Cheddar Complex
Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Cheddar Complex is a 441.3-hectare (1,090-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Cheddar around the Cheddar Gorge and north east to Charterhouse in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, notified in 1952.
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Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Somerset |
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Grid reference | ST465538 |
Coordinates | 51.28082°N 2.76844°W / 51.28082; -2.76844 |
Interest | Biological and Geological |
Area | 441.3 hectares (4.413 km2; 1.704 sq mi) |
Notification | 1952 (1952) |
Natural England website |
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The very large area includes 4 SSSIs formerly known as: Cheddar Gorge SSSI; August Hole/Longwood Swallet SSSI; GB Cavern Charterhouse SSSI; and Charterhouse on-Mendip SSSI.
It is part owned by the National Trust, commercial landowners including the Marquess of Bath's Longleat Estate; and part managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust.