Mendip Hills

The Mendip Hills are a range of limestone hills (karst) situated to the south of Bristol and Bath in north Somerset, England. The hills are bounded by the Somerset Levels in the south and west, and the River Avon and Chew Valley Lake in the north. The hills give their name to the roughly analogous local government district of Mendip, but some of the northern slopes are located in the bordering Unitary Authorities of North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset, part of the former County of Avon which was dissolved in 1996.

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Limestone - Hill - Karst - Bristol - Bath - Somerset - England - Somerset Levels - River Avon - Chew Valley Lake - Mendip - North Somerset - Bath and North East Somerset - County of Avon - 1996

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200 sq km of the Mendips are an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a designation which gives the area the same level of protection as a national park.

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Km - Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - National park

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