Wookey Hole

Wookey Hole
a group of caves in south-west England. In prehistoric times people lived in the caves, and there is a local story that a witch used to live there. They are now a tourist attraction.

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  • Wookey Hole — [Wookey Hole] a group of ↑caves in south west England. In ↑prehistoric times people lived in the ↑caves, and there is a local story that a ↑witch used to live there. The caves are now a tourist attraction …   Useful english dictionary

  • Wookey Hole — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 51.2238 longitude= 2.6744 official name= Wookey Hole population = shire district= Mendip shire county = Somerset region= South West England Ambulance= South Western constituency westminster= Wells post …   Wikipedia

  • Wookey Hole Caves — Infobox Cave name =Wookey Hole Caves photo =WookeyHole.jpg caption =River Axe emerging from Wookey Hole Caves location =Wookey Hole, Somerset, England depth = length = coordinates =coord|51|13|41|N|2|40|17|W|display=inline,title survey = survey… …   Wikipedia

  • Wookey Hole — Wook|ey Hole a place in southwest England that is popular with tourists, with a ↑cave where, according to an old story, a ↑witch (=a woman with magic powers) used to live …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Wookey railway station — was a station on the Bristol and Exeter Railway s Cheddar Valley line in Somerset. It was close to the famous cave at Wookey Hole.The station opened in August 1871 about a year after the extension of the broad gauge line from Cheddar to Wells had …   Wikipedia

  • Wookey — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 51.2094 longitude= 2.6915 official name= Wookey civil parish= population = 1376 [cite web | title= Mendip Parish Population Estimates 2002 | work=Somerset County Council |… …   Wikipedia

  • Swildon's Hole — Infobox Cave name = Swildon s Hole photo = Swildonsholeentrance2.jpg caption = Entrance structure location = Priddy depth = 167 metres length = 9144 metres coordinates = gbmapping|ST540505 discovery = 1901 geology = Limestone difficulty = Grade 4 …   Wikipedia

  • Вуки-Хоул* — (Wookey Hole)Wookey Hole, комплекс пещер в красивых, эффектных скальных породах на возвышенности Мендип Хилс, неподалеку от г.Уэлс в графстве Сомерсет, юго зап. Англия. Здесь р.Акс течет под землей …   Страны мира. Словарь

  • River Axe, Somerset — Geobox River name = River Axe native name = other name = other name1 = image size = image caption = The Axe emerging from the limestone at Wookey Hole Caves etymology = country = England country1 = state = Somerset state type = County state1 =… …   Wikipedia

  • Wells — For other uses, see Wells (disambiguation). Coordinates: 51°12′26″N 2°39′07″W / 51.2073°N 2.6519°W / 51.2073; 2.6519 …   Wikipedia

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