Throat Cheddar, the precinct of the oldest man of Great Britain

Some time you heard to speak on the Throat Cheddar? Do not you create that we are speaking of food. The Throat Cheddar or Cheddar Gorge is an assembly of caves that along the years they have been one of the most important attractions and you amaze natural of Great Britain, specifically of the Village of Cheddar, inside the Hills Mendip of Somerset in England. Is a matter of a form to travel more than interesting.



Yes, many national tourists and foreigners arrive to here, very curious to carry out a route through these caves of limestone, stalactites and stalagmites. Him it is called throat because the caves are you united in their interior through paths, labyrinthes and subterranean routes that reach depths of to 113 meters.

We know the most interesting places inside the Throat Cheddar… In the first place we will visit to the Gough´S Dig or known also as the Cave Cathedral, that according to the guides is a matter of an ancient cave formed does more than one million Years, during the epoch of the ice. The interesting thing is that still nowadays we can observe to a subterranean river traveling through for these places. You knew that this I need place was the home of the men of the Stone Age? Additionally we relate that you the discoverer of this cave was Richard Gough (therefore the name of the cave) in the year 1890.


To the interior of the caves also we will be able to find a species of museum, where expositions on the men of the Stone Age can be observed. It turns out to be very instructive to know then the Man of Cheddar, of whom still their complete remainders are conserved…You will see then the skeleton of the oldest man of Great Britain that is calculated has around 9.000 years of age and which was found in the year 1903. Besides this educational exposition shows us how is that they lived at that time the men, their customs and their fondness by the cannibalism.

Then we will direct us toward to Cave Cox where we will travel through narrow passages of rocky formations and pools of natural water. You knew that this place was discovered accidentally by George Cox in the year 1837?



For all the lovers of the fauna we have them some good news. The interior of the Throat of Cheddar is the home of many wild birds such as wandering hawks, kestrels and ravens. You are ready to practice ornithological tourism? As it was to be expected, also the bats inhabit here.

We pass to another theme…Barely we think about the word Cheddar comes to our mind the delicious yellow cheese. Therefore well, like you will imagine this so known cheese everywhere has an origin here, in the Village Cheddar, so during your visit do not forget to buy a little them to taste them.

Additionally we recommend you to take a walk by the outskirts of the caves, in the Hills Mendip you will be able to carry out pleasant activities outdoors as walks, cavalcades, and even escalation. You can obtain low flights cost toward here.