Official Website administered by the Committee of the Mendip Society.
Recent Update 13th. October - News. Events
our news
Batch Farm Visit – SATURDAY 19TH
OCTOBER 10AM
Members only visit. See Events page for details.
Mendip Rocks 2024
Once again the Society is sponsoring the Mendip Rocks festival which celebrates the geology of Mendip. The programme of events may be seen herehttps://mendiphills-nl.org.uk/events/. Most events cost £5 per head and some require booking. A leaflet listing events may be downloaded.
Email Addresses
If you want to contact the Society please use the email addresses on the Contact page. We cannot send emails from the ...@themendipsociety.org.uk addresses and using a personal email address for emailing all members risks being treated as a spammer. Temporary yahoo addresses have been set up for this purpose but please do not reply to these as they are not regularly looked at and one (mendipsocmailing@yahoo.com) can no longer be accessed.
Newsletter - addendum
It
has been brought to our attention that John Hayes, owner of Banwell
caves, mentioned in the book corner review of our latest newsletter,
has recently died, and that the property is currently closed and up
for sale. Obviously therefore it would not be appropriate to write
asking if a copy of this book is available. Our condolences to his
friends and family and apologies for any distress caused.
Starfish on the Radio (and Video)
Our very own Mike Harvey explains the WW2 Starfish decoy site on Blackdown to Luke Knight of Radio Somserset. This interview was broadcast on 19th June and may now be heard on BBC Sounds Click here.
On 19th May the new seat at Sladers Leigh was dedicated to past members: Paul Harley, Dorothy Sage and David and Pat Addison. A video of the event may be seen on Youtube here
https://youtu.be/D4ljXZ-Vd_Y .
our hills
The Mendip Hills sit high above the Somerset countryside in South West England.
The limestone uplands feature dry gorges, caves, sinks and river sources. One of the most famous areas is the Cheddar Gorge, and the Mendip Hills National Landscape is a protected landscape.
our society
The Mendip Society works to conserve and enhance the Mendip Hills and surrounding areas for everyone to enjoy.
As a registered charity, we organise social activities on the hills for all our members including walks, special interest visits and talks. We also manage some small nature reserves and members are encouraged to be involved with these.
