# Cox's Cave

- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Length:** 100 m
- **Geology:** Carboniferous limestone
- **Website:** http://www.cheddargorge.co.uk/explore/coxs-cave
- **Lighting:** Electric
- **Location:** Cheddar
- **Registry:** Mendip Cave Registry
- **Elevation:** 23 m
- **Show Cave:** 1838
- **Grid Ref Uk:** ST46465390
- **Photo Caption:** Stalagmites and Stalactites in Cox's cave shown in a reflecting pool
- **Height Variation:** 18 m

The cave is named after mill owner George Cox who discovered it in 1837, while quarrying limestone for a new building. Cox immediately opened it as a show cave the following year and ran it as a private enterprise until the landowner, Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath, took it over at the beginning of the 20th century. It was connected by a tunnel to the adjacent artificial Pavey's Cave in 1987.

![Photo of Cox's Cave](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Coxs_cave_Cheddar_Gorge.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox's_cave (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)