Air Raid Shelter + St. Nicholas Market Walking Tour
Description
We are the only tour company with access to Bristol's secret underground Air Raid Shelters! Discover Bristol's subterranean Raid Shelter, explore the historic Old Town and experience the nation's No.1 covered market. Join us for an experience you'll never forget. Our local guides will take you on a unique tour from the height of Bristol's trading past through the swinging 60's to the city's vibrant present. Enjoy privileged access to subterranean passageways, WW11 air raid shelters and rooms which once rocked to the best bands in the world. Once you've been fascinated and amazed, you'll be spoilt for choice with places to eat, drink and pick up the best local gifts to take back as a lasting reminder of your stay in Bristol.
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We've exclusive access to Bristol's most important building and historic area. Enjoy privileged access to subterranean passageways, roof top vistas, WW11 air raid shelters and rooms which once rocked to the best bands in the world. We then finish amongst the best street food in the city in the heart of St.Nicholas Market!
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Not suitable for dogs
Reviews(2,104)
Interesting, atmospheric and engaging. Owen makes the history very present and easy to place yourself in the time. It was very emotive to see the gas masks and hoods for children. Sadly, didn't meet Margaret the ghost but beware of the random fan! St Nics above ground is also a brilliant place to spend some time.
Can’t recommend this highly enough. If you’re a resident of Bristol, or even if you are a visitor, you should definitely do it! You will learn so much about the Blitz, WW2 in Bristol, the wider wartime history of the city and much more besides. The tour starts outside the Corn Exchange and tours the immediate area. You will learn so much about the evolution of this central part of the city, details will be highlighted that you never noticed and some of Bristol’s links to the slave trade are also unpacked. Once inside the shelter, be prepared to experience the stark reality of what sheltering for your life must’ve felt like whilst incendiaries and explosives fell overheard. The guides have collected a remarkable stock of local and national WW2 artefacts and their knowledge knows no bounds. If Duncan is your guide, you are in for a treat and a half! His passion for this topic is unrivalled and it is clear that he has put so much work into the tour. I highly recommend the tour for groups, singles, friends, couples or anyone who wants to learn more.
Great tour experience in Bristol! Wonderful to hear and witness what the city went through all those years ago and how it impacted our beautiful city. Owen was fantastic!
Really glad we did this tour. Our guide’s (Faye) enthusiasm and knowledge of Bristol was outstanding…especially, in the air raid shelter. We had no idea the impact “the blitz” had on this area
Great experience. Would have been a little cheaper if booked direct. Good length of visit. Fay, our guide, was enthusiastic and very knowledgeable.
Our guide Owen was so knowledgeable and friendly, would definitely recommend if you wanted some fun knowledge!
A fascinating tour, with plenty of visuals to help imagine what Bristol was like prior to the Blitz and ultimately after the chaos of the bombing ended. Duncan our tour guide was passionate and knowledgeable- sharing firsthand accounts and historical facts to paint an intricate experience of life during the Blitz, and what waiting it out in an air raid shelter would have actually been like. Really recommend!
We toured the air raid shelters below St Nicholas Market on hot day in Bristol. It was a very informative tour with a great guide, Owen. He is very passionate and involved in this tour/museum work in progress. The group has collected tons of memorabilia and artifacts relating to the blitz bombings of Bristol. The tour shows the human side as well as the historical side of the bombings. Unfortunately for us Margaret stayed quiet for most of the tour. Keep up the good work!
Owen was our WW2 tour guide on the Air Raid Shelter Tour & he was so much fun!! He dressed the part & led the tour brilliantly. We had a really informative tour under The Corn Exchange in Bristol. He answered all our questions & involved the 15-or so people who signed up for the tour. We learnt so much from Owen & the exhibits were really interesting too. We would highly recommend this tour & if you are lucky enough to have Owen, you’ll have a fantastic experience!
Informative. Funny. A shed load of Bristol WWII history
