Cheddar Gorge

Longleat may be closed until the 16th February, but we're open all year round (except Christmas and Boxing Day)! So if you're stuck for things to next weekend, why not discover the amazing history and wildlife of Cheddar Gorge: https://loom.ly/IG1bkaw

We're chuffed to tell you that many of last year's fantastic events will be making a return for 2019! That's right, our Glow In The Dark Egg Hunt and Wildlife Week activities are back, alongside many more: https://loom.ly/BQmoJa4

We adore these beautiful light trail shots taken atop the Gorge! Don't forget to snap some photos on your next visit: cheddargorge.co.uk
📸: @mks_images

It's time for a Throwback Thursday! Do you remember when we had Tom Berry's Gromit on display as part of Gromit Unleashed 2013?

What a view! We love this aerial shot by James Markham Photography 📸

Looking ahead to the rest of 2019 👀 Don't forget to get your Explorer Tickets online this year to save money on your next visit: https://loom.ly/4v2tte4
📸: _nyoki on Instagram

Did you know that we're open over New Year? Come and celebrate the start of 2019 with a blast from the prehistoric past here at Cheddar Gorge: cheddargorge.co.uk

Who's heading to Cheddar Gorge to walk off their Christmas dinners? That's right, we're open as normal today - and yes, you can bring along your canine companion too!
📸: ktrott88 on Instagram

We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year 🎶🎄
To celebrate, we thought we'd share some of our favourite visitor photos from 2018! Have you taken any shots at the gorge this year? We'd love to see them in the comments.
P.S. We're closed today but we're open as normal tomorrow ☺️

Just one more sleep till Christmas! 🎄 Nighttime can't come soon enough.
📸: lawrencehyltonphotography on Instagram

Father Christmas and his elves must leave us on Christmas Eve so make sure you come and meet them at the Gough's Cave grotto before it's too late 🎅 You can pre-book your desired time slot online: https://loom.ly/iRwBq8o

Our elves have been very busy making toys and wrapping them up for all the children on Father Christmas's nice list! 🧝🎄🎁 Why not come along to his magical grotto in Gough's Cave to meet him before he takes flight on Christmas Eve? It's included in your Cheddar Gorge ticket - all you need to do is pre-book your preferred time slot on our website: https://loom.ly/iRwBq8o

Here’s a little behind the scenes look at the creation of Christmas at Cheddar to get you into the spirit of things! 🎄☃️🎅

Don't miss out on your chance to meet Father Christmas and his elves! They are visiting Gough's Cave daily from the 15th to 24th December and bringing along gifts for all the children on his good list.
Remember, meeting the big man in red is included with your Day Ticket, but we do ask that you book your desired time slot in advance to avoid disappointment on the day: https://loom.ly/iRwBq8o

Don't we look absolutely gorge-ous on the cover of this month's School Travel Organiser? 😜

What an absolutely incredible shot of Cheddar Gorge! Come and visit: cheddargorge.co.uk
📸: fayazey

🎄 CHRISTMAS AT CHEDDAR COMPETITION 🎄
Here's your chance to WIN Cheddar Gorge & Caves Day Tickets, Christmas at Cheddar Tickets and £100 of Cheddar Gorge & Caves Gift Vouchers for a fantastic family day out!
To enter, all you have to do is tell us who deserves to be put on Father Christmas’s Nice List in the comments below 🎅📜
... This competition will end at 11.59pm on the 9th December 2018. Full terms and conditions: https://loom.ly/5S48H6M
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Experience the magic of Christmas at Cheddar this winter and visit Father Christmas’s special South West Workshop in our very own cave!
Full details here: http://bit.ly/2Arn2Ii

We're so chuffed to have been presented with the School Travel Organiser Award for 'Best Venue for History Learning' by Fiona Bruce! A big thank you to our lovely staff for their hard work and to our visitors for their support over the years.

