Ploughing Match

The Society is one of the sponsors of the Mendip Ploughing Society competition which will be held on 25th Sept near Green Ore. There are various farming related activities and displays, visitors are welcome. For more information see https://www.mendipploughingsociety.co.uk/.

Mendip Rocks 2024

Once again the Society is sponsoring the Mendip Rocks festival which celebrates the geology of Mendip. The programme of events may be seen here  https://mendiphills-nl.org.uk/events/. Most events cost £5 per head and some require booking. A leaflet listing events may be downloaded.

Email Addresses

If you want to contact the Society please use the email addresses on the Contact page. We cannot send emails from the ...@themendipsociety.org.uk  addresses and using a personal email address for emailing all members risks being treated as a spammer. Temporary yahoo addresses have been set up for this purpose but please do not reply to these as they are not regularly looked at and one (mendipsocmailing@yahoo.com) can no longer be accessed.

Bio Char Making Day

The Bio char demonstration at Tania's Wood which had to be postponed earlier this year will be held on 14th September. See Events page for details.

Sladers Leigh - Scything Taster Session

If you would like to have a go at scything the meadow at Sladers Leigh, contact Judith Tranter on 01725 874284. It will be on 18th September (weather permitting). Tuition and tools provided.

Membership Survey

As you may have read elsewhere, the Mendip Society is holding a survey to discover what members and potential members want from their membership - and of course, what they could potentially offer to the Society to help run activities, events and the administration of the Society itself.    This is your chance to influence the future of the Society and to get involved in making it bigger, better and more inclusive for the future.   

As an added incentive, everyone who completes the survey will have the chance to enter a free draw to win a copy of National Parks of the United Kingdom (RRP £40). This recently published book “Captures the spirit of the British landscape and contains almost 200 stunning photographs”.

Simply click on the link to be taken to an online form that asks a series of questions and allows you to comment along the way.    We really do want to involve everyone in the planning and future of the Mendip Society.    By making your voice and opinions heard here you can make a real difference. To complete the survey, click here: https://bit.ly/M_S_2024. 

Newsletter - addendum

It has been brought to our attention that John Hayes, owner of Banwell caves, mentioned in the book corner review of our latest newsletter, has recently died, and that the property is currently closed and up for sale. Obviously therefore it would not be appropriate to write asking if a copy of this book is available. Our condolences to his friends and family and apologies for any distress caused.

Starfish on the Radio (and Video)

Our very own Mike Harvey explains the WW2 Starfish decoy site on Blackdown to Luke Knight of Radio Somserset. This interview was broadcast on 19th June and may now be heard on BBC Sounds Click here.

A video may be seen on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/share/p/Hv4dvuWS8rycNvGc/ .

Sladers Leigh Seat Dedication

On 19th May the new seat at Sladers Leigh was dedicated to past members: Paul Harley, Dorothy Sage and David and Pat Addison. A video of the event may be seen on Youtube here  https://youtu.be/D4ljXZ-Vd_Y .

The Mendip Hills sit high above the Somerset countryside in South West England.

The limestone uplands feature dry gorges, caves, sinks and river sources. One of the most famous areas is the Cheddar Gorge, and the Mendip Hills National Landscape  is a protected landscape.

The Mendip Society works to conserve and enhance the Mendip Hills and surrounding areas for everyone to enjoy. 

As a registered charity, we organise social activities on the hills for all our members including walks, special interest visits and talks. We also manage some small nature reserves and members are encouraged to be involved with these.