Worlebury Hill

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Worlebury Hill is the name given to an upland area lying between the flatlands of Weston-super-Mare and the Kewstoke area. Effectively, the hill forms a peninsula, jutting out into the Bristol Channel, between Weston Bay and Sand Bay in North Somerset. A former toll road follows the coast around the point from Sand Bay to the now derelict Birnbeck Pier in Weston.

Many large Victorian residences are built on the lower slopes of the southern side of the hill, but the rest of the hill is heavily wooded. There are ancient fortifications at the top of the hill. Quarrying took place at various places on the hill from the late 18th century until the town quarry was abandoned in 1953[1]. Before the flatlands were adequately drained, the main route to Bristol ran eastwards along the hillside.