We visited this place yesterday and loved it! The gentleman in the caves was amazing! He said he's worked there 30 years and he truly seemed to love his job. His enjoyment of the caves was infectious! The children were really engaged! Please could you pass on my thanks to him for making our day so much fun.

Visited Cheddar Gorge today with our 2 children and dog. Had the most amazing day ever. Huge thank you to Andy B who was an amazing guide in Cox's cave. He was amazing with our children who were scared to start with. Beautiful place.

My friend and I visited today for climbing with George in the morning and caving in the afternoon (sorry, forgot the instructors name) We had a brilliant day! Both instructors were friendly and made us feel completely at ease whilst CLIMBING CLIFF FACES AND SQUEEZING THROUGH TINY HOLES IN DARK CAVES!!! They were calm, friendly and professional and the experience was one I won't forget for a long time. Not forgetting the lovely man who litter picked in the morning and was in the caves later in the day with his cheery attitude and making us feel welcome. Thank you chaps, you are an absolute credit to your workplace.

Lovely place to visit, beautiful views, and everywhere is dog friendly, so that was good for us.

If you love cheese and rocks, then taht is the place for you. Have a beautiful long walk at Gorge and finish it off with at Cheddar villiage with most amazing cheese you can taste. Certainly try the smoked one, my favourite.

I took my 15 year old son to the climbing session yesterday, neither of us had climbed before, it was a fantastic experience and was such a 'mindful' moment as i could think of nothing else as i scaled the 50 ft wall but doing my best in the moment.

The instructor was amazing and i would recommend this to absolutely anyone even thinking about it

It was a bargain to boot

I loved the amazing views from the top of the gorge and there was plenty to do for the entire day. The other pathway down the village does provide access along the same hike around the gorge for free- though I was more than happy to pay the £5 to go up Jacobs ladder as it gave quick access to the top of the gorge. I wasn't bothered at all that the tower was closed....walk further down the Gorge and the views are better anyway! I'm writing this mainly in response to people making a fuss about facilities and charges here- I though everything was great. A perfect adventure for the day!

I found it a awesome and fantastic place..Got no complaints exept that the lookout Tower at the top Jacobs Ladder was padlocked shut, so I could not go up the tower and look at the view....Also I could not catch one of the Goats for my dinner, they were too quick. Ha ha...

I did the caving adventure experience and it was well worth it, I had an absolutely amazing time. The guide was funny and experienced, he got us wiggling through tiny crawl spaces into the unknown! He made us feel completely safe and comfortable. I would definitely recommend the experience...if you don't mind getting a bit muddy, crawling on your stomach, and squeezing through tiny holes that is � Thank you so much, I did this with a friend as a birthday present and it was the best present I could have wanted. Left with a few bruises as souvenirs, and absolutely buzzing from the experience.

Cheddar gorge is a great place to visit with the kids (and the dog). The caves are amazing, tickets are also valid for a year and you can do the hill top walk repeatedly, beautiful place very friendly businesses.



Went to the pub too, prices were much better than at home, really friendly even managed to teach my daughter to play darts.



I think £20 a head is great value too, for a couple of caves, museum, hill top walk and viewing (which you can do again and again)



It's only a couple of hours away, and different to theme parks and queuing. Parked up the hill from the black dog saloon (great pub) for £4 for the whole day, (doesn't even get you 3 hours at the beach)



Will be going back again soon.

Brilliant day out with the cheddar caving experience. Shaunus was an excellent imformative guide who with his time patience and his experiance made sure every one was able to complete the tour .The write up doesnt do the experiance justice .we were a stag party of 9 of which a couple of us were of older age than the others .crawling squeezing through tight places.up and down ladders over boulders bridges .we got dirty wet and sweaty .we also did the free fall drop of 40ft between 2 caverns .not for the faint hearted as we found out as one of our team couldn't do it .hats off he did try 3 times and completed the rest of the caving experience .the team were friendly and informative and yes Shaunus we all now know why it's called the ball beaker now lol . Highlight of the day well we all agreed all of it .well done cheddar gorge caving for giving us an outstanding experience.

