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Several sites on the Mendips are designated as open access land, and there are many footpaths and bridleways that are generally clearly marked. The Limestone Link is a 58-kilometre (36 mi) long-distance footpath from the Mendips to the Cotswolds, and the Mendip Way covers 80 km (50 mi) from Weston-super-Mare to Frome.
The Cotswolds (/ ˈ k ɒ t s w oʊ l d z, ˈ k ɒ t s w əl d z / KOTS-wohldz, KOTS-wəldz) [1] is a region of central South West England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper River Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and the Vale of Evesham.
For centuries the stone of the Mendips, and the Cotswolds to the north, have been used to build the cities of Bristol and Bath, and many Somerset towns. As stone transportation is expensive, the Mendips, and Leicestershire, are important as the nearest sources of hard stone for London and the South East.
Somerset is predominantly a rural and agricultural county. The main upland areas are the Mendip Hills in the east and the Quantock Hills further west, the Blackdown Hills form the county's southern border, and Exmoor is on the western fringes. Between the Mendips and the Quantocks is the large area of flat, low-lying ground known as the ...
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South of Bristol and Bath, the Mendip Hills (Black Down: 325 m [1,066 ft]) are the first group of hills in South West England. The Purbeck Hills (and their continuation onto the Isle of Wight ) line the south coast, and a number of other groups of hills are also present in the area: the Quantock Hills ( Will's Neck : 384 m [1,260 ft ...