OS grid reference ST530474 District Mendip Country England Shire county Somerset Fire Devon and Somerset | Civil parish St Cuthbert Out Region South West Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Wednesday 4:59 PM | |
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Wookey Hole is a village close to Wells in Somerset, England. It is within the parish of St Cuthbert Out.
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Map of Wookey Hole, Wells, UK
One possible origin for the name Wookey is from the Old English wocig (an animal trap)., although it is also a possible alteration from a Celtic word ogo (cave) referring to Wookey Hole Caves.
The village of Wookey Hole is dominated by the Wookey Hole Caves tourist site which has show caves and a controversial crazy golf course which was built on the site of the village bowling green.
The village has shops, a pub, restaurants, hotels and a campsite.
The former paper mill building, whose water wheel is powered by a small canal from the river, dates from around 1860 and is a Grade II-listed building. The production of handmade paper ceased in February 2008 after the owner Gerry Cottle concluded there was no longer a market for the product, and therefore sold most of the historic machinery.
Glencot House is a Grade II listed country house dating from 1887, by Ernest George and Harold Peto, for W. S. Hodgkinson. A report of the building appeared in The Building News, 13 May 1887; the architect's drawing was exhibited at the Royal Academy, and is now at RIBA.
The 18th-century Bubwith farmhouse is also a Grade II listed building, as is the post office in the High Street.
The Monarch's Way and Mendip Way long-distance footpaths both pass through the village, as does National Cycle Route 3. Ebbor Gorge National Nature Reserve is just outside the village.