If u love cheese go here. Lol. Views up the point are awesome. You can see Glastonbury hill stone marker. Caves are spectacular. Just a lovely place to be. Will be going again.

Gough’s Cave was excellent, especially with the audio guide. Cox’s Cave was not as engaging. Shame the Lookout Tower was closed for refurbishment but these things have to be done.

We went to cheddar gorge today, we thought the Gough's cave was good & the Easter egg hunt but for the price of tickets, it was too high as well as paying for car parking. There was no helper in the craft in the museum & no replenishment of resources so this was very limited for my 4 year old. the public toilets were not very clean & access for a buggy was limited in the dreamcatcher cave. We enjoyed the walk up Jacob's ladder but we're disappointed when we got to the top that the lookout tower was closed. We had a good day but could have been even better especially for the amount paid for 4 adults & 2 children!

We loved the main caves but the smaller cave was better with the Dragon and elves.the new exhibit was about ape men killing animals and has old carpets hanging eveywhere. Covering the cave walls.we missed also the bus that took visitors around the gorge

This place is definitely worth seeing, and preserving!

Problem: far too much noise pollution mostly from the many motorists inside the gorge; many people also appear to use lay-by spaces to litter the place. The views are stunning but the wild life we saw was deeply stressed from all the noise...

Possible solution: seriously restrict motorised access to the gorge itself by improving the car parking facilities further down town. The way up could still be used as a path accessible to wheelchair users for instance. Remember a famous quote from the movie Jurassic Park? "...less of our presence, and more of our absence..." - the preservation of the quality of such sites depends on a more controlled access to them. Or else will our grandchildren be left with?

The Gorge is a beautiful place and we enjoyed our visit. However this was marred by the large amounts of rubbish left behind by other visitors. There did not appear to be anything like patrol teams dealing with this. The excessive amount of noise from motorbikes also created undue stress not only to us but to the wildlife we saw. This lovely place could be so much better if motorbikes were banned or at least restricted and more bins provided. Warden patrols could be put in place to curb anti social behaviour and litter dropping.

Drove four hours to. get to the Gorge. So disappointed , closed up and boarded shops and other areas. We felt that £20each was very excessive to walk around the top of the Gorge. Rubbish piled at the side of the road. Toilets closed at the top and the ones at the bottom were tacky and less than clean. Would NOT recommend it

Visited on 18/4/2018 and was very disappointed to find the open top bus ride no longer runs, and a lot of the shops were not open . Also parking and the explorer ticket are very expensive ! Have been here 2 times before and I think things have gone downhill . Very sad .

We visited this place yesterday and loved it! The gentleman in the caves was amazing! He said he's worked there 30 years and he truly seemed to love his job. His enjoyment of the caves was infectious! The children were really engaged! Please could you pass on my thanks to him for making our day so much fun.

Visited Cheddar Gorge today with our 2 children and dog. Had the most amazing day ever. Huge thank you to Andy B who was an amazing guide in Cox's cave. He was amazing with our children who were scared to start with. Beautiful place.

My friend and I visited today for climbing with George in the morning and caving in the afternoon (sorry, forgot the instructors name) We had a brilliant day! Both instructors were friendly and made us feel completely at ease whilst CLIMBING CLIFF FACES AND SQUEEZING THROUGH TINY HOLES IN DARK CAVES!!! They were calm, friendly and professional and the experience was one I won't forget for a long time. Not forgetting the lovely man who litter picked in the morning and was in the caves later in the day with his cheery attitude and making us feel welcome. Thank you chaps, you are an absolute credit to your workplace.

Lovely place to visit, beautiful views, and everywhere is dog friendly, so that was good for us.

If you love cheese and rocks, then taht is the place for you. Have a beautiful long walk at Gorge and finish it off with at Cheddar villiage with most amazing cheese you can taste. Certainly try the smoked one, my favourite.

