A small village with a long history named Kewstoke is situated next to Sand Bay, some three miles from Weston Super Mare. The village is also a civil parish that is governed by a parish council that is answerable for all local issues. By the local authorities Act from 1992, the Kewstoke is under the authority of the North Somerset County.
In earlier period, the village was a part of Woodspring District from 1974 to 1996, and before that it belonged to the Abridge Rural District. In the Parliament it is represented as a part of the Weston Super Mare. It is also a part of the European Parliament as a part of South West England Constituency. The inhabitants of the village number about 1700 and this makes up about 2% of the inhabitants in North Somerset.
Kewstoke has served as a tourist attraction and destination for many years. Its geology and the beautiful scenery over the Severn estuary and the Woodspring priory are what most guests are attracted to along with its nice views. There are also walks around the woods on the south of the Bay at Sand point and also Middle hope to the north. The beach is understood to have many types of uncommon birds resident at occasions in the course of the year, there are a couple of sand dunes to the south of the bay and a salt marsh to the north.
Tourists can discover the lodging easily in the village hotels, caravan parks or guest houses. Some of these are the Hazelwood caravan park, country view Caravan Park, Home farm Cl, The owls crest Hotel, Rose tree caravan among others. Parking with the capacity of around one hundred vehicles is available at the seafront. Public transport to Weston Super Mare is also available hourly in winter and half-hourly in summer.
Some of the ancient landmarks in this area are the Monk’s step often known as St Kews steps. They are an historical set of stones that lead from the St Paul’s church up to the Worlebury hill camp. The local parish church in Kewstoke dates from the 1195. St Paul’s church tower is historically building and is one of the sights in the region.
A reliquary was found within the church in 1849 and it was believed to have come from the priory and was thought to contain blood of Thomas Beckets (the murdered Archbishop). There is a presumption that this relic was moved to this parish for safekeeping during the period in which the monasteries were dissolved. The Woodspring priory is close to the village and was found by William de Courtenay back in 1210. One of the most recent discoveries that is interesting is a vase with A&S encryption and it is believed that the encryption might refer on the Artkinsall and son 1904-24.
The village has a pre-school that is run on the village hall and a primary school that is attended by youngsters aged between three and 5. The village is also a home to the Kewstoke JFC football club.
The village possesses sound recording studios, beauty salons and even a village grocery retailer which presents a huge variety of groceries. The Woodspring Council and the local administration co-funded the development of the village hall back in 1987. Land was bought with the purpose of offering a village hall for the residents. The facilities supplied through this endeavour are: the main hall, kitchen, toilets and showers for the players utilizing the hall playing field.
There are always activities happening within the village and particularly the village hall, some of them international. Most of these events are held at the village hall that is located in the Crookes lane although there’s a second much older and small village hall adjacent to the church. Also, there’s a youth club which holds their meetings in this hall and they’re always open for brand new members.
The village hall also has its own bowling club. Inter-club matches are held and at times the club takes part in leagues both locally and international. Concerning their achievements, the club has won the Bristol’s District cup in 1997 and the following year they ended the competition as the runner ups.
Since the Kewstoke is just a few metres above the sea level, this makes this area fairly prone to flooding. To keep the houses protected, most of them are constructed on a slope of the hill.
In December 1981 villagers were devastated by heavy floods. Because of this, back in 1990 the defence walls already existing at this place were bolstered and now they’ve completely blended in to the landscape. The defence walls have proven to be very effective. The Sand Bay administration is answerable for keeping track of the erosive occurrences on the beaches.
You can discover additional information by touring this site or more about Weston Super Mare at Weston Super Mare local pages
