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University of Bristol, Botanic Gardens Open Day and Tours
Sat 20 Sep 25
University of Bristol Botanic Garden, The Holmes, Stoke Park Road, Stoke Bishop, Bristol BS9 1JG
Heritage Open Day: Discover the stories of plants at the University of Bristol Botanic Garden. Entry to the University of Bristol Botanic Garden will...
Community Open Doors Event
Sat 20 Sep 25
Circomedia, Portland Square, St Paul's BS2 8SJ
Come along to this free, family-friendly day in our home at St. Paul’s Church and enjoy a range of interactive activities...
Community Open Doors Event
Sat 20 Sep 25
Portland Square, Bristol BS2 8SJ
Heritage Open Day: Come along to this free, festival themed family-friendly day in our home at St. Paul’s Church and enjoy a range of interactive...
Yate International Festival
Sat 20 Sep 25
Church Road, Yate, Bristol BS37 5BG
Heritage Open Day: Yate International Festival
Bringing together people with a celebration of Music, Dance and Food The Yate International Festival...
Glenside Hospital Museum
Sat 20 Sep 25
Glenside Campus, Blackberry Hill, Bristol BS16 1DD
Heritage Open Day: Glenside Hospital Museum, housed in a former 1881 asylum church, explores the history and evolving treatment of mental illness...
Hidden Histories at Keynsham Durley Hill Cemetery
Sat 20 Sep 25
Keynsham Cemetery, Durley Hill,, Keynsham, Bristol BS31 2AJ
Heritage Open Day: Keynsham Durley Hill Cemetery is both a peaceful Victorian burial ground and the location of a major Roman archaeological site...
Church of St. Luke the Evangelist, Brislington: Open church and tower tours
Sat 20 Sep 25
Church Parade, Brislington, Bristol BS4 4LS
Heritage Open Day: Come and see our 15th century Grade II* listed church set in the centre of the Brislington Conservation Area...
University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building Tower Tours
Sat 20 Sep 25
Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1RJ
Heritage Open Day: Take a tour of the Wills Memorial Building. See behind the grand facade and experience the splendour of this building...
University of Bristol, EarthArt Open Gallery
Sat 20 Sep 25
Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1RJ
Heritage Open Day: Visitors are invited to step inside the School of Earth Sciences EarthArt Gallery to explore the current exhibition ‘Collapsing...
Signal Box and Community Garden, Warmley
Sat 20 Sep 25
Warmley Signal Box, High Street, Warmley, Bristol BS15 4ND
Heritage Open Day: This Grade II-listed Midland Railway Signal Box will be open for visitors. It has recently been restored to mirror how it would...
Autumn Ceilidh Night
Fri 19 Sep 25
Circomedia, Portland Square, St Paul's BS2 8SJ
Looking for a night out with a twist? Join us for an energetic Ceilidh Night at Circomedia in partnership with Bowreed...
Tyntesfield
Thu 18 Sep 25
Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Bristol BS48 1NX
Heritage Open Day: Join us in celebrating Heritage Open Days on 18 - 20 September and enjoy free entry to Tyntesfield, an ornate Victorian Gothic...
Faulty Towers The Dining Experience @ Bristol
Wed 17 Sep 25
Novotel Bristol Centre, Victoria Street, Redcliffe, Bristol BS1 6HY
Celebrating 50 years of Fawlty Towers, this ‘fresh comic invention’ (British Comedy Guide) continues to reign supreme as the longest-running and most...
St Annes Church Syston Bristol
Tue 16 Sep 25
St Annes Church, Gibbs Lane, Syston, Bristol BS16 9LT
Heritage Open Day: St Annes Church Gibbs Lane Syston will be open for Heritage Open Days. Believed to have been completed around 1100 it has fine...
Keynsham Methodism in the footsteps of the Wesley's
Mon 15 Sep 25
Charlton Road, Keynsham, Bristol BS31 2JA
Heritage Open Day: Explore, see and listen to the history of Methodism from the 18th century to today...
Kings Weston House Open Day
Sun 14 Sep 25
Kings Weston House, Kings Weston Lane, Kingsweston, Bristol BS11 0UR
Heritage Open Day: Visit Bristol's Grade I Listed Baroque mansion and explore the Georgian interiors of the magnificent home of the Lords de...
Arnos Vale Cemetery
Sat 13 Sep 25
West Lodge, Bath Road, Arnos Vale, Bristol BS4 3EW
Heritage Open Day: Explore historic chapels, lodges, and the crypt, all open to the public as part of Heritage Open Days...
