‘Christmas Steps’, a 17th century alleyway is the quaint setting for shops selling such items as stamps & coins, hand-made shoes and musical instruments and stained glass.
The alleyway was commissioned in 1669 by Jonathan Blackwell, a wealthy wine merchant to link St. Michael’s Hill to the Frome Bridge. At the top of the steps is the Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne, which was built in the latter part of the fifteenth century.