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Cathedral
Bristol Cathedral
Grade I listed cathedral on College Green, founded as an abbey in 1140 and made a cathedral in 1542.
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Old City, King Street & Park Street: things to do
Places worth your time in Old City, King Street & Park Street
Top places
Things to do in Old City, King Street & Park Street
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Theatre
Bristol Old Vic
Theatre Royal on King Street, home of Bristol Old Vic, which calls itself the oldest continuously working theatre in the English-speaking world.
Historic pub
Llandoger Trow
Pub dating from 1664 on King Street, Grade II* listed and said to have inspired the Admiral Benbow Inn in Treasure Island.
Market
St Nicholas Market
Market in the Grade I listed Exchange on Corn Street, built in 1741 to 1743 by John Wood the Elder.
Church
St John on the Wall
Narrow 14th-century church with its tower over St John's Gate, the last surviving city gateway, in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Museum
Red Lodge Museum
Free museum in a historic house on Park Row, from 16th-century party house to Victorian reform school for girls.
Museum
Georgian House Museum
Free museum in a house built around 1790 for a sugar merchant and plantation owner, with eleven rooms on four floors.
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Museum
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Free museum on Queens Road with collections of art, nature and history, about 0.8 km from the city centre.
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University landmark
Wills Memorial Building
Neo-Gothic University of Bristol building at the top of Park Street, begun in 1915 and opened in 1925.
Tower and park
Cabot Tower
Grade II listed tower on Brandon Hill, built in the 1890s for the 400th anniversary of John Cabot's voyage from Bristol.
Concert hall
Bristol Beacon
Concert hall on Colston Street, formerly Colston Hall, which first opened as a concert venue in 1867.
Public space
College Green
Public open space of 1.1 hectares between Bristol Cathedral and the council building, shaped like a segment of a circle.
Park
Castle Park
City-centre park opened in 1978 on the site of Bristol's former main shopping district, beside the Floating Harbour.
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More areas to explore
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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12 sights · 21 places to eat
Redcliffe, Temple Meads & Bedminster
Brunel's station, a great parish church and the murals of Bedminster
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- Old City, King Street & Park Street (area photo): Hyspaosines, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bristol Cathedral: Adrian Pingstone., Public domain, source
- Bristol Old Vic: Rodw, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Llandoger Trow: Photographed by Adrian Pingstone, Public domain, source
- St Nicholas Market: Anthony O'Neil, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- St John on the Wall: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Red Lodge Museum: Rodw at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Georgian House Museum: Heather Cowper from Bristol, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bristol Museum & Art Gallery: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Wills Memorial Building: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cabot Tower: Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez (Qoan), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bristol Beacon: Anthony O'Neil, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- College Green: Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Castle Park: Adrian Pingstone, Public domain, 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
- Harbourside & Millennium Square: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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