Charterhouse, Somerset

Charterhouse
Charterhouse, looking west
Charterhouse Location within Somerset
OS grid reference	ST497557
Civil parish	Priddy
Unitary authority	Somerset
Shire county	Somerset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRISTOL
Postcode district	BS40
Dialling code	01761
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Wells and Mendip Hills
List of places UK England Somerset 51°17′55″N 2°43′20″W / 51.2986°N 2.7221°W / 51.2986; -2.7221

Charterhouse, also known as Charterhouse-on-Mendip, is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Priddy, in the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in the Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. The area between Charterhouse and Cheddar Gorge including Velvet Bottom and Ubley Warren is covered by the Cheddar Complex Site of Special Scientific Interest. In 1931 the parish had a population of 68.^[1]