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Cheddar Travel Guide: 31 reviews and 98 photos

Tasty Cheese or Lovely Rock Formation

Cheddar Gorge in Somerset is Britain's largest gorge formed out of limestone. The Cheddar caves are probably the most beautiful caves in the UK. The caves and gorge were originally ice age riverbeds. The illuminated caves are about a quarter of a mile long and are open to the public to view. Gough cave is the largest and the most spectular and Cox's cave smaller but with small pools and winding passageways and more calcite flowstone formations. The is also a museum where you can visit Cheddar Man, Britain's oldest complete skeleton who was found buried there. The whole area has been designated as a Site of Scientific Interest. Even in 1170 AD the Cheddar Gorge and its caves were recognised as one of the Four Wonders of England. The caves were occupied by Stone Age Man and many archaeological artifacts have been found. Cheddar was feature in one of BBC's Time Team programmes.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Great way to get to taste real cheddar cheese and see great caves
Cons:Gets packed in the summer months with tourists
In a nutshell:Its more than just cheese

Last visit to Cheddar: Jun 2002
Intro Written Oct 7, 2002
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Written Oct 7, 2002

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uglyscot Jun 23, 2006 at 11:54 PM Report Abuse

Snap. Some of your pictures of the caves are the same as mine! But yours are clearer, and more of course.
Sjalen Jan 19, 2006 at 6:56 AM Report Abuse

You should make your travelogue into tips! Great pics :)
hayward68 Mar 29, 2003 at 6:08 PM Report Abuse

Love the cave pics, I really should get mine of our trip onto VT soon. Thanks for being my tour guide on that trip :-)
grishaV1 Dec 5, 2002 at 11:32 AM Report Abuse

I like cheddar :-) the photos of the rock formations were really wild! Liked them!