page_title: River Axe (Bristol Channel)
hierarchical_section_title: River Axe (Bristol Channel)
caption_attribution_description: English: Wookey Hole and mill leat
context_page_description: The River Axe is a river in South West England. The river is formed by water entering swallets in the limestone and rises from the ground at Wookey Hole Caves in the Mendip Hills in Somerset, and runs through a V-shaped valley. The geology of the area is limestone and the water reaches Wookey Hole in a series of underground channels that have eroded through the soluble limestone. The river mouth is in Weston Bay on the Bristol Channel.
  The river was navigable from the middle ages until 1915, and used for international trade.
context_section_description: The River Axe is a river in South West England.  The river is formed by water entering swallets in the limestone and rises from the ground at Wookey Hole Caves in the Mendip Hills in Somerset, and runs through a V-shaped valley.  The geology of the area is limestone and the water reaches Wookey Hole in a series of underground channels that have eroded through the soluble limestone. The river mouth is in Weston Bay on the Bristol Channel.
  The river was navigable from the middle ages until 1915, and used for international trade.
caption: The Axe emerging from the limestone at Wookey Hole Caves
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