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Caves' crazy golf offer for voters is bunkered

Plans to offer voters free games of crazy golf in Wookey Hole today appear to have landed in a bunker Wookey Hole Caves have been advised that it would not be wise to offer voters free games of crazy golf on local elections polling day.

Caves owner Gerry Cottle wanted to make the offer of a free game on his controversial golf course as he believed it would increase the turnout at the polling booths.

But Mendip District Council told Mr Cottle that the plan could fall foul of rules regulating local elections .

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New Pirate Island Adventure Golf opens at Wookey
iTunes Podcast

Wookey Hole has featured in the UK Adventures with Renault Koleos podcast The Adventures UK podcast will take you on an exhilarating journey around some of the best weekend breaks in the UK.

From whale watching to Zorbing, there’s something for all the family! Presented by Classic FM’s Alex James.

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A Sign Of The Times!

A Somerset coach company has finally beaten a 90-year-old restriction put on them by a tourist attraction on a narrow picturesque road in the Mendip Hills.

A sign reading: “This Road Is Not Suitable For Charabancs” was put up to stop Weston-super-Mare firm Bakers Coaches from using narrow roads next to Wookey Hole Caves tourist attraction around 1920.

New Circus School opens at Wookey Hole Caves

We will be offering training sessions three times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 5 – 8pm for students from the age of 11 upwards.

We will be teaching circus skills including, juggling, stilts, wire walking, rope and silks, bungee and trapeze skills. 

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New - Cattle Ads!

A herd of rare White Park cattle are set to make a fortune for their eccentric owner by turning into the most unusual advertising medium ever invented.

Millionaire baronet Sir Ben Slade of historic Maunsel House has stepped in to help promote a nearby fun attraction after his neighbour had a serious beef with local planning regulations.

Sir Ben plans to clothe his livestock in branded cow-rugs to spread local advertising messages and announcements despite fears that local councillors had shut the gate on motorway-side adverts. 

7 MILLION CUSTOMERS CAN'T BE WRONG

SOUTH WEST RETAIL AND TOURIST FOURSOME JOIN FORCES FOR BETTER BUSINESS

Wookey Hole Caves, Clarks Village, Haynes Motor Museum, and Brean Leisure Park - four of the South West's most popular leisure destinations - have put their heads together and teamed up to promote a joint marketing strategy for the coming year to stimulate the local economy.

Stolen Dalek returned!

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NEW! Valley of the Dinosaurs

Wookey Hole are proud to announce their attraction 'King Kong and the Valley of the Dinosaurs!'

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HRH The Duke of York opens new buildings at Award-winning Dorset Farmhouse Cheesemaker
HRH The Duke of York, the UK's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, opened the new buildings at Ford Farm on 21 October. The farm makes many varieties including the ever popular Coastal Cheddar, England's only Cave Aged Cheddar matured in the caves of Wookey Hole, and the newly rediscovered Dorset Red. All the cheese is made by hand on the farm in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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The King of Rock & Roll's Teddy destroyed in frenzied attack
A £40,000 teddy bear named Mabel formally belonging to Elvis Presley has been destroyed and £20,000 worth of other teddy bears were mutilated in this horrific attack by one of the guard dogs hired to protect them.
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UK's first ever Rabbit Wedding
A very special treat happened at Wookey Hole this Easter with the UK's first ever Rabbit Wedding. However, this really is ears above the rest as the loving couple that hopped down the aisle for the first time were non other than the King Rabbit Roberto, the worlds largest bunny, and his equally sized lady friend Miss Amy. ROBERTO and AMY complete with wedding veils and dickie bows burrowed down from their home in Worcester with a few other outsize members of his family.
Give us back our witch!

NEW WOOKEY OWNER HAS BONES TO PICK WITH LOCAL MUSEUM

Gerry Cottle, the circus magnate who purchased the famous West Country tourist attraction of Wookey Hole last Christmas, is reported to be considering his position after a local museum has refused to return an ancient human skeleton, previously discovered in his caves.

The bones are believed to be those of the actual Witch of Wookey Hole, long a legend in the area, and blamed for every misfortune and illness which overcame the community in the Dark Ages. Her reign of terror ended over 1000 years ago, when a young monk turned her to stone with a well-aimed bucket of holy water.

The skeleton, confirmed as that of an old female goatherd, who died in suspicious circumstances, was discovered in the early 20th century and removed by amateur archaeologist Herbert Balch. It is currently on display at the Wells & Mendip Museum, adjacent to Wells Cathedral. Mr Cottle, well-known as one of the world's most charismatic circus promoters, has now swapped his Big Top for the gigantic cavern which attracts around 250,000 visitors a year. He wants the witches' bones back in his own museum.

"Naturally the bones of the Witch of Wookey Hole belong at Wookey Hole, not down the road at Wells" he said, "I have every respect for the museum, but ultimately we have a duty to the public to preserve our heritage and see that our witch comes home in the end."

The legal position, according to a museum spokesperson, is currently being investigated, and she declined further comment until the outcome is known. Mr Cottle, however, is adamant he'll gain possession of the skeleton. "When I purchased Wookey Hole I bought the witch too. This year, next year, however long it takes, we'll get her back in her cave, you'll see."

COTTLE SAYS 'CHEESE!' AS CHEDDAR COMES HOME TO WOOKEY HOLE!

Gerry Cottle, once the ringmaster and owner of Britain's leading circus and now owner of historic Wookey Hole Caves near Wells in Somerset, is reviving one of the site's oldest traditions.

He's bringing cheese back to Wookey Hole, to mature in the cave's ideal conditions. Four hundred years ago there was no refrigeration and the caves were the ideal place to mature cheeses.

The temperature is a constant 11°C all year round, and the high humidity is also ideal to stop the cheese drying out during its maturation storage.

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Sand sculpting begins in Weston
Google News Alert for Wookey Hole Weston & Somerset Mercury - Weston-super-Mare, England, UK The event has been sponsored and supported by Wookey Hole, Weston Town Council, The Grand Pier, Avon Fire and Rescue and Birse... Click here for details

 

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