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
Geography of Somerset Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). A large number of sea bird are resident or visit the island, particularly European herring gulls "(Larus argentatus)" and Lesser black-backed gulls "(Larus fuscus)", but it is mainly preserved for its botanical interest; it is the only site in the United Kingdom where wild peonies grow. The county contains several miles wide sections of the Avon green belt area, which is primarily in place to prevent urban sprawl from the Bristol and Bath built up areas into the rural areas of North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, and Mendip districts in the county,