Things to do in Bristol
Street art, harbourside sunsets and Brunel at every turn. Bristol's best bits are rarely the ones on the postcard.
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Millennium Square
Harbourside Sunset
Watch the sun go down over Bristol's floating harbour, drink in hand.
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.
Corn Street
St Nick's Market Snack Run
Find a stall you've never eaten from in one of Britain's oldest working markets.
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.
Sion Hill, Clifton
A Drink on the Gorge
Find the terrace that looks straight across at Brunel's bridge.
Broadmead
Axe Throwing at Whistle Punks
Try axe throwing on a real target lane, safety briefing included.
Underfall Yard
The Underfall Yard
Find the Victorian dockyard that still keeps Bristol's harbour from draining itself dry.
Gloucester Road
Gloucester Road Independents Crawl
Find something to eat on one of the longest stretches of independent shops in the UK.
Cribbs Causeway
Crazy Golf at Cribbs Causeway
Play a round of neon-lit crazy golf under one roof with darts and shuffleboard next door.
Clifton Village
Clifton Village Wander
Explore the boutiques, cafes and Georgian terraces of Bristol's poshest postcode.
Great Western Dockyard
Board the SS Great Britain
Step onto the ship that was the largest in the world when it launched in 1843.
Clifton Village
Brasserie on the Corner
Sit down for a proper meal at Clifton's landmark corner brasserie.
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