Free things to do in Bristol
10 Roves in Bristol that cost exactly nothing. Proof you don't need a budget to have a good day.
The Roves

Nelson Street
Bristol Street Art Hunt
Find three pieces of street art in the city that gave the world Banksy.

Clifton
Cross Brunel's Bridge
Walk across the bridge that made Brunel famous, 245 feet above the Avon Gorge.

Brandon Hill
The Best Bench in Bristol
Free, uphill, and a better view than most of the paid ones.

Cliftonwood
Bristol's Rainbow Houses
Photograph the technicolour terraces stacked up the hill in Cliftonwood.

Christmas Steps
The Christmas Steps Mystery
A steep 17th-century stepped street with a name nobody can fully explain.

Wapping Wharf
Harbourside After Dark
Watch the boats and lights on Bristol's floating harbour once the sun's gone down.

College Green
Bristol's Hall Church
Visit the cathedral architects call one of the finest 'hall churches' in the world.

Brandon Hill
Climb Cabot Tower
108 steps up a sandstone tower for one of the best views in Bristol.

Queens Road
Find the Gargoyles
Spot the carved grotesques hiding on Bristol's last great Gothic tower.

Underfall Yard
The Underfall Yard
Find the Victorian dockyard that still keeps Bristol's harbour from draining itself dry.
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