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Recent Updates

20th November - Walks and Events

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.

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.

Our very own Mike Harvey explains the WW2 Starfish decoy site on Blackdown to Luke Knight of Radio Somerset. This interview was broadcast on 19th June and may now be heard on BBC Sounds. Click Here. 

A video may be seen on Facebook:

 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/Hv4dvuWS8rycNvGc/

On 19th May the new seat at Slader’s 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

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.

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.