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Cheddar Man - Museum of Prehistory

Cheddar Man - Museum of Prehistory

Cheddar Man - Museum of Prehistory

Britain's finest LUP site and the mysterious burial place of Cheddar Man, a Mesolithic hunter-gatherer.

Gough's Cave & Audio Guides

Gough's Cave & Audio Guides

Gough's Cave & Audio Guides

Richard Gough, colourful Victorian sea captain, tea trader and cave explorer, started modern tourism in Cheddar in 1890.

3 Mile Cliff-Top Gorge Walk

3 Mile Cliff-Top Gorge Walk

3 Mile Cliff-Top Gorge Walk

An amazing landscape - created by Ice Age meltwaters, a royal hunting forest, then grazed for 500 years.

Cox's Cave & The Crystal Quest

Cox's Cave & The Crystal Quest

Cox's Cave & The Crystal Quest

In pre-literate religion, Nordic legend and the Christian tradition, caves are doorways to the spirit world. Explore within!

274 Steps to The Lookout Tower

274 Steps to The Lookout Tower

274 Steps to The Lookout Tower

Views across the Somerset Levels, drained by the Abbots of Glastonbury, and over to the Roman lead mines at Charterhouse.

Open-Top Gorge Tour Bus

Open-Top Gorge Tour Bus

Open-Top Gorge Tour Bus

See the mill-ponds, which drove gunpowder manufacturing, and the rocky crags, which delighted the Romantic Movement.

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