Cheddar Gorge cleaves apart the hillside north-east of Cheddar village, allowing the B3135 to climb 900ft in 3 miles through Britain’s most dramatic landscape to the top of the Mendip (Hills) plateau. Cheddar Caves are at the bottom (south west) of the Gorge.
| TRAVEL BY CAR | ||||
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Join M5 Exit J22 take A38 north for 7 miles follow brown tourist signs on to A371 then B3135 |
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| Bristol (18 miles) | Take A38 then A371 and B3135 OR take A37 then B3135 |
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| Bath (23 miles) | Take A39 then B3135 | |||
| AARoute Finder | click on www.theaa.com | |||
| Using SAT-NAV | key in BS27 3QF | |||
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Eurotunnel and “Le Shuttle” | click on www.eurotunnel.com | ||
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Cross Channel Car Ferries | |||
| Calais to Dover Bilbao to Portsmouth P & O Ferries |
click on www.poferries.com | |||
| Caen to Portsmouth Roscoff & Santander to Plymouth |
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| Brittany Ferries | click on www.brittany-ferries.com | |||
| Cherbourg to Portsmouth St Malo to Weymouth Condor Ferries |
click on www.condorferries.com | |||
| Le Havre to Portsmouth LD Lines Ferries |
click on www.ldlines.com | |||
| Dunkerque to Dover Norfolk Line Ferries |
click on www.norfolkline.com | |||
| Oostende to Dover Hoverspeed Ferries |
click on www.hoverspeed.co.uk | |||
| TRAVEL BY BICYCLE | |
For Cycle Hire locally – click on www.cheddarcyclestore.co.uk |
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| TRAVEL BY TRAIN | |
 Mainline trains direct from London (Paddington), Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Carlisle, Leeds, Sheffield, Derby, Birmingham (New Street), Cardiff, Plymouth, Exeter, Portsmouth & Southampton to Bristol (Temple Meads) then change for local train to Weston-super-Mare |
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 thenFIRST Bus 126 (Sundays 826) to Cheddar |
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FIRST Buses |
| 674 | Bristol to Cheddar (Sunday only) |
| 126 | Weston-super-Mare to Axbridge, Cheddar, Wells and return. Mon to Sat – every hour. (Sun 826 – every 2 hours.) |
| 668 | Street to Wedmore, Cheddar, Shipham and return. Mon to Sat – every 2 hours |
| TRAVEL–LINE INFORMATION – click on www.traveline.org.uk | |
| TRAVEL BY ‘PLANE, TAXI & CAR HIRE | |
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Bristol International Airport |
Flights from New York (Newark) Flights from Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Barcelona, Krakow, Frankfurt and other EU and UK regional airports. |
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National Cycle Network Route 3 crosses B3135 at the top (the“head”) of Cheddar Gorge near Priddy.| TAXIS | ||||
| Airportcarz – Bristol Airport | 01275 474888 | click on www.airportcarz.co.uk | ||
| BBS Taxis | 07770 837560 | |||
| Cheddar Taxis | 01934 743801 | |||
| CAR HIRE | ||||
| Avis – Bristol Airport | 0870 608 6324 | click on www.avis.co.uk | ||
| Europcar – Bristol Airport | 0870 607 5000 | click on www.europcar.co.uk | ||
| Hertz – Bristol Airport | 01275 472807 | click on www.hertz.co.uk | ||
| National – Bristol Airport | 01275 474821 | click on www.nationalcar.co.uk | ||
| BLUE BADGE GUIDES | ||||
| Bath Parade Guides | 01225 337111 | click on www.bathparadeguides.co.uk | ||
| Bristol Blue Badge Guides | 01179 684638 | click on www.blue-badge-guides.com | ||