Winterbourne Parish Church
Sat 13 Sep 25
Winterbourne Parish Church, Church Lane, Winterbourne BS36 1SE
Heritage Open Day: A medieval church forever renewed provides examples of many styles of architecture, right up to the present day...
Electric Wonderland? Women and the 1930s Modern Home by Sarah Yates
Sat 13 Sep 25
M Shed, Princes Wharf, Bristol BS1 4RN
Heritage Open Day: Join the Women's Engineering Society as they continue the Electric Dreams Festival celebrating the formation of the...
South Kelding - Open Garden for NGS
Sat 13 Sep 25
South Kelding, Bristol BS30 6LY
7 acre hillside garden offering panoramic views from its upper levels, with herbaceous and shrub beds, prairie-style scree beds, orchard, native...
Frenchay Unitarian Chapel
Sat 13 Sep 25
Unitarian Chapel, Beckspool Road, Frenchay, Bristol BS16 1ND
Heritage Open Day: Frenchay Unitarian Chapel is one of the oldest purpose-built ‘dissident’ chapels in the country, built 1691...
Brandy Bottom Colliery
Sat 13 Sep 25
Brandy Bottom Colliery, A4174, Coxgrove Hill, Pucklechurch BS16 9NL
Heritage Open Day: A guided tour round the remains of the surface buildings of a 19th Century coal mine, which are in the process of being conserved...
John Wesley's New Room: Discover Gorgeous Architecture
Sat 13 Sep 25
36 The Horsefair, Bristol BS1 3JE
Heritage Open Day: Discover architectural and special highlights from our archives with our Head of Collections...
Julian Trust Night Shelter
Sat 13 Sep 25
The Night Shelter, 16 Little Bishop Street, Bristol BS2 9JF
Heritage Open Day: The former site of the St Pauls Brewery and sugar house now the home of the Julian Trust Night Shelter that provides meals and...
St Mary's Henbury
Sat 13 Sep 25
St Mary's, Church Close, Henbury BS10 7QF
Heritage Open Day: St Mary the Virgin is Henbury's only parish church. Come and be amazed by its rich beauty...
Electric Dreams - Walking Tour
Sat 13 Sep 25
M Shed, Princes Wharf, Bristol BS1 4RN
Heritage Open Day: Join the Women's Engineering Society follow in the footsteps of the Electrical Association for Women (EAW) formed in 1924...
Bristol’s Brilliant Archaeology
Sat 13 Sep 25
Henbury Road, Henbury, Bristol BS10 7QS
Heritage Open Day: Join museum archaeologists and a whole host of local societies, re-enactors, field archaeologists and heritage organisations to...
The Chapel of the Three Kings at Fosters Almshouses
Sat 13 Sep 25
Foster's Almshouses, Colston Street, Bristol BS1 5AY
Heritage Open Day: The Almshouses and Chapel are grade II* listed buildings on Colston Street. They were founded by John Foster, a wealthy...
Sound Waves - Changing the Soundtrack of the Ocean
Thu 11 Sep 25
Hen & Chicken
210 North Street BS3 1JF
Discover how underwater acoustics can reveal habitats and behaviours, and how sound holds the key to helping ocean environments at risk...
Bristol Krazy Races
Sun 7 Sep 25
Victoria Park Bristol BS3 4QF
Bristol Krazy Races is an exciting, fun-filled event that brings quirky, unconventional racing to the heart of Bristol...
Bristol Memory Walk
Sat 6 Sep 25
Queen Square, Queen Square, Bristol BS1 4LH
Memory Walk is a series of sponsored walks run by the charity Alzheimer's Society, held in September and October across the UK...
30 Kingsholm Road - Open Garden for NGS
Sat 23 Aug 25
30 Kingsholm Road, Bristol BS10 5LH
170ft urban garden developed over the last 4 yrs and divided into ornamental and productive areas. Herbaceous border, cutting beds, greenhouse, pond,...
Special Plants - Open Garden for NGS
Thu 21 Aug 25
Special Plants, Chippenham SN14 8LA
Architect-designed ¾ acre hillside garden with stunning views. Started autumn 1996. Exotic plants. Gravel gardens for borderline hardy plants...
Swing from Paris at the Keynsham Community Space
Tue 19 Aug 25
The Keynsham Community Space, 5 Temple Street, Keynsham BS31 1HA
An evening of Parisian-flavoured jazz and Gypsy Swing
“intelligent, interesting and inventive” THE JAZZ MANN
“excellent band…diverse numbers, smart...
30 Great Brockeridge - Open Garden for NGS
Sat 16 Aug 25
30 Great Brockeridge, Bristol BS9 3TZ
A suburban garden with south facing front garden having views across the BS9 area of Bristol and beyond...
