Attractions in Bristol

Arnolfini

Contemporary arts center on Narrow Quay, showing exhibitions and performance on the harbourside since 1961.

• Harbourside & Millennium Square, Bristol

Arnos Vale Cemetery

Victorian garden cemetery established in 1837, with most of its area Grade II* listed as a registered park and garden.

• Redcliffe, Temple Meads & Bedminster, Bristol

Ashton Court Estate

Country park of 850 acres of woodland and grassland, mainly in North Somerset but owned by the City of Bristol.

• Avon Gorge, Leigh Woods & Ashton Court, Bristol

Ashton Court Mansion

Grade I listed mansion and stables on a manor house site dating from the 11th century, owned by the Smyth family until the 20th.

• Avon Gorge, Leigh Woods & Ashton Court, Bristol

Ashton Court Miniature Railway

Miniature railway run by the Bristol Society of Model and Experimental Engineers, founded in 1909.

• Avon Gorge, Leigh Woods & Ashton Court, Bristol

Ashton Gate Stadium

Stadium south of the Avon, home to Bristol City soccer club and Bristol Bears rugby, with 26,462 seats.

• Redcliffe, Temple Meads & Bedminster, Bristol

Avon Gorge

Limestone gorge 1.5 miles long, running south to north west of the city center, with Clifton on the east side.

• Avon Gorge, Leigh Woods & Ashton Court, Bristol

Bathurst Basin

Small triangular basin off the Floating Harbour, built on the site of an old mill pond and named after an MP.

• Redcliffe, Temple Meads & Bedminster, Bristol

Bristol Aquarium

Aquarium on Anchor Road with animal talks and feeds; its website says it opens daily except Christmas Day.

• Harbourside & Millennium Square, Bristol

Bristol Cathedral

Grade I listed cathedral on College Green, founded as an abbey in 1140 and made a cathedral in 1542.

• Old City, King Street & Park Street, Bristol

Bristol Lido

Grade II* listed outdoor pool opened in 1850 and restored in 2008, now with a restaurant, rooms and poolside bar.

• Clifton & the Suspension Bridge, Bristol

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

Entry: according to the venue’s own page, read Oct 25, 2026. Special exhibitions and events may be charged. Source

• Old City, King Street & Park Street, Bristol

Bristol North Baths

Grade II listed baths of 1915 on Gloucester Road, closed in 2005. View from the street only; it awaits redevelopment.

• Gloucester Road & Bishopston, Bristol

Butterfly Junction

Scrubland on an old industrial site beside the New Cut, valued as habitat by the Friends of the Avon New Cut.

• Avon Gorge, Leigh Woods & Ashton Court, Bristol

Cabot Tower

Grade II listed tower on Brandon Hill, built in the 1890s for the 400th anniversary of John Cabot's voyage from Bristol.

• Old City, King Street & Park Street, Bristol

Castle Park

City-center park opened in 1978 on the site of Bristol's former main shopping district, beside the Floating Harbour.

• Old City, King Street & Park Street, Bristol

Christ Church Clifton

Grade II* listed Church of England parish church built in 1841, with a steeple added in 1859.

• Clifton & the Suspension Bridge, Bristol

City Road Baptist Church

Italianate Baptist church of 1861 on Upper York Street, Grade II listed; Charles Spurgeon preached at its opening.

• Stokes Croft, St Pauls & Montpelier, Bristol

Clifton Cathedral

Roman Catholic cathedral of Bristol, Grade II* listed, the first cathedral built under guidelines that followed the Second Vatican Council.

• Clifton & the Suspension Bridge, Bristol

Clifton Down

Open space north of Clifton village that, with Durdham Down, forms the Downs, used for walking and team sports.

• Clifton & the Suspension Bridge, Bristol

Clifton Down Camp

Remains of an Iron Age hillfort on Clifton Down near the Observatory, one of three overlooking the Avon Gorge.

• Clifton & the Suspension Bridge, Bristol

Clifton Observatory

Former windmill and snuff mill on Clifton Down, converted into an observatory with a camera obscura and Giant's Cave.

• Clifton & the Suspension Bridge, Bristol

Clifton Suspension Bridge

Grade I listed suspension bridge over the Avon Gorge, opened in 1864. The bridge trust says pedestrians and cyclists cross free.

• Clifton & the Suspension Bridge, Bristol

Clifton Suspension Bridge Visitor Centre

Free visitor center on the Leigh Woods side of the bridge, with displays on how it was built and is maintained.

• Avon Gorge, Leigh Woods & Ashton Court, Bristol

College Green

Public open space of 1.1 hectares between Bristol Cathedral and the council building, shaped like a segment of a circle.

• Old City, King Street & Park Street, Bristol

Cotham Church

Gothic Revival church of 1842 to 1843, the first commission of the architect William Butterfield.

• Whiteladies Road & Redland, Bristol

Cotham Gardens

Small Victorian park off Redland Grove, with a play area for under-12s.

• Whiteladies Road & Redland, Bristol

Cumberland Basin

Main entrance to Bristol's docks, separating Hotwells from Spike Island, built in the early 19th century.

• Avon Gorge, Leigh Woods & Ashton Court, Bristol

Dowry Square

Square and green space in Hotwells laid out in 1727, with many Grade II and II* listed houses.

• Avon Gorge, Leigh Woods & Ashton Court, Bristol

Eastville Park

Victorian park bought from the Smyth family of Ashton Court in 1889, with a lake and tennis courts.

