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458:. Countryside Books.
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1169:Cook's Wood
1149:Callow Rock
1144:Batts Combe
991:Ebbor Gorge
821:Cheddar Yeo
800:Wookey Hole
623:Settlements
436:26 November
342:Photographs
332:brown trout
294:red campion
242:districts.
108: /
83:Coordinates
1626:Categories
1529:Mendip Way
1252:Asham Wood
1219:Torr Works
1189:Fairy Cave
1061:Rhino Rift
981:Cox's Cave
929:and gorges
897:Fry's Hill
892:Crook Peak
877:Black Down
826:River Chew
775:Webbington
660:Burrington
409:References
313:mute swans
213:reservoirs
211:) are two
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141:River Chew
127:reservoirs
93:51°17′43″N
1559:A371 road
1554:A368 road
1517:Transport
1478:Fosse Way
1387:Lamb Leer
1199:Halecombe
1184:Emborough
1066:Rod's Pot
1021:Lamb Leer
907:Purn Hill
831:River Yeo
816:River Axe
795:Winscombe
750:Rowberrow
680:Churchill
355:Upper dam
266:primroses
96:2°35′22″W
1585:Somerset
1568:Councils
1549:A39 road
1544:A37 road
1164:Colemans
1136:Quarries
1121:W/L Cave
902:Pen Hill
755:Sandford
700:Draycott
635:Axbridge
309:mallards
301:moorhens
221:Somerset
208:ST590553
76:Somerset
72:Location
1446:History
1229:Whatley
1224:Viaduct
1209:Holwell
1179:Dulcote
1154:Cloford
1001:GB Cave
765:Shipham
735:Oakhill
670:Cheddar
655:Bleadon
650:Blagdon
640:Banwell
630:Ashwick
324:rainbow
290:violets
259:Bristol
225:England
175:c. 1850
740:Priddy
730:Litton
720:Hutton
710:Easton
462:
330:) and
240:Mendip
217:Litton
1402:Perch
1244:SSSIs
1204:Hobbs
1159:Cloud
927:Caves
865:Hills
780:Wells
770:Ubley
695:Cross
426:(PDF)
305:coots
247:lakes
172:Built
162:Basin
460:ISBN
438:2010
315:and
292:and
238:and
122:Type
288:),
272:),
257:to
202:) (
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