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Yoxter Cadet Training Camp
Yoxter Cadet Training Camp is a Community Cadet Forces, cadet training area and camp owned by the Wessex Reserve Forces and Cadets' Association and situated on the Mendip Hills in Somerset. It is between the villages of Charterhouse, Somerset, Charterhouse and Priddy. It is adjacent to the Chancellor's Farm biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, and the Somerset Wildlife Trust, Wessex RFCA, Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence, and Natural England work together to enable conservation grazing on the site. History The camp was purchased from non-public funds in 1934 to provide a training facility for the Territorial Army (now the Army Reserve). It was used for Regular Army training in the run-up and during the Second World War, and afterward, the camp reverted to the Territorial Army (United Kingdom), TA. In 1964 the Royal Anglian Regiment renovated the camp and it has been in use by the Army Cadet Force ever since. Facilities The training area has o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mendip Hills
The Mendip Hills (commonly called the Mendips) is a range of limestone hills to the south of Bristol and Bath, Somerset, Bath in Somerset, England. Running from Weston-super-Mare and the Bristol Channel in the west to the River Frome, Somerset, Frome valley in the east, the hills overlook the Somerset Levels to the south and the Chew Valley and other tributaries of the River Avon (Bristol), Avon to the north. The highest point, at above sea level, is Beacon Batch which is the summit area atop Black Down, Somerset, Black Down. The hills gave their name to the former local government district of Mendip District, Mendip, which administered most of the local area until April 2023. The higher, western part of the hills, covering has been designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), which gives it a level of protection comparable to a national park. The hills are largely formed from Carboniferous Limestone, which is quarried at several sites. Fraxinus, Ash–maple woodl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
