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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Limestone quarry in Somerset, England</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Torrworks.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Torrworks.jpg/220px-Torrworks.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Torrworks.jpg/330px-Torrworks.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Torrworks.jpg/440px-Torrworks.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The railhead at Torr Works</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Torrworksentrance.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Torrworksentrance.jpg/220px-Torrworksentrance.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Torrworksentrance.jpg/330px-Torrworksentrance.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Torrworksentrance.jpg/440px-Torrworksentrance.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The entrance to Torr Works Quarry</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:08032_merehead_050507_d.adkins.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/08032_merehead_050507_d.adkins.jpg/220px-08032_merehead_050507_d.adkins.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/08032_merehead_050507_d.adkins.jpg/330px-08032_merehead_050507_d.adkins.jpg 1.5x, 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The quarry was formerly known as <b>Merehead</b>, a name which has been retained for its rail depot on the opposite side of the A361 road. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geology">Geology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Torr_Works&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The site, located not far from a limestone deposit, covers an area of some 205 hectares, including 60 hectares which have been landscaped to blend with the surrounding countryside.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Geodiversity" title="Geodiversity">geodiversity</a> audit of the site in 2004 recorded pale to dark grey well bedded <a href="/wiki/Carboniferous_Limestone" title="Carboniferous Limestone">Carboniferous Limestone</a> dipping consistently southwards with a small area of overlying horizontally bedded buff-coloured <a href="/wiki/Jurassic" title="Jurassic">Jurassic</a> <a href="/wiki/Oolite" title="Oolite">oolitic</a> limestone forming an angular <a href="/wiki/Unconformity" title="Unconformity">unconformity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Torr_Works&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1938 the recently opened Merehead Quarry was taken over by Limmer and Trinidad. Twenty-five men were employed at the time. In 1958 the quarry was sold to <a href="/wiki/Foster_Yeoman" title="Foster Yeoman">Foster Yeoman</a> who had been working <a href="/wiki/Dulcote_Quarry" title="Dulcote Quarry">Dulcote Quarry</a> near <a href="/wiki/Wells,_Somerset" title="Wells, Somerset">Wells</a>. The quarry was renamed Torr Works (after Ron Torr, the Chief Engineer) on 19 August 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-Peaty-121_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peaty-121-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It has been operated by <a href="/wiki/Aggregate_Industries" title="Aggregate Industries">Aggregate Industries</a> since their take over of <a href="/wiki/Foster_Yeoman" title="Foster Yeoman">Foster Yeoman</a> in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site employs over 250 people and produces 7.5 million tonnes of limestone annually which is carried directly from the quarry by <a href="/wiki/Mendip_Rail" title="Mendip Rail">Mendip Rail</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Merehead_rail_terminal">Merehead rail terminal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Torr_Works&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Merehead rail terminal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The quarry was connected to the <a href="/wiki/East_Somerset_Railway" title="East Somerset Railway">East Somerset Branch</a> in 1970 and the first train operated from the quarry on 19 August 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-Peaty-121_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peaty-121-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; 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Southampton University<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 November</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Geology+of+the+Mendip+Hills&rft.pub=Southampton+University&rft.aulast=Ward&rft.aufirst=Ian&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.southampton.ac.uk%2F~imw%2FMendip-Hills.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATorr+Works" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoche2004" class="citation web cs1">Roche, David (December 2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://wwwold.somerset.gov.uk/EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.aspx?alId=42607">"Torr Quarry"</a>. <i>Geodiversity Audit of Active Aggregate Quarries: Quarries in Somerset</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 October</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Geodiversity+Audit+of+Active+Aggregate+Quarries%3A+Quarries+in+Somerset&rft.atitle=Torr+Quarry&rft.date=2004-12&rft.aulast=Roche&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwwwold.somerset.gov.uk%2FEasySiteWeb%2FGatewayLink.aspx%3FalId%3D42607&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATorr+Works" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Peaty-121-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Peaty-121_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Peaty-121_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPeaty2014" class="citation book cs1">Peaty, Ian P. (2014). <i>Stone by rail</i>. Kettering: Silver Link Publishing. pp. 121–126. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-185794-422-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-185794-422-8"><bdi>978-185794-422-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Stone+by+rail&rft.place=Kettering&rft.pages=121-126&rft.pub=Silver+Link+Publishing&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-185794-422-8&rft.aulast=Peaty&rft.aufirst=Ian+P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATorr+Works" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bgs.ac.uk/mendips/localities/torr.html">"Torr Works and Asham Wood"</a>. 