Qualla: Wookey Hole https://qualla.com/wookey-hole en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:14 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Wookey Hole https://qualla.com/wookey-hole Wookey Hole: Introduction https://qualla.com/wookey-hole/ Wookey Hole is the rare English village named after a hole in the ground. The hole, more precisely, is a series of limestone caves into which the River Axe vanishes and from which it returns, and the village has grown up around the place where the water comes out. Until the mid-19th century the people here made handmade paper. In the 21st century they make cheddar cheese in the cave's constant temperature, run a controversial crazy golf course where the bowling green used to be, and operate the circus school of a former circus proprietor. The juxtapositions are characteristic.

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]]> Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/n/5/wookey-hole-wp/gcn5-wookey-hole-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Wookey Hole: A Village on a Border https://qualla.com/wookey-hole/ Wookey Hole sits in the civil parish of St Cuthbert Out, one mile north-west of the cathedral city of Wells. The village lies on the boundary of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - meaning the country immediately north and west is protected farmland and woodland...

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]]> Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/n/5/wookey-hole-wp/gcn5-wookey-hole-a-village-on-a-border.mp3 0:06 2 full Wookey Hole: The Paper Mill https://qualla.com/wookey-hole/ The dominant building in the village, after the cave entrance itself, is the former paper mill. The current building dates from around 1860 and is Grade II listed; its water wheel runs on a small canal channelled from the river that emerges from the cave. The lead-contaminated wa...

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]]> Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/n/5/wookey-hole-wp/gcn5-wookey-hole-the-paper-mill.mp3 0:06 3 full Wookey Hole: Glencot House https://qualla.com/wookey-hole/ Down the lane, half-hidden by trees, stands Glencot House - a Grade II listed country house from 1887, designed by Ernest George and Harold Peto for W.S. Hodgkinson, whose family owned the caves for over 500 years. George and Peto were among the most fashionable architects of lat...

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]]> Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/n/5/wookey-hole-wp/gcn5-wookey-hole-glencot-house.mp3 0:06 4 full Wookey Hole: Crazy Golf Where Bowls Used to Be https://qualla.com/wookey-hole/ Bubwith farmhouse on the village's main lane is an 18th-century Grade II listed building. The post office on the High Street is also listed. The Grade II Church of St Mary Magdalene dates from 1873-74, late Victorian and unremarkable architecturally but the village's parish churc...

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]]> Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/n/5/wookey-hole-wp/gcn5-wookey-hole-crazy-golf-where-bowls-used-to-be.mp3 0:06 5 full Wookey Hole: Footpaths and Cycle Routes https://qualla.com/wookey-hole/ The Monarch's Way - a 615-mile long-distance footpath that traces the escape route of King Charles II after the Battle of Worcester in 1651 - passes through Wookey Hole on its way south. So does the Mendip Way, a 50-mile path running east to west across the Mendip Hills. National...

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