I took my 15 year old son to the climbing session yesterday, neither of us had climbed before, it was a fantastic experience and was such a 'mindful' moment as i could think of nothing else as i scaled the 50 ft wall but doing my best in the moment.

The instructor was amazing and i would recommend this to absolutely anyone even thinking about it

It was a bargain to boot

I loved the amazing views from the top of the gorge and there was plenty to do for the entire day. The other pathway down the village does provide access along the same hike around the gorge for free- though I was more than happy to pay the £5 to go up Jacobs ladder as it gave quick access to the top of the gorge. I wasn't bothered at all that the tower was closed....walk further down the Gorge and the views are better anyway! I'm writing this mainly in response to people making a fuss about facilities and charges here- I though everything was great. A perfect adventure for the day!

I found it a awesome and fantastic place..Got no complaints exept that the lookout Tower at the top Jacobs Ladder was padlocked shut, so I could not go up the tower and look at the view....Also I could not catch one of the Goats for my dinner, they were too quick. Ha ha...

I did the caving adventure experience and it was well worth it, I had an absolutely amazing time. The guide was funny and experienced, he got us wiggling through tiny crawl spaces into the unknown! He made us feel completely safe and comfortable. I would definitely recommend the experience...if you don't mind getting a bit muddy, crawling on your stomach, and squeezing through tiny holes that is � Thank you so much, I did this with a friend as a birthday present and it was the best present I could have wanted. Left with a few bruises as souvenirs, and absolutely buzzing from the experience.

Cheddar gorge is a great place to visit with the kids (and the dog). The caves are amazing, tickets are also valid for a year and you can do the hill top walk repeatedly, beautiful place very friendly businesses.



Went to the pub too, prices were much better than at home, really friendly even managed to teach my daughter to play darts.



I think £20 a head is great value too, for a couple of caves, museum, hill top walk and viewing (which you can do again and again)



It's only a couple of hours away, and different to theme parks and queuing. Parked up the hill from the black dog saloon (great pub) for £4 for the whole day, (doesn't even get you 3 hours at the beach)



Will be going back again soon.

Brilliant day out with the cheddar caving experience. Shaunus was an excellent imformative guide who with his time patience and his experiance made sure every one was able to complete the tour .The write up doesnt do the experiance justice .we were a stag party of 9 of which a couple of us were of older age than the others .crawling squeezing through tight places.up and down ladders over boulders bridges .we got dirty wet and sweaty .we also did the free fall drop of 40ft between 2 caverns .not for the faint hearted as we found out as one of our team couldn't do it .hats off he did try 3 times and completed the rest of the caving experience .the team were friendly and informative and yes Shaunus we all now know why it's called the ball beaker now lol . Highlight of the day well we all agreed all of it .well done cheddar gorge caving for giving us an outstanding experience.

If u love cheese go here. Lol. Views up the point are awesome. You can see Glastonbury hill stone marker. Caves are spectacular. Just a lovely place to be. Will be going again.

Gough’s Cave was excellent, especially with the audio guide. Cox’s Cave was not as engaging. Shame the Lookout Tower was closed for refurbishment but these things have to be done.

We went to cheddar gorge today, we thought the Gough's cave was good & the Easter egg hunt but for the price of tickets, it was too high as well as paying for car parking. There was no helper in the craft in the museum & no replenishment of resources so this was very limited for my 4 year old. the public toilets were not very clean & access for a buggy was limited in the dreamcatcher cave. We enjoyed the walk up Jacob's ladder but we're disappointed when we got to the top that the lookout tower was closed. We had a good day but could have been even better especially for the amount paid for 4 adults & 2 children!

We loved the main caves but the smaller cave was better with the Dragon and elves.the new exhibit was about ape men killing animals and has old carpets hanging eveywhere. Covering the cave walls.we missed also the bus that took visitors around the gorge

This place is definitely worth seeing, and preserving!

Problem: far too much noise pollution mostly from the many motorists inside the gorge; many people also appear to use lay-by spaces to litter the place. The views are stunning but the wild life we saw was deeply stressed from all the noise...

