Caves · South East England
Hillier's Cave
Hillier's Cave is a cave in the United Kingdom.
Nick Chipchase — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Cranmore · 4.8 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Hillier's Cave is a named cave entrance in the United Kingdom. Coordinates: 51.2275°, -2.4934°. 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: St. Dunstan's Well Catchment SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Hillier's Cave (grid reference ST65734753) is a cave in Fairy Cave Quarry, near Stoke St Michael in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. It falls within the St. Dunstan's Well Catchment Site of Special Scientific Interest. The cave was discovered on 13 February 1954, when blasting at one of the working faces opened up a cave passage, and is now choked with sludge waste from the quarry. It was first explored by John Anthony Quinn and boys from Midsomer Norton Grammar School (now Norton Hill School) who named it in honour of Gordon Hillier who was headmaster of the school from 1926 to 1958. The Fairy Caves Management Committee administers the access to this cave on behalf of the quarry owners.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 51.2275, -2.4934
- District
- Somerset
- Parish
- Stoke St Michael
- Postcode
- BA3 5HP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Frome and East Somerset
- Nearest railway station
- Cranmore — 4.8 km
Sources
- osm: n3431357098 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Hillier's Cave (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hillier's Cave?
- Hillier's Cave is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode BA3 5HP), in the parish of Stoke St Michael.
- Is Hillier's Cave a protected site?
- Yes — Hillier's Cave is part of the St. Dunstan's Well Catchment SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Hillier's Cave free to visit?
- Yes, Hillier's Cave is free to enter.
- How do I get to Hillier's Cave?
- The nearest railway station is Cranmore, about 4.8 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BA3 5HP.