Swing from Paris at Shipham Village Hall
Sat 16 Aug 25
Shipham Village Hall, New Road, Shipham BS25 1SG
An evening of Parisian-flavoured jazz and Gypsy Swing
“intelligent, interesting and inventive” THE JAZZ MANN
“excellent band…diverse numbers, smart...
The Pony - Open Garden for NGS
Tue 12 Aug 25
The Pony, Bristol BS40 8TQ
Designed by RHS Chelsea Garden Show designer Jon Wheatley and his daughter Lizzy, the garden embraces the gentle slopes of the Chew Valley...
Portway Blues Band - Live @ The King Billy
Sat 9 Aug 25
The King William IV, 62 Broad Street, Bristol BS16 5NP
Join us for an unforgettable Saturday afternoon at The King Billy, Bristol, as the Portway Blues Band takes the stage on the 9th August from 21:00...
Bristol Dollhouse and Miniature Fair
Sun 3 Aug 25
BAWA,
589 Southmead Road,
Filton,
Bristol,
7RG BS34
Miniature Fairs would like to announce our
Dollhouse and Miniature Fair at BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, Bristol, BS34 7RG
on Sunday 3rd August...
Jekka's Herb Garden & Herbetum - Open Garden for NGS
Sat 2 Aug 25
Jekka's Herb Garden & Herbetum, Bristol BS35 3SY
Jekkas is home to a living encyclopedia of over 400 different varieties of culinary and medicinal herbs that are displayed in Jekka's Herbetum...
Big Kid Circus - Bristol Cribbs Mall
Thu 31 Jul 25
Cribbs Mall, Car Park H BS34 5DG
Prepare to be amazed as Big Kid Circus celebrates its monumental 20th anniversary in 2025 with a show unlike anything the UK has ever seen!...
Bristol Festival of Summer
Fri 25 Jul 25
Durdham Downs, Westbury Road, Bristol BS9 1FG
Festival of Summer Bristol is back and BIGGER THAN EVER! This ultimate summer extravaganza promises something for all ages, making it the perfect day...
Swing from Paris at Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
Sat 19 Jul 25
Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, 57-59 Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury BS37 6AD
An evening of Parisian-flavoured jazz and Gypsy Swing
“intelligent, interesting and inventive” THE JAZZ MANN
“excellent band…diverse numbers, smart...
Countryside show homes near Bristol open this weekend
Sat 19 Jul 25
Dyrham View, Old Sodbury, Badminton Rd, Old Sodbury, Bristol BS37 6LU
Homebuyers searching for high-quality homes in a picturesque village setting are invited to the show home open weekend at Dyrham View, Old Sodbury,...
Berwick Lodge - Open Garden for NGS
Mon 14 Jul 25
Berwick Lodge, Bristol BS10 7TD
Berwick Lodge, named Bristol's hidden gem by its customers, is an independent hotel with beautiful gardens on the outskirts of Bristol...
Selected 15 at Spike Island, Bristol
Thu 10 Jul 25
Associates Space, Spike Island, 133 Cumberland Rd BS1 6UX
Selected 15 showcases a vibrant collection of new short films by some of the most exciting early-career artists working today, nominated by the...
FREE taster session with the Yate Rock Choir
Wed 9 Jul 25
St Nicholas Church, 2 Chargrove, Abbotswood, Yate BS37 4LG
If you have ever thought 'I want to join a choir near me in Yate?' then why not join your local Rock Choir...
Doynton House - Open Garden for NGS
Sun 6 Jul 25
Doynton House, Bristol BS30 5SR
A variety of garden areas separated by old walls and hedges. Mixed borders, lawns, wall planting, parterre, rill garden, walled vegetable garden,...
University of Bristol Botanic Garden - Open Garden for NGS
Sun 6 Jul 25
University of Bristol Botanic Garden, Bristol BS9 1JG
Exciting and contemporary Botanic Garden with dramatic collections illustrating plant evolution on land, Mediterranean flora, rare native and useful...
Bristol care home invites community to enjoy all the fun of the fair
Sat 5 Jul 25
Southmead Rd, Westbury-On-Trym, Bristol BS10 5DW
A care home in Bristol is opening its doors for a day of family-friendly summer fun, with a host of exciting activities planned...
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Things to do around Bristol
Bristol, a vibrant city in the southwest of England, offers a plethora of activities for a memorable day out. Whether you're interested in history, outdoor adventures, or cultural experiences, Bristol has something to suit every taste. Let's explore some of the best things to do in Bristol:
1. Clifton Suspension Bridge:
- Start your day by visiting the iconic Clifton Suspension Bridge. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, this 75-meter-high bridge spans the Avon Gorge and offers breathtaking views of the city and the River Avon. Take a leisurely walk across the bridge and admire its engineering marvel.
