Wookey Hole Caves Wookey Hole Caves 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 (SSSI) 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
Moorlinch SSSI rich ditch systems. Regularly maintained field ditches are often species-rich and diverse. Notable species include Lesser Water-plantain ("Baldellia ranunculoides"), Tubular Water-dropwort ("Oenanthe fistulosa") and Hairlike Pondweed ("Potamogeton trichoides"). The channels and banksides support a rich fauna; rare species include the water beetle ("Hydrophilus piceus") and the soldier fly ("Odontomyia ornata"). Large populations of dragonflies and damselflies occur, including the Hairy Dragonfly ("Brachytron pratense") and the Variable Damselfly ("Coenagrion pulchellum"). Moorlinch SSSI Moorlinch () is a 226.0 hectare (558.4 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Moorlinch in Somerset, notified in 1985. Moorlinch is part of the extensive grazing marsh