If you follow the path by the wall westwards from the entrance off Belle Vue Terrace, you will reach the ninety nine steps leading to a footpath up to St Ann's Well.
At the foot of the steps there is a small plaque which records:

CS Lewis 1898 - 1963, Scholar and Author
Cherbourg House School Malvern 1911 - 1913
Malvern College 1913 - 1914
The Malvern Hills reminded Lewis of the Mourne Mountains at home in Ireland.

A gas lamp appears in his story, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.

At Magdalen College, Oxford, Lewis tutored George Sayer 1914 - 2005 who became a close friend and Head of English at Malvern College. Lewis, like JRR Tolkien, often visited him in Alexandra Rd, Malvern Link.

After you have rested at the top of the 99 steps bear right a few steps into Foley Terrace, joining St Ann's Road. At this point you will see a sign pointing the way up a steep zig zag footpath to St Ann's Well where there is a cafe.

Stephen

April 26, 2023

Disappointed there are only 96 steps

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Location: Malvern, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, West Midlands Region, England, United Kingdom

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