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A series of limestone caverns that are open as a show cave and tourist attraction.
Wookey Hole Caves are a series of limestone caverns, a show cave and tourist attraction in the village of Wookey Hole on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills near Wells in Somerset, England. The River Axe flows through the cave. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for both biological and geological reasons. Wookey Hole cave is a "solutional cave", one that is formed by a process of weathering in which the natural acid in groundwater dissolves the rocks. Some water originates as rain that flows into streams on impervious rocks on the plateau before sinking at the limestone boundary into cave systems such as Swildon's Hole, Eastwater Cavern and St Cuthbert's Swallet; the rest is rain that percolates directly through the limestone. The temperature in the caves is an annually average 11 °C (52 °F).
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Local caving club, with a club cottage that can accommodate groups up to 15.
3-day folk music festival in July annually, with craft fair, club tent, camp site, dance events.
Offers climbing, abseiling, caving, mountain biking, accommodation and campsite.