SS Great Britain
Museum · Brunel's iron steamship, the first of her kind to cross the Atlantic, in a dry dock on the Bristol harbourside.
Bristol
A bold harbour city where Georgian terraces, street art, and tall ships create an endlessly surprising historic port.
From King's Cross St Pancras: 2 h 13 min by train · 2 h 55 min by car
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Time there: 12.5–21.5 h to see all 11 places
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Must-see places
Clifton Suspension Bridge
Landmark · A Victorian suspension bridge about 75 metres above the Avon Gorge, and Bristol's best-known landmark.
Bristol Cathedral
Church · A medieval cathedral on College Green with a rare hall-church choir and a celebrated Norman chapter house.
Tyntesfield
Historic house · A Victorian Gothic Revival country house in Somerset, built on Peruvian guano money and now run by the National Trust.
Clifton Village
Old streets · A hilltop district of Georgian terraces and small shops above the Avon Gorge, a short walk from the suspension bridge.
St Mary Redcliffe
Church · A Grade I listed parish church with a spire 84 metres high, praised as one of the finest in England.
Ashton Court Estate
Garden · An 850-acre park of woods and grassland on the edge of Bristol, with a Grade I listed mansion at its centre.
Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
Museum · A free Edwardian museum of Egyptian mummies, natural history and art, where Banksy staged a famous show in 2009.
Clifton Observatory
Viewpoint · A former windmill on the edge of the Avon Gorge with a camera obscura and a tunnel to a cliff-face cave.
St Nicholas Market
Market · A covered market in a Georgian exchange building, with a glass-roofed arcade of independent stalls and world food.
Bristol Harbourside
Waterfront · The Floating Harbour, a former dockland now lined with museums, galleries and ferries beside historic ships.
Quick facts
Clifton Suspension Bridge hangs about 75 metres above the Avon Gorge, and the clifftop paths beside it give Bristol's best-known view.
Brunel's SS Great Britain, the first iron steamer to cross the Atlantic, sits in her original dry dock on the harbourside, and you can walk beneath her hull.
Banksy's street art is part of the city, with The Mild Mild West mural above Stokes Croft and the Well Hung Lover stencil near College Green.
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