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title="Rowberrow">Rowberrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandford,_Somerset" title="Sandford, Somerset">Sandford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shepton_Mallet" title="Shepton Mallet">Shepton Mallet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shipham" title="Shipham">Shipham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubley" title="Ubley">Ubley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compton_Bishop" title="Compton Bishop">Webbington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wells,_Somerset" title="Wells, Somerset">Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Harptree" title="West Harptree">West Harptree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westbury-sub-Mendip" title="Westbury-sub-Mendip">Westbury-sub-Mendip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winscombe" title="Winscombe">Winscombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wookey_Hole" title="Wookey Hole">Wookey Hole</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivers and lakes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/River_Axe_(Bristol_Channel)" title="River Axe (Bristol Channel)">River Axe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheddar_Yeo" title="Cheddar Yeo">Cheddar Yeo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Chew" title="River Chew">River Chew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congresbury_Yeo" title="Congresbury Yeo">River Yeo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lox_Yeo_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Lox Yeo River">Lox Yeo River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blagdon_Lake" title="Blagdon Lake">Blagdon Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheddar_Reservoir" title="Cheddar Reservoir">Cheddar Reservoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chew_Valley_Lake" title="Chew Valley Lake">Chew Valley Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litton_Reservoirs" title="Litton Reservoirs">Litton Reservoirs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hills</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Axbridge_Hill_and_Fry%27s_Hill" title="Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill">Axbridge Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Down,_Somerset" title="Black Down, Somerset">Black Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bleadon_Hill" title="Bleadon Hill">Bleadon Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burledge_Hill" title="Burledge Hill">Burledge Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crook_Peak_to_Shute_Shelve_Hill" title="Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill">Crook Peak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axbridge_Hill_and_Fry%27s_Hill" title="Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill">Fry's Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pen_Hill" title="Pen Hill">Pen Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purn_Hill" title="Purn Hill">Purn Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crook_Peak_to_Shute_Shelve_Hill" title="Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill">Shute Shelve Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crook_Peak_to_Shute_Shelve_Hill" title="Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill">Wavering Down</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Caves_of_the_Mendip_Hills" title="Caves of the Mendip Hills">Caves</a> and gorges</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attborough_Swallet" title="Attborough Swallet">Attborough Swallet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aveline%27s_Hole" title="Aveline's Hole">Aveline's Hole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shute_Shelve_Cavern" title="Shute Shelve Cavern">Axbridge Ochre Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banwell_Caves" title="Banwell Caves">Banwell Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banwell_Ochre_Caves" title="Banwell Ochre Caves">Banwell Ochre Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burrington_Combe" title="Burrington Combe">Burrington Combe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charterhouse_Cave" title="Charterhouse Cave">Charterhouse Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheddar_Gorge" title="Cheddar Gorge">Cheddar Gorge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compton_Martin_Ochre_Mine" title="Compton Martin Ochre Mine">Compton Martin Ochre Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cox%27s_Cave" title="Cox's Cave">Cox's Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastwater_Cavern" title="Eastwater Cavern">Eastwater Cavern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebbor_Gorge" title="Ebbor Gorge">Ebbor Gorge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairy_Cave_Quarry" title="Fairy Cave Quarry">Fairy Cave Quarry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GB_Cave" title="GB Cave">GB Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goatchurch_Cavern" title="Goatchurch Cavern">Goatchurch Cavern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gough%27s_Cave" title="Gough's Cave">Gough's Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunter%27s_Hole" title="Hunter's Hole">Hunter's Hole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamb_Leer" title="Lamb Leer">Lamb Leer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longwood_Swallet" title="Longwood Swallet">Longwood Swallet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manor_Farm_Swallet" title="Manor Farm Swallet">Manor Farm Swallet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Picken%27s_Hole" title="Picken's Hole">Picken's Hole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre%27s_Pot" title="Pierre's Pot">Pierre's Pot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priddy_Caves" title="Priddy Caves">Priddy Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Read%27s_Cavern" title="Read's Cavern">Read's Cavern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reservoir_Hole" title="Reservoir Hole">Reservoir Hole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhino_Rift" title="Rhino Rift">Rhino Rift</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod%27s_Pot" title="Rod's Pot">Rod's Pot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shatter_Cave" title="Shatter Cave">Shatter Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shute_Shelve_Cavern" title="Shute Shelve Cavern">Shute Shelve Cavern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidcot_Swallet" title="Sidcot Swallet">Sidcot Swallet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Cuthbert%27s_Swallet" title="St Cuthbert's Swallet">St Cuthbert's Swallet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Dunstan%27s_Well_Catchment" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Dunstan's Well Catchment">St. Dunstan's Well Catchment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_Lane_Slocker" title="Stoke Lane Slocker">Stoke Lane Slocker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swildon%27s_Hole" title="Swildon's Hole">Swildon's Hole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrupe_Lane_Swallet" title="Thrupe Lane Swallet">Thrupe Lane Swallet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyning%27s_Barrow_Swallet" title="Tyning's Barrow Swallet">Tyning's Barrow Swallet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Flood_Swallet" title="Upper Flood Swallet">Upper Flood Swallet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W/L_Cave" title="W/L