Brockley Combe

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Brockley Combe is a wooded combe near the village of Brockley in North Somerset, England.

It cuts in to the western edge of the Lulsgate Plateau, the Carboniferous limestone hills which form a northern outlier of the Mendips, southwest of Bristol.

Bristol International Airport lies at the top of the combe. A minor road runs along the length of the combe, meeting the A370 at the foot of the combe, near Brockley.

Forestry is carried out in the surrounding woodland. Down from the A370 is a georgian manor house called brockley hall, this was inhabited by the Piggott-Smyths family until later in its life, namly WW2 when it was inhabited by American soldiers who have inscribed their names in the surrounding trees and even the large stone gate posts. after the war the hall was lived in by squatters until around 40 years ago when it was bought and refurbished, then resold as 4 separate apartments, each worth nowadays around £900,000.

To the south is another, more undisturbed, combe, Goblin Combe.