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
Mottisfont Bats SSSI Mottisfont Bats SSSI Mottisfont Bats SSSI () is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hampshire, notified in 2003. It is also a Special Area of Conservation. The site consists of woods around Mottisfont, which supports a population of the Barbastelle bat which is considered by Natural England to be of national importance. The site is used by the Barbastelles for breeding, roosting, commuting and feeding. It is the only known maternity roost in Hampshire and one of only six known sites in the United Kingdom as of 2002. Eight other bat species have been recorded at Mottisfont: Whiskered,