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Museum ship
SS Great Britain
Brunel's iron steamship, the world's largest passenger ship from 1845 to 1853, now a museum ship in the dock where she was built.
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Harbourside & Millennium Square: things to do
Places worth your time in Harbourside & Millennium Square
Top places
Things to do in Harbourside & Millennium Square
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Museum
M Shed
Free museum about Bristol and its people, in a former dockside transit shed on Prince's Wharf.
Science centre
We The Curious
Science and arts centre with more than 200 interactive exhibits and a 3D planetarium, on Anchor Road.
Arts centre
Arnolfini
Contemporary arts centre on Narrow Quay, showing exhibitions and performance on the harbourside since 1961.
Square
Millennium Square
Pedestrian square about 55 by 40 metres beside We The Curious, built in the late 1990s and used for events.
Bridge
Pero's Bridge
Pedestrian bascule bridge linking Millennium Square and Queen Square, named after Pero Jones, an enslaved man who lived in Bristol.
Aquarium
Bristol Aquarium
Aquarium on Anchor Road with animal talks and feeds; its website says it opens daily except Christmas Day.
Cinema and café
Watershed
Cultural cinema, café and bar in former harbourside transit sheds, opened in 1982 as the UK's first dedicated media centre.
Georgian square
Queen Square
Georgian square of 2.4 hectares, restored in 1999 to roughly its 1817 layout after traffic was removed.
Bridge
Prince Street Bridge
Grade II listed iron swing bridge of 1879 between the Arnolfini and M Shed, worked by water hydraulic power.
Theatre
Bristol Hippodrome
Theatre with 1,951 seats on three levels, showing touring West End productions, opera and an annual pantomime.
Music venue on a ship
Thekla
Former cargo ship moored at The Grove, now a music venue and club night space with a regularly changing programme.
Bristol
More areas to explore
13 sights · 19 places to eat
Old City, King Street & Park Street
Medieval streets, Georgian houses and museums from Corn Street up Park Street
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12 sights · 15 places to eat
Clifton & the Suspension Bridge
Georgian terraces, the Downs and Brunel's bridge above the Avon Gorge
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12 sights · 18 places to eat
Stokes Croft, St Pauls & Montpelier
Street art, independent venues and Georgian squares north of the centre
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- Harbourside & Millennium Square (area photo): Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- SS Great Britain: Hugh Llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- M Shed: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- We The Curious: Immanuel Giel, Public domain, source
- Arnolfini: Neil Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Millennium Square: Simon Cobb, CC0, source
- Pero's Bridge: The original uploader was Rodw at English Wikipedia., Public domain, source
- Bristol Aquarium: neopeo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Watershed: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Queen Square: William Avery, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Prince Street Bridge: Neil Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bristol Hippodrome: Rodw at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Thekla: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Old City, King Street & Park Street: Hyspaosines, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Clifton & the Suspension Bridge: Anthony O'Neil, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Stokes Croft, St Pauls & Montpelier: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Redcliffe, Temple Meads & Bedminster: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Avon Gorge, Leigh Woods & Ashton Court: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Whiteladies Road & Redland: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Gloucester Road & Bishopston: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits