2 Best Sights in The West Country, England

Beer Quarry Caves

Worked from Roman times until 1900, this impressive underground network of caves make for an interesting tour. A small exhibition includes tools and examples of carved stone.

Wookey Hole Caves

These limestone caves in the Mendip Hills, 2 miles northwest of Wells, may have been the home of Iron Age people. Here, according to ancient legend, the Witch of Wookey turned to stone. You can tour the caves, dip your fingers in an underground river (artful lighting keeps things lively), and visit a museum, a penny arcade full of Victorian amusement machines, a mirror maze, fairy gardens, and a working paper mill that once supplied banknotes for the Confederate States of America.

Off High St., Wookey Hole, Somerset, BA5 1BB, England
01749-672243
Sights Details
Rate Includes: £19.95, Closed weekdays Dec.–mid-Feb., except school vacations