Bear Steps
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Bear Steps by David Dixon as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © David Dixon Taken: 25 Jul 2010
This short flight of steps between Fish Street and St Alkmund’s Place, opposite Grope Lane, is known as Bear Steps. It is supposedly named after a pub called ‘The Bear’, which no longer exists. An alternative version is given at http://www.mythstories.com/bears.html.