwell Station is about 16.7 km to the north-west.

More places to visit near Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl

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.

0.9 km NE · spans 14 counties

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

4.1 km W

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.

7 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.

7.4 km SW

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.

8 km S