Wedmore

Cheddar

Wells

Weston-super-Mare

Burnham-on-Sea

& Higbridge

M5

M5/J21

M5/J22

Burrington

Combe

Wookey

Hole

Priddy

Mendip hills

Charterhouse

2

1

3

4

5

Crook Peak

Scale - miles

0

The  high, craggy limestone plateau that forms the Mendip hills is protected as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The Somerset Levels, lying south of the hills, by contrast, are flat, lush water meadows.