2. Explore Clifton Village:
- After crossing the bridge, explore the charming Clifton Village. Wander through its cobbled streets, boutique shops, and historic buildings. Stop for a coffee or indulge in some retail therapy.
3. Bristol Museum and Art Gallery:
- Immerse yourself in art and history at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. Explore its diverse collections, including ancient artifacts, fine art, and natural history exhibits. Don't miss the Egyptian mummies and the stunning Edwardian architecture.
4. Harbourside Walk:
- Take a leisurely stroll along the Harbourside. Admire the colorful boats, street art, and historic warehouses. Visit the M Shed, a museum showcasing Bristol's maritime heritage and industrial past.
5. SS Great Britain:
- Step aboard the SS Great Britain, Brunel's famous steamship. Explore its decks, cabins, and engine rooms. Learn about its fascinating history as the world's first ocean-going iron ship.
6. Bristol Zoo Gardens:
- If you're traveling with family, visit the Bristol Zoo Gardens. Discover a wide variety of animals, from lemurs to lions. The zoo also focuses on conservation and education.
7. Street Art Tour in Stokes Croft:
- Bristol is renowned for its street art. Join a guided tour in Stokes Croft, where you'll find vibrant murals, graffiti, and political statements. Learn about famous artists like Banksy and their impact on the city.
8. Lunch at St. Nicholas Market:
- Head to St. Nicholas Market for a diverse culinary experience. Sample international cuisine, from falafel wraps to Caribbean jerk chicken. The market also hosts craft stalls and vintage shops.
9. Bristol Cathedral:
- Visit the Bristol Cathedral, a stunning Gothic masterpiece. Admire its intricate stained glass windows, medieval architecture, and peaceful cloisters. Attend a choral evensong if you can.
10. Brunel's Other Projects:
- Explore other Brunel-designed landmarks, such as the SS Great Britain, Bristol Temple Meads Station, and the Clifton Observatory. Brunel's influence is woven into the fabric of Bristol.
Remember to check opening hours and any booking requirements for these attractions. Whether you're interested in history, art, or simply enjoying the city's vibrant atmosphere, Bristol promises an unforgettable day out!
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1. Clifton Suspension Bridge:
- Start your day by visiting the iconic Clifton Suspension Bridge. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, this 75-meter-high bridge spans the Avon Gorge and offers breathtaking views of the city and the River Avon. Take a leisurely walk across the bridge and admire its engineering marvel.
2. Explore Clifton Village:
- After crossing the bridge, explore the charming Clifton Village. Wander through its cobbled streets, boutique shops, and historic buildings. Stop for a coffee or indulge in some retail therapy.
3. Bristol Museum and Art Gallery:
- Immerse yourself in art and history at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. Explore its diverse collections, including ancient artifacts, fine art, and natural history exhibits. Don't miss the Egyptian mummies and the stunning Edwardian architecture.
4. Harbourside Walk:
- Take a leisurely stroll along the Harbourside. Admire the colorful boats, street art, and historic warehouses. Visit the M Shed, a museum showcasing Bristol's maritime heritage and industrial past.
5. SS Great Britain:
- Step aboard the SS Great Britain, Brunel's famous steamship. Explore its decks, cabins, and engine rooms. Learn about its fascinating history as the world's first ocean-going iron ship.
6. Bristol Zoo Gardens:
- If you're traveling with family, visit the Bristol Zoo Gardens. Discover a wide variety of animals, from lemurs to lions. The zoo also focuses on conservation and education.
7. Street Art Tour in Stokes Croft:
- Bristol is renowned for its street art. Join a guided tour in Stokes Croft, where you'll find vibrant murals, graffiti, and political statements. Learn about famous artists like Banksy and their impact on the city.
8. Lunch at St. Nicholas Market:
- Head to St. Nicholas Market for a diverse culinary experience. Sample international cuisine, from falafel wraps to Caribbean jerk chicken. The market also hosts craft stalls and vintage shops.
9. Bristol Cathedral:
- Visit the Bristol Cathedral, a stunning Gothic masterpiece. Admire its intricate stained glass windows, medieval architecture, and peaceful cloisters. Attend a choral evensong if you can.
10. Brunel's Other Projects:
- Explore other Brunel-designed landmarks, such as the SS Great Britain, Bristol Temple Meads Station, and the Clifton Observatory. Brunel's influence is woven into the fabric of Bristol.
Remember to check opening hours and any booking requirements for these attractions. Whether you're interested in history, art, or simply enjoying the city's vibrant atmosphere, Bristol promises an unforgettable day out!