Caves · South Wales
Pierre's Pot
Pierre's Pot is a cave in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Puxton Park · 9.1 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Pierre's Pot is a named cave entrance in the United Kingdom. Coordinates: 51.3220°, -2.7529°. 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
Pierre's Pot is a karst cave in Burrington Combe on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. The cave was discovered in 1983 and has two main levels, the lower level being reached through an extremely tight rift. There is an active streamway and sump which, following a 15 m (49 ft) dive, leads to another streamway and a number of passages. The derivation of the cave's name is from one of the nicknames of Mike "Fish" Jeanmaire of the Axbridge Caving Group in the early 1960s.
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- Coordinates
- 51.3220, -2.7529
- District
- North Somerset
- Parish
- Burrington
- Postcode
- BS40 7AU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills
- Nearest railway station
- Puxton Park — 9.1 km
- Official site
- www.bgs.ac.uk
Sources
- osm: n600671466 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Pierre's Pot (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Pierre's Pot?
- Pierre's Pot is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode BS40 7AU), in the parish of Burrington.
- Is Pierre's Pot a protected site?
- Yes — Pierre's Pot is part of the Burrington Combe SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Severn Estuary SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Pierre's Pot free to visit?
- Yes, Pierre's Pot is free to enter.
- How do I get to Pierre's Pot?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BS40 7AU. It sits within the Wells and Mendip Hills parliamentary constituency.