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Nordrach Cottage

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Bunkhouse-style Accomodation

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£4 per night for guests or £2 per night for members

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The MCG Cottage near Charterhouse-on-Mendip provides comfortable accommodation for up to 30 people

  • Comfortable lounge with open fire (fuel provided)
  • Electric storage heating
  • Changing room and hot showers
  • Dining area and fully equipped kitchen with ample cooking and facilities (gas cooker, additional gas hobs, fridge, microwave and food storage shelves)
  • Extensive library accessible to MCG members
  • Tackle store accessible to members - well stocked with ladders, ropes, etc.
  • Ample car parking
  • Parking for 8 cars plus further off road parking
  • Gas and electricity included in price
  • Payphone
  • Camping area
  • Hosing down area with rope washer and high pressure hose for cleaning dirty caving suits and other equipment.
  • Members have access to Keys and Caving permits
  • Keys and permits available to guests by prior arrangement
  • 3 bedrooms with comfortable bunks sleeping 30 people (please bring your own sleeping bags/linen)
  • Rooms sleep 6, 8 and 16 people
  • Handbasins in each room
  • All bedrooms have storage heating


Nearby tourist attractions include

  • Cheddar Gorge 18mins by car
  • Wells/ Wookey Hole 22mins
  • Bath 30mins
  • Weston-Super-Mare 30mins
  • Glastonbury 36mins


Attractions

  • Walkers will enjoy the superb local walks and the many conservation areas
  • Other outdoor pursuits include horse riding at Tynings Trekking Centre and skiing at the dry ski slope located in nearby Churchill.

Accommodation would be ideally suited to large groups such as universities, scout groups, walkers, cyclists, etc as a base for outdoor and leisure activities. Within walking distance are Upper Flood Swallet, the Charterhouse caves (GB Cavern, Longwood August Swallet, Manor Farm, Tynings, Rhino Rift), Pinetree Pot, and the caves of Burrington Combe (good for beginners).


Prices

Guest fees £4.00 per person per night. Members fees £2.00 per person per night


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Mendip Caving Group. UK Charity Number 270088. The object of the Group is, for the benefit of the public, the furtherance of all aspects of the exploration, scientific study and conservation of caves and related features. Membership shall be open to anyone over the age of 16 years with an interest in the objects of the Group.