Monk’s Steps or St Kew’s Steps, as they are also known, run from Woodspring Avenue near the top of the northern slope of Worlebury Hill in a north westerly direction for about 150 metres down a natural gully to join the bottom end of Monks Hill in Kewstoke.
The origin and original purpose of the steps, which are made of roughly worked stone, is uncertain but they may date back to the early medieval period. At this time there was an Augustinian Priory called Woodspring a mile and a half north at Middle Hope. St Paul’s Church at Kewstoke, which is located at the bottom of Monk’s Steps, was linked to Woodspring Priory for a while during the medieval period, so that may be how they acquired the name.
The freehold of Monk’s Steps was acquired by the National Trust from R.H.C. Butt on 7th July 1936. The grid reference for the top of the steps is ST 337 632 and for the bottom it is ST 336 633.
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