page_title: Swildon's Hole
section_title: Access
hierarchical_section_title: Swildon's Hole / Access
caption_attribution_description: English: Entrance to Swildon's Hole. Taken by Rod Ward 15th August 2006
context_page_description: Swildon's Hole is an extensive cave in Priddy, Somerset. At 9,144 metres in length, it is the longest cave on the Mendip Hills. It has been found to be connected to Priddy Green Sink and forms part of the Priddy Caves Site of Special Scientific Interest.
  The upper series of the cave compresses many features into a relatively short space. The cave goes far beyond this, however, and the lower reaches of the cave continue to provide challenges for even the most experienced of cave divers.
  The name may be a corruption of Swithun, an Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester, as the land in the area was owned by St Swithin's Priory in Winchester.
context_section_description: The entrance to Swildon's Hole is now a small triangular opening contained within a stone blockhouse in a clump of trees 550 metres (1,804 ft) north-east of Manor Farm, Priddy.
  Swildon's Hole is a very popular cave and there are often several separate groups underground at the same time.
caption: Entrance to Swildon's Hole
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