The Mendip Society

Today the Mendip Society issued a press release pointing out that National Grid has incorrectly indicated that the Society supports National Grid's chosen overhead route across the Mendips. This is a gross distortion of the Society's position which states that "By far the least acceptable are either of the two Overhead Line routes suggested in the corridor study." The Society's preferences are firstly undersea, secondly underground and ONLY if those two are impossible the overhead link 1A is preferable to link 1B because it involves removal of the existing pylons. To see our consultation response - Choose Issues on the menu and select Hinkley Point C National Grid Connection.

About The Mendip Society

Velvet Bottom from Ubley Warren Farm The Mendip Hills stand high above the Somerset countryside in south west England.

The Mendip Hills, a limestone upland, abounds in karst features: dry gorges, caves, sinks and river arisings. Cheddar Gorge is the most famous feature. The highest part is a protected landscape - The Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) - protected as strongly as a national park.

The Mendip Society is a registered charity, no. 262867. It is a group of some 700 like-minded people who come together in the interests of conserving and enhancing the Mendip Hills and so to enjoy the Hills. Most of the Society's members live in and around the Hills, but some live as far afield as the north of England and even Canada.

These pages will tell you about the Mendip Hills and the work of the Mendip Society, a voluntary charity. They tell you how to enjoy the Hills and how to get involved. We hope you will join us and visit the linked sites.

Talks Organiser - Cheddar

Further to our recent request for additional volunteers we are pleased to confirm that most of the vacancies have now been filled. However we are still looking for a Talks Organiser for the village of Cheddar.

The Organiser arranges 6 or 7 talks for the period from September to April, and then hosts the evening, introducing the Speaker and co-ordinating the volunteers who lay out the chairs and make the tea. This is not an onerous task, but one which provides a welcome event each month for our Cheddar members.

If you are a member who is interested in volunteering to take on this post, please contact the Chairman or one of the Management Committee for further information.