Cave">W/L Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wookey_Hole_Caves" title="Wookey Hole Caves">Wookey Hole Caves</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Quarries_of_the_Mendip_Hills" title="Quarries of the Mendip Hills">Quarries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Batts_Combe_quarry" title="Batts Combe quarry">Batts Combe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callow_Rock_quarry" title="Callow Rock quarry">Callow Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloford_Quarry" title="Cloford Quarry">Cloford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloud_Quarry" title="Cloud Quarry">Cloud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colemans_Quarry" title="Colemans Quarry">Colemans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cook%27s_Wood_Quarry" title="Cook's Wood Quarry">Cook's Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doulting_Stone_Quarry" title="Doulting Stone Quarry">Doulting Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dulcote_Quarry" title="Dulcote Quarry">Dulcote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emborough_Quarries" title="Emborough Quarries">Emborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairy_Cave_Quarry" title="Fairy Cave Quarry">Fairy Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurney_Slade_quarry" title="Gurney Slade quarry">Gurney Slade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halecombe" title="Halecombe">Halecombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hobbs_Quarry_SSSI,_Shepton_Mallet" title="Hobbs Quarry SSSI, Shepton Mallet">Hobbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holwell_Quarries" title="Holwell Quarries">Holwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moon%27s_Hill_Quarry" title="Moon's Hill Quarry">Moon's Hill</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Torr Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viaduct_Quarry" title="Viaduct Quarry">Viaduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whatley_Quarry" title="Whatley Quarry">Whatley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor_Hill_Quarry" title="Windsor Hill Quarry">Windsor Hill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest" title="Site of Special Scientific Interest">SSSIs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asham_Wood" title="Asham Wood">Asham Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axbridge_Hill_and_Fry%27s_Hill" title="Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill">Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banwell_Caves" title="Banwell Caves">Banwell Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banwell_Ochre_Caves" title="Banwell Ochre Caves">Banwell Ochre Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barns_Batch_Spinney" title="Barns Batch Spinney">Barns Batch Spinney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blagdon_Lake" title="Blagdon Lake">Blagdon Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bleadon_Hill" title="Bleadon Hill">Bleadon Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brimble_Pit_and_Cross_Swallet_Basins" title="Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins">Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burledge_Hill" title="Burledge Hill">Burledge Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burrington_Combe" title="Burrington Combe">Burrington Combe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chancellor%27s_Farm" title="Chancellor's Farm">Chancellor's Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheddar_Complex" title="Cheddar Complex">Cheddar Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheddar_Reservoir" title="Cheddar Reservoir">Cheddar Reservoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheddar_Wood" title="Cheddar Wood">Cheddar Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chew_Valley_Lake" title="Chew Valley Lake">Chew Valley Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloford_Quarry" title="Cloford Quarry">Cloford Quarry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compton_Martin_Ochre_Mine" title="Compton Martin Ochre Mine">Compton Martin Ochre Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cook%27s_Wood_Quarry" title="Cook's Wood Quarry">Cook's Wood Quarry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crook_Peak_to_Shute_Shelve_Hill" title="Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill">Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolebury_Warren" title="Dolebury Warren">Dolebury Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Draycott_Sleights" title="Draycott Sleights">Draycott Sleights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebbor_Gorge" title="Ebbor Gorge">Ebbor Gorge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emborough_Quarries" title="Emborough Quarries">Emborough Quarries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harptree_Combe" title="Harptree Combe">Harptree Combe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hobbs_Quarry_SSSI,_Shepton_Mallet" title="Hobbs Quarry SSSI, Shepton Mallet">Hobbs Quarry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holwell_Quarries" title="Holwell Quarries">Holwell Quarries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdown_and_Middledown" title="Kingdown and Middledown">Kingdown and Middledown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamb_Leer" title="Lamb Leer">Lamb Leer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priddy_Caves" title="Priddy Caves">Priddy Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priddy_Pools" title="Priddy Pools">Priddy Pools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perch_SSSI" title="Perch SSSI">Perch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Stoke_SSSI" title="Rodney Stoke SSSI">Rodney Stoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Dunstan%27s_Well_Catchment" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Dunstan's Well Catchment">St. Dunstan's Well Catchment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandpit_Hole_and_Bishop%27s_Lot" title="Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot">Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiplate_Slait" title="Shiplate Slait">Shiplate Slait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viaduct_Quarry" title="Viaduct Quarry">Viaduct Quarry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor_Hill_Quarry" title="Windsor Hill Quarry">Windsor Hill Quarry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wurt_Pit_and_Devil%27s_Punchbowl" title="Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl">Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Priddy_Circles" title="Priddy Circles">Priddy Circles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheddar_Man" title="Cheddar Man">Cheddar Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drove_Cottage_Henge" title="Drove Cottage Henge">Drove Cottage Henge</a></li> <li><a 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