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Cave Attractions In Southwick

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The Southwick Hill Tunnel is a 490-metre twin-bore road tunnel in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England. The tunnel was opened in early 1996 as part of the A27 Brighton bypass. The border between West Sussex and the unitary authority of Brighton and Hove is close to the eastern entrance of the tunnel. Non-motorised traffic and mopeds under 50 cc are prohibited from using the tunnel, with a warning sign indicating an alternative route. The tunnel takes the A27 under Southwick Hill as an extension of the Brighton and Hove bypass and part of the strategic south coast route. The tunnel was built through the chalk of Southwick Hill using the New Austrian Tu...
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Cave Attractions In Southwick

  • 1. Wookey Hole Caves Wookey Hole
    Wookey Hole Caves are a series of limestone caverns, a show cave and tourist attraction in the village of Wookey Hole on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills near Wells in Somerset, England. The River Axe flows through the cave. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest for both biological and geological reasons. Wookey Hole cave is a solutional cave, one that is formed by a process of weathering in which the natural acid in groundwater dissolves the rocks. Some water originates as rain that flows into streams on impervious rocks on the plateau before sinking at the limestone boundary into cave systems such as Swildon's Hole, Eastwater Cavern and St Cuthbert's Swallet; the rest is rain that percolates directly through the limestone. The temperature in the caves is a constant 11 °C . Th...
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