The combe cuts into the western edge of the Lulsgate Plateau, the Carboniferous limestone hills which form a northern outlier of the Mendips, south west of Bristol.

It is adorned with many noble trees, and all the fissures and ledges of the cliffs are enriched with a great variety of mosses and other forms of vegetation.

Down from the A370 is a Georgian manor house called Brockley Hall, this was inhabited by the Smyth Pigott family until later in its life.

In World War II it was inhabited by American soldiers who have inscribed their names in the surrounding trees and even the large stone gate posts.

Around 35 years ago, it was bought and refurbished, then resold as 4 separate apartments, each worth nowadays around £900,000 In the woods are the remains of a bowling green which was used in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.