• Gloucester Road & Bishopston, Bristol

Georgian House Museum

Free museum in a house built around 1790 for a sugar merchant and plantation owner, with eleven rooms on four floors.

Entry: according to the venue’s own page, read Oct 25, 2026. Special exhibitions and events may be charged. Source

• Old City, King Street & Park Street, Bristol

Gloucester Road

Road of about 1.7 miles on the old route to Gloucester, known for its run of independent shops, cafés and bars.

• Gloucester Road & Bishopston, Bristol

Hope Chapel

Grade II listed chapel in Hotwells, founded after Lady Hope and Lady Glenorchy visited the Georgian spa resort in 1784.

• Clifton & the Suspension Bridge, Bristol

Horfield Common

Open space of about 32 hectares in north Bristol, with a community café, a wildlife pond and marked routes.

• Gloucester Road & Bishopston, Bristol

Leigh Woods

Woodland of about 2 square kilometers on the south-west side of the gorge, in North Somerset, looked after by the National Trust.

• Avon Gorge, Leigh Woods & Ashton Court, Bristol

M Shed

Free museum about Bristol and its people, in a former dockside transit shed on Prince's Wharf.

Entry: according to the venue’s own page, read Oct 25, 2026. Special exhibitions and events may be charged. Source

• Harbourside & Millennium Square, Bristol

Mall Gardens

Small public garden on The Mall in Clifton Village.

• Clifton & the Suspension Bridge, Bristol

Millennium Square

Pedestrian square about 55 by 131 feet (40 meters) beside We The Curious, built in the late 1990s and used for events.

• Harbourside & Millennium Square, Bristol

Old City Gaol

Remains of the New Jail on Spike Island, which held prisoners from 1820 until it closed in 1883.

• Redcliffe, Temple Meads & Bedminster, Bristol

Pero's Bridge

• Harbourside & Millennium Square, Bristol

Portland Square

Grade I listed Georgian square in St Pauls, laid out in the early 18th century as one of Bristol's first suburbs.

• Stokes Croft, St Pauls & Montpelier, Bristol

Prince Street Bridge

Grade II listed iron swing bridge of 1879 between the Arnolfini and M Shed, worked by water hydraulic power.

• Harbourside & Millennium Square, Bristol

Queen Square

Georgian square of 2.4 hectares, restored in 1999 to roughly its 1817 layout after traffic was removed.

• Harbourside & Millennium Square, Bristol

Red Lodge Museum

Free museum in a historic house on Park Row, from 16th-century party house to Victorian reform school for girls.

Entry: according to the venue’s own page, read Oct 25, 2026. Special exhibitions and events may be charged. Source

• Old City, King Street & Park Street, Bristol

Redland Green

Local park and grassy common with a playground. It hosts the Redland May Fair each year.

• Whiteladies Road & Redland, Bristol

Redland Parish Church

Georgian church of 1742, built as a private chapel for Redland Court and now a Grade I listed parish church.

• Whiteladies Road & Redland, Bristol

Royal West of England Academy

Bristol's oldest art gallery, in a Grade II* listed building on Queens Road with five galleries.

• Clifton & the Suspension Bridge, Bristol

Royal York Crescent

Residential crescent above Hotwells with a promenade and views over the Floating Harbour and much of the city.

• Clifton & the Suspension Bridge, Bristol

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.

Entry: according to the venue’s own page, read Oct 25, 2026. Special exhibitions and events may be charged. Source

• Harbourside & Millennium Square, Bristol

St Andrews Park

Victorian neighborhood park with a play area and a summer paddling pool.

• Gloucester Road & Bishopston, Bristol

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.

• Old City, King Street & Park Street, Bristol

St Mary Redcliffe

Parish church built between 1185 and 1872, considered one of the largest parish churches in the country.

• Redcliffe, Temple Meads & Bedminster, Bristol

St Nicholas Market

Market in the Grade I listed Exchange on Corn Street, built in 1741 to 1743 by John Wood the Elder.

• Old City, King Street & Park Street, Bristol

St Werburghs City Farm

Community city farm in the heart of Bristol, with animals, a café, a community garden and allotments.

• Gloucester Road & Bishopston, Bristol

Stokeleigh Camp

Iron Age promontory fort in Leigh Woods, one of three fortifications overlooking the Avon Gorge.

• Avon Gorge, Leigh Woods & Ashton Court, Bristol

Temple Church

Ruined church on the site of a Knights Templar round church, gutted by bombing in the Second World War.

• Redcliffe, Temple Meads & Bedminster, Bristol

The Bearpit

Sunken pedestrian circuit beneath the St James Barton roundabout, completed in 1968 and used as a public space.

• Stokes Croft, St Pauls & Montpelier, Bristol

The Carriage Works

Bristol Byzantine building of 1862 by E. W. Godwin on Stokes Croft, regenerated as a mixed-use development in 2022.

• Stokes Croft, St Pauls & Montpelier, Bristol

The Mild Mild West

Banksy mural of a teddy bear facing three riot police, at the junction of Stokes Croft and Jamaica Street.

• Stokes Croft, St Pauls & Montpelier, Bristol

Tyndale Baptist Church

Baptist church on Whiteladies Road, founded in 1867 and rebuilt in 1955 after wartime damage.

• Whiteladies Road & Redland, Bristol