Possible solution: seriously restrict motorised access to the gorge itself by improving the car parking facilities further down town. The way up could still be used as a path accessible to wheelchair users for instance. Remember a famous quote from the movie Jurassic Park? "...less of our presence, and more of our absence..." - the preservation of the quality of such sites depends on a more controlled access to them. Or else will our grandchildren be left with?

The Gorge is a beautiful place and we enjoyed our visit. However this was marred by the large amounts of rubbish left behind by other visitors. There did not appear to be anything like patrol teams dealing with this. The excessive amount of noise from motorbikes also created undue stress not only to us but to the wildlife we saw. This lovely place could be so much better if motorbikes were banned or at least restricted and more bins provided. Warden patrols could be put in place to curb anti social behaviour and litter dropping.

Drove four hours to. get to the Gorge. So disappointed , closed up and boarded shops and other areas. We felt that £20each was very excessive to walk around the top of the Gorge. Rubbish piled at the side of the road. Toilets closed at the top and the ones at the bottom were tacky and less than clean. Would NOT recommend it

Visited on 18/4/2018 and was very disappointed to find the open top bus ride no longer runs, and a lot of the shops were not open . Also parking and the explorer ticket are very expensive ! Have been here 2 times before and I think things have gone downhill . Very sad .

We visited this place yesterday and loved it! The gentleman in the caves was amazing! He said he's worked there 30 years and he truly seemed to love his job. His enjoyment of the caves was infectious! The children were really engaged! Please could you pass on my thanks to him for making our day so much fun.

Visited Cheddar Gorge today with our 2 children and dog. Had the most amazing day ever. Huge thank you to Andy B who was an amazing guide in Cox's cave. He was amazing with our children who were scared to start with. Beautiful place.

My friend and I visited today for climbing with George in the morning and caving in the afternoon (sorry, forgot the instructors name) We had a brilliant day! Both instructors were friendly and made us feel completely at ease whilst CLIMBING CLIFF FACES AND SQUEEZING THROUGH TINY HOLES IN DARK CAVES!!! They were calm, friendly and professional and the experience was one I won't forget for a long time. Not forgetting the lovely man who litter picked in the morning and was in the caves later in the day with his cheery attitude and making us feel welcome. Thank you chaps, you are an absolute credit to your workplace.

Lovely place to visit, beautiful views, and everywhere is dog friendly, so that was good for us.

If you love cheese and rocks, then taht is the place for you. Have a beautiful long walk at Gorge and finish it off with at Cheddar villiage with most amazing cheese you can taste. Certainly try the smoked one, my favourite.

I took my 15 year old son to the climbing session yesterday, neither of us had climbed before, it was a fantastic experience and was such a 'mindful' moment as i could think of nothing else as i scaled the 50 ft wall but doing my best in the moment.

The instructor was amazing and i would recommend this to absolutely anyone even thinking about it

It was a bargain to boot

I loved the amazing views from the top of the gorge and there was plenty to do for the entire day. The other pathway down the village does provide access along the same hike around the gorge for free- though I was more than happy to pay the £5 to go up Jacobs ladder as it gave quick access to the top of the gorge. I wasn't bothered at all that the tower was closed....walk further down the Gorge and the views are better anyway! I'm writing this mainly in response to people making a fuss about facilities and charges here- I though everything was great. A perfect adventure for the day!

I found it a awesome and fantastic place..Got no complaints exept that the lookout Tower at the top Jacobs Ladder was padlocked shut, so I could not go up the tower and look at the view....Also I could not catch one of the Goats for my dinner, they were too quick. Ha ha...

I did the caving adventure experience and it was well worth it, I had an absolutely amazing time. The guide was funny and experienced, he got us wiggling through tiny crawl spaces into the unknown! He made us feel completely safe and comfortable. I would definitely recommend the experience...if you don't mind getting a bit muddy, crawling on your stomach, and squeezing through tiny holes that is � Thank you so much, I did this with a friend as a birthday present and it was the best present I could have wanted. Left with a few bruises as souvenirs, and absolutely buzzing from the experience.

