Priddy Pools

Priddy Pools
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Priddy Pools is located in Somerset
Priddy Pools
Location within Somerset
LocationSomerset
Grid referenceST545510
Coordinates51°15′23″N 2°39′12″W / 51.25634°N 2.65340°W / 51.25634; -2.65340
InterestBiological and Geological
Area52.7 ha (130 acres)
Notification1972 (1972)
Natural England website
Priddy Pools ponds landscape image
Priddy Pools by Nick Smith

Priddy Pools (grid reference ST545510) is a 52.7-hectare (130-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Priddy in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, notified in 1972.

The pools provided the water supply for the Priddy Mineries[1] which is now a Nature Reserve.

  1. ^ Reid, Robert Douglas (1979). Some buildings of Mendip. The Mendip Society. ISBN 0-905459-16-4.