Author: at17979

Quick info:

• Type of event: online
• Date:  17 November 2020 – 1 January 2021
• Time: 3:30 pm, tickets valid for 24 hours
• Location: Bristol and Harbourside 
• 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

‘Join BISC’s John Watson on a site to site walking tour of Bristol’s historical centre. An amazing opportunity to learn more about your new ‘home away from home’. As this is an online event, you can watch the video in your own time and at your own pace. Make sure that when you reach each checkpoint, you resume the video and discover the history of that site!’

Quick info:

• Type of event: in person 
• Date:  on demand
• Time: 8 am – 5:15 pm
• Location: Ashton Court Estate 
• Meeting point: Ashton Court Estate 
• Cost: free (entry cost for some parts of the estate)
• Booking instructions: no booking required
• Catch the 71, X3 or X4 from C7 on St Augustine’s Parade, 10 minute walk

‘The Ashton Court Estate was once the gracious home of the Smyth family, and is now a historic park just 10 minutes from the centre of Bristol. It covers 850 acres of woods and grasslands in total, designed by Humphry Repton. (more…)

Quick info:

• Type of event: in person 
• Date:  every day execpt 25, 26 December and 1 January 
• Time: 8 am – 5:15 pm
• Location: Cabot Tower and Brandon Hill
• Meeting point: Cabot Tower and Brandon Hill
• Cost: free
• Booking instructions: no booking required

‘Cabot Tower, set in the gorgeous parkland of Brandon Hill near Park Street in the West End, is a 105ft tower built in 1897 to commemorate John Cabot’s famous voyage from Bristol and the continent of North America four hundred years earlier. (more…)

Quick info:

• Type of event: in person
• Date: Monday – Saturday, excluding bank holidays 
• Time: 9:30 am – 4 pm
• Location: Arnos Vale Cemetery, West Lodge, Bath Road, Bristol, BS4 3EW
• Meeting point: n/a
• Cost: free
• Booking instructions: no booking required
• Catch the X39 or 349 from St Augustine’s Parade, 5 minute walk

‘Want some peace and tranquillity in a bustling city? Visit Arnos Vale Cemetery and experience a leafy 45-acre Arcadian landscape filled with varieties of flora & fauna, rustic buildings, historic monuments, and sweeping carriage drives. It also houses a café, which specializes in handcrafted food, so you can always grab a snack if you are hungry!’

Quick info:

• Type of event: in person
• Date: year round 
• Time: December – February 9 am – 4 pm
• Location: Forestry Commission, Tetbury, Gloucestershire GL8 8QS
• Meeting point: Westonbirt, The National Arboretum
• Cost: £7/£11
• Booking instructions: book online

‘Experience the beauty of 3,000 different species of trees and 15,000 individual specimens in a 600-acre arboretum at Westonbirt. In this destination, you may bump into sculptures from the famous book, “The Gruffalo”. (more…)

Quick info:

• Type of event: in person 
• Date: all year round
• Time: anytime
• Location: Flax Bourton Rd, Failand, Bristol BS8 3UW
• Meeting point: Ashton Hill Plantation 
• Cost: free
• Booking instructions: no booking required

‘If you enjoy beautiful landscapes and a refreshing walk, then Ashton Hill is the perfect destination for you to visit. A vast 148 acres of mixed woodland, which also includes a magnificent stand of Californian Redwoods (Sequoia). A fun fact: Many of the larger trees in Ashton Hill date back to the 19^th century!’

Quick info:

• Type of event: in person 
• Date: year round 
• Time: anytime
• Location: Badock’s Wood, 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…)

Quick info:

• Type of event: in person
• Date: year round 
• Time: anytime
• Location: Eastwood Farm, Wyndham Crescent, Bristol BS4 4SP
• Meeting point: main entrance Wyndham Crescent BS4 4SX
• Cost: free
• Booking instructions: n/a
• Special instructions: bus no.1 route from City Centre to Broomhill – last stop, entrance from Whitmore Avenue

‘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. The range of habitats to be found at Eastwood Farm is as diverse as the plant and animal communities they support. (more…)

Quick info:

• Type of event: in person 
• Date: year round 
• Time: anytime
• Location: Oldbury Court and Snuff Mills
• Meeting point: Oldbury Court and Snuff Mills
• Cost: free
• Special instructions: no booking required

‘Oldbury Court is a beautiful and diverse estate, combining woodland and riverside paths with historic parkland and excellent children’s play facilities. Only three miles from Bristol city centre, the estate is a great place to visit for your family or social bubble, featuring big green spaces and picnic areas, and is popular with walkers for its varied landscape and panoramic views.’

Quick info:

• Type of event: in person 
• Date: year round 
• Time: anytime 
• Location: Stockwood Nature Reserve Hungerford Gardens, Stockwood, BS148XX
• Meeting point: main entrances at Stockwood Rd/The Coots and Whittock Rd, BS148JN 
• Cost: free
• Booking instructions: n/a

‘Stockwood Open Space is a fascinating blend of old meadows, hedgerows and woodlands on former farmland with panoramic views of south Bristol. The many things to do and see include the ‘Open Space’ itself – the protected hillside and meadows that stretch down to Brislington. (more…)