Cheddar gorge is a great place to visit with the kids (and the dog). The caves are amazing, tickets are also valid for a year and you can do the hill top walk repeatedly, beautiful place very friendly businesses.



Went to the pub too, prices were much better than at home, really friendly even managed to teach my daughter to play darts.



I think £20 a head is great value too, for a couple of caves, museum, hill top walk and viewing (which you can do again and again)



It's only a couple of hours away, and different to theme parks and queuing. Parked up the hill from the black dog saloon (great pub) for £4 for the whole day, (doesn't even get you 3 hours at the beach)



Will be going back again soon.

Brilliant day out with the cheddar caving experience. Shaunus was an excellent imformative guide who with his time patience and his experiance made sure every one was able to complete the tour .The write up doesnt do the experiance justice .we were a stag party of 9 of which a couple of us were of older age than the others .crawling squeezing through tight places.up and down ladders over boulders bridges .we got dirty wet and sweaty .we also did the free fall drop of 40ft between 2 caverns .not for the faint hearted as we found out as one of our team couldn't do it .hats off he did try 3 times and completed the rest of the caving experience .the team were friendly and informative and yes Shaunus we all now know why it's called the ball beaker now lol . Highlight of the day well we all agreed all of it .well done cheddar gorge caving for giving us an outstanding experience.

If u love cheese go here. Lol. Views up the point are awesome. You can see Glastonbury hill stone marker. Caves are spectacular. Just a lovely place to be. Will be going again.

Gough’s Cave was excellent, especially with the audio guide. Cox’s Cave was not as engaging. Shame the Lookout Tower was closed for refurbishment but these things have to be done.

We went to cheddar gorge today, we thought the Gough's cave was good & the Easter egg hunt but for the price of tickets, it was too high as well as paying for car parking. There was no helper in the craft in the museum & no replenishment of resources so this was very limited for my 4 year old. the public toilets were not very clean & access for a buggy was limited in the dreamcatcher cave. We enjoyed the walk up Jacob's ladder but we're disappointed when we got to the top that the lookout tower was closed. We had a good day but could have been even better especially for the amount paid for 4 adults & 2 children!

We loved the main caves but the smaller cave was better with the Dragon and elves.the new exhibit was about ape men killing animals and has old carpets hanging eveywhere. Covering the cave walls.we missed also the bus that took visitors around the gorge

This place is definitely worth seeing, and preserving!

Problem: far too much noise pollution mostly from the many motorists inside the gorge; many people also appear to use lay-by spaces to litter the place. The views are stunning but the wild life we saw was deeply stressed from all the noise...

Possible solution: seriously restrict motorised access to the gorge itself by improving the car parking facilities further down town. The way up could still be used as a path accessible to wheelchair users for instance. Remember a famous quote from the movie Jurassic Park? "...less of our presence, and more of our absence..." - the preservation of the quality of such sites depends on a more controlled access to them. Or else will our grandchildren be left with?

The Gorge is a beautiful place and we enjoyed our visit. However this was marred by the large amounts of rubbish left behind by other visitors. There did not appear to be anything like patrol teams dealing with this. The excessive amount of noise from motorbikes also created undue stress not only to us but to the wildlife we saw. This lovely place could be so much better if motorbikes were banned or at least restricted and more bins provided. Warden patrols could be put in place to curb anti social behaviour and litter dropping.

Drove four hours to. get to the Gorge. So disappointed , closed up and boarded shops and other areas. We felt that £20each was very excessive to walk around the top of the Gorge. Rubbish piled at the side of the road. Toilets closed at the top and the ones at the bottom were tacky and less than clean. Would NOT recommend it

Visited on 18/4/2018 and was very disappointed to find the open top bus ride no longer runs, and a lot of the shops were not open . Also parking and the explorer ticket are very expensive ! Have been here 2 times before and I think things have gone downhill . Very sad .