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Local attractions the past! Outdoor summer café. Plenty to see and do - please see the Welcome to •Cheddar Caves & Gorge website for event details. Explore your world - 300 million years in 01458 832267 the making! Limestone cliffs towering 450 www.glastonburyabbey.com feet above a gorge, 3 miles long. Imagine King John’s Hunting Lodge the views. Underground cathedrals of • An early Tudor merchant’s house, Cheddar stalactites and stalagmites, beautifully lit. extensively restored in c1971, which now 01934 742343 houses a museum of local history and www.cheddarcaves.co.uk archaeology. Caravan Club Site •Wells Cathedral 01934 732012 Wells Cathedral is one of the most www.nationaltrust.org.uk beautiful of English cathedrals. Nestling •Bristol Zoo Gardens at the foot of the in See over 450 exotic species on a fun- , it is the centre piece of the packed trip to Bristol Zoo. medieval city of Wells, the smallest city Favourites include Gorilla Island and the in England. Asiatic Lions. Feed the Lorikeets at 01749 674483 Explorers’ Creek. www.wellscathedral.org.uk 0117 974 7399 •Wookey Hole Caves www.bristolzoo.org.uk A magical day out at Britain’s most famous caves. With a shop, restaurant, Activities café, gardens and theatre, there’s lots to do, whatever the weather, at the world’s •Walking oldest tourist attraction. The Mendip Hills are within easy reach. 01749 672243 Fishing www.wookey.co.uk • Please ask at Reception about •Clevedon Pier Cheddar Reservoir. The only fully intact, beautifully restored •Tourer Explorer Get to know your site Grade I listed pier in the country. Please Tourer Explorer is available on this site - ask check the website for special events. at reception for your activity booklet! Situated on the edge of Cheddar village, For the active and sporting visitor, karting, 01275 878846 this site boasts magnificent views of the pony-trekking, golf and off-road driving www.clevedonpier.com Mendips & surrounding countryside; a are all available locally. The start of the •West RSPB reserve walker’s paradise. With Strawberry Line cycle and walking path This reserve is within 20 miles. & Caves and the famous Gorge & Cheese is just a few minutes from the site in the For more information visit: Company all within walking distance, plus centre of the village. www.rspb.co.uk/reserves Caves & Mill and England’s For fishermen and water sport •Glastonbury Abbey smallest city of Wells with its glorious enthusiasts there is Cheddar Reservoir. If Romantic ruins, peaceful parkland. Cathedral & Bishop’s Palace just a short you just want to relax on a nice beach, The legendary burial place of King Arthur. drive away, you are sure to have plenty to Weston-super-Mare and Burnham are Let the costumed guides tell you tales from see and do during your stay. within half an hour’s drive. General site information Reception services The site has a TV booster system on the Safety on site Close by bollards. Mail and messages Electric hook-up Pets To walk into Cheddar safely, turn left at Mail and messages are put on the board The costs of electricity are included in your Please keep your dog on a lead at all times the site entrance and walk to the railway at reception. pitch fee, but please help us minimise our on the pitching areas and roads within the arch. Go up the steps, turn left at the top Site shop effect on the environment by considering site, and clean up after them. Dogs can be and this footpath takes you into Cheddar. Open as the same time as reception and your electricity use while on site. Also any walked off site. There is no pavement on the main road. sells Gas, Milk, Bread, Groceries, Sweets, saving could help to reduce pitch fees or Supermarkets Ice cream, Maps and Caravan accesories. Fire point help towards investments in new sites or The closest are Sainsburys and Tesco (to activate alarm/warning) Fire points are Information room redevelopments. Express both 10 minutes walk from the clearly signed and located throughout Open at all times. Leaflets are available site. about the many attractions and places of Site facilities the site. interest that you can visit during your stay. The fire assembly point is near reception. Cinema In Weston-super-Mare. Please see the Site map for the location of Mobile & public telephones In Wells. Tel: 01749 673195. Some networks can be used on this site. amenity block. Vehicles and cycles Public telephone - there is a public telephone Toilets and showers Parents are reminded that children Swimming pool In the Leisure Centre near to 5 minutes walk into town, next to Kings of The toilet block is closed for cleaning remain their responsibility and therefore Kings of Wessex School in Cheddar. Wessex School. at the times shown on the block doors. they should be supervised at all times, Tel: 01934 744939 Wi-Fi There is a baby and toddler bathroom for and to ensure that all members of their party follow the principles of road safety. Tourist Information Centre Wi-Fi internet access is available on this site. children under 4 years old. Please ensure In Burnham-on-Sea (for information about Please ask the Warden for details. that children are supervised by an adult at Motor vehicles and bicycles on site should, Cheddar and Cheddar Gorge). all times. Keys are available at reception. at all times, be used with due regard to The disabled toilet and shower facilities Tel: 01278 787852 Pitches the safety and convenience of others and are located at the toilet block. Keys are In Wells. Tel: 01749 672552. their speed should not exceed walking pace Pitch care available from reception. (5mph). No cycling is permitted on site Public transport Please lift awning ground sheets daily if Laundry between the hours of dusk and dawn, as There are bus services from Cheddar to on grass. Weston-super-Mare, Wells, Street and Prices for the use of the laundry facilities determined by the Wardens. Motorhomes are: Washing machine £4.00, Tumble drier Glastonbury. Any one-way system signs should be If your pitch is left unoccupied, please leave £1.00, Rinse & Spin £1.00 per 15min cycle. observed by all vehicles and cycles. Foot Places of worship your motorhome sign on display. Washing sinks are also available. Please do pedalled cycles, scooters and skateboards C of E and Catholic churches are within not hang washing lines between trees or on Vacating your pitch can be used, but are not allowed on 10 minutes walk. the fences. Due to access restrictions, a 12 noon the paved area around toilet blocks and departure time applies. Ball games and kites communal areas and must not be ridden Unfortunately there are no suitable areas on Tell us what you think… Barbecues on footpaths. site for ball and raquet games or kite flying. These are allowed on site but open fires Please note that motorised mobility scooters If you have any comments or suggestions that could help us to improve this Site, are not. Please keep barbecues off the grass. are allowed on site, but children’s motorised please put them in our Visitors’ Comments scooters or skateboards are not. TV reception Book. And if you discover a local pub or As part of the Digital Switchover, this region restaurant or an interesting place to go, has now had its analogue television signal Visitors tell us about that too! switched off. In order to watch television on Please ask your visitors to make themselves site you will need an Integrated Digital TV Site address, Gas House Lane known at reception when arriving at the site. (IDTV) or a digital receiver, and you may also off Draycott Road, All visitors cars must be parked in the late need an aerial or satellite dish. For more Cheddar, BS27 3RL night arrivals area and removed by 8.00pm. information visit www.digitaluk.co.uk. Telephone: 01934 740207