Category: Walks and leisure

Easter trail with Bristol International Student Centre (BISC) – 24 to 28 March

Posted on by lizzie.feltham

Quick info:

  • Type of event: in-person
  • Date: 24 March, 11 am to 28 March, 12 pm
  • Time: anytime (during the period that the trail is active)
  • Location: Clifton
  • Meeting point: n/a
  • Cost: free
  • Booking instructions: register to play!

Wind down for the end of term with BISC’s free Easter trail. Use their map to find 10 checkpoints around Clifton and discover fun facts or bizarre cultural stories as you go. The QR codes will only be up from 24 to 28 March, so get ready! Click here to register and receive the map.

BISC Winter Guided Walk – 22 January to 31 March

Posted on by helen.chadwick

Quick info:

  • Type of event: online
  • Date: 22 January to 31 March
  • Time: 3 pm, tickets valid for 24 hours
  • Location: Bristol’s docks
  • Meeting point: n/a
  • Cost: free
  • Booking instructions: book online
  • Special instructions: start the tour outside BISC at 45 Woodland Rd, Clifton, BS8 1UT, using the online guide

‘Follow the BISC resident guide John Watson on an online guided tour of Bristol’s docks, and discover the history of this area of the city. (more…)

Treasure hunt Bristol – self-guided tour

Posted on by lizzie.feltham

Quick info:

  • Type of event: in-person
  • Date: available year-round
  • Time: n/a
  • Location: locations around Bristol
  • Meeting point: starts from St Peter’s Church, Castle Park, BS1 3XD
  • Cost: £9.99 (for 2 persons, or your household)
  • Booking instructions: book here

Have fun seeing Bristol from a different view point while social distancing – solve satisfying clues and follow beautiful maps sent to your phone. You will spot things other people take for granted and learn interesting facts and stories! (more…)

Visit Bristol’s top 20 spring walks – anytime

Posted on by lizzie.feltham

Quick info:

  • Type of event: in-person
  • Date: anytime
  • Time: n/a
  • Location: locations around Bristol
  • Meeting point: n/a
  • Cost: free
  • Booking instructions: no booking required – check out the list here

Spring has finally sprung! Check out Visit Bristol’s top 20 spring walks and be inspired to visit new places in and around Bristol; be it close to home or somewhere a bit further afield. Bristol is well known for its green spaces and this list includes some locations you may be less familiar with.

Bristol’s best running routes – year round, any time

Posted on by ed14466

Quick info:

  • Type of event: in person
  • Date: daily
  • Time: anytime
  • Location: Multiple locations in Bristol
  • Meeting point: Multiple locations in Bristol
  • Cost: free
  • Booking instructions: no booking required

Bristol Post has compiled some of the best running routes in Bristol so that, even in lockdown, we can get fit, enjoy the scenery, and never even have to leave the city!
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Find Bristol’s Hidden ‘Little Libraries’– year round, any time

Posted on by ed14466

Quick info:

  • Type of event: in person
  • Date: daily
  • Time: anytime
  • Location: Multiple locations around Bristol
  • Meeting point: Multiple locations around Bristol
  • Cost: free
  • Booking instructions: no booking required

Ever come across a “little library” before in Bristol? Take a day to explore the markers on this interactive map, and discover all the little libraries in the corners of the city.
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Stockwood Open Space – year round, any time

Posted on by helen.chadwick

Quick info:

  • Type of event: in person
  • Date: daily
  • Time: anytime
  • Location: Stockwood Nature Reserve, Hungerford Gardens, Stockwood, BS14 8XX
  • Meeting point: main entrances at Stockwood Road/The Coots and Whittock Road – BS14 8JN
  • Cost: free
  • Booking instructions: no booking required

‘Stockwood Open Space is a fascinating blend of old meadows, hedgerows and woodlands on former farmland with panoramic views of south Bristol. (more…)

Troopers Hill Nature Reserve – year round, any time

Posted on by helen.chadwick

Quick info:

  • Type of event: in person
  • Date: daily
  • Time: anytime
  • Location: Friends of Troopers Hill, Troopers Hill Nature Reserve, 3, Corkers Hill, St. George, Bristol, BS5 8DT
  • Meeting point: Troopers Hill Nature Reserve
  • Cost: free
  • Booking instructions: no booking required

‘Visit Troopers Hill Nature Reserve, a 13-time Green Flag Award winner destination right here in Bristol! A hillside that overlooks the beautiful River Avon. (more…)

Eastwood Farm – year round, any time

Posted on by helen.chadwick

Quick info:

  • Type of event: in person
  • Date: daily
  • Time: anytime
  • Location: Eastwood Farm, Wyndham Crescent, Bristol BS4 4SP
  • Meeting point: main entrance Wyndham Crescent, BS4 4SX
  • Cost: free
  • Booking instructions: no booking required

‘Take time out to visit the tranquil riverside reserve at Eastwood Farm. With over 65 acres to roam in, it’s one of the richest wildlife sites in Bristol. (more…)

Badock’s Wood – year round, any time

Posted on by helen.chadwick

Quick info:

  • Type of event: in person
  • Date: daily
  • Time: anytime
  • Location: Badock’s Wood, Entrance, Lakewood Rd, Bristol BS10 5HW
  • Meeting point: Badock’s Wood
  • Cost: free
  • Booking instructions: no booking required

‘Want a break from the noise and bustle of city life? At Badock’s Wood you can find a vast 10-hectares of green space with broad-leaved woodland situated in a limestone valley in the north-west of Bristol. (more…)