Caves · South Wales
Sidcot Swallet
In or near Wrington.
Sidcot Swallet is a cave in the United Kingdom.
Neil Owen — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Puxton Park · 9.1 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Sidcot Swallet, the nearest railway station is Puxton Park, located 9.1 km away. The postcode for navigation is BS40 7AU, and entry to the cave is free.
About
Sidcot Swallet is a named cave entrance in the United Kingdom. Coordinates: 51.3212°, -2.7540°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Burrington Combe SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Severn Estuary SSSI
- National Nature Reserve: MENDIP
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Mendip Hills
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Sidcot Swallet is a cave near Burrington Combe, in the Carboniferous Limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. It was named after the Sidcot School Speleological Society who explored it in 1925. A swallet, also known as a sinkhole, sink, shakehole, swallow hole or doline, is a natural depression or hole in the surface topography caused by the removal of soil or bedrock, often both, by water flowing beneath. After Goatchurch Cavern, Sidcot Swallet is probably the most popular cave on Mendip for novice parties. What it lacks in length or depth is adequately compensated for by its sporty squeezes and narrow crawls. Despite its popularity, many calcite formations still remain intact in the farthest reaches of the cave.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 51.3212, -2.7540
- District
- North Somerset
- Parish
- Burrington
- Postcode
- BS40 7AU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills
- Nearest railway station
- Puxton Park — 9.1 km
Sources
- osm: n600671465 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Sidcot Swallet (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 3Frequently asked questions
- Where is Sidcot Swallet?
- Sidcot Swallet is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode BS40 7AU), in the parish of Burrington.
- What is Sidcot Swallet?
- Sidcot Swallet is a cave in the United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Sidcot Swallet?
- The nearest railway station is Puxton Park, about 9.1 km away. Drivers can use postcode BS40 7AU.
- Is Sidcot Swallet a protected site?
- Yes — Sidcot Swallet is part of the Burrington Combe SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Severn Estuary SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Sidcot Swallet free to visit?
- Yes, Sidcot Swallet is free to enter.
- How do I get to Sidcot Swallet?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BS40 7AU. It sits within the Wells and Mendip Hills parliamentary constituency.