Guided Walking Tour of Bristol Old City and Harbour
Description
Walking around a city, whilst listening to a tour guide, is a perfect form of exercise. 1000 years of Trade and Industry made Bristol the UK’s second city. See the Cathedral, Banksy’s, Harbour, Docks, Georgian Square, Old Vic, ‘Bridge’, Castle site, Old City, corn exchange, markets, Guilds, Street Art, and Sugar House. We take a maximum of six people on our walk. Enjoy a 2-hour guided walk, circa 12,000 steps and 3-4 miles long, listening to interesting facts, colourful characters, history and anecdotes on the way. Each person has an audio receiver so they can here the guide above all the city noise. Join your guide, who having moved to Bristol in 1980, attended Bristol Poly (UWE), has lived, played rugby, worked off and on in the city for 40 years. He is continually researching the city as a hobby and wants to give something back to the place he adores. The style is interactive, flexible, light-hearted and personal. Nature breaks are limited, so please plan ahead.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Admire the Cathedral, Well Hung Lover, St Marks, Council House, Park Street and other Buildings
View Oporto Quay, Limekiln Dock, Cranes and Shipping
Walk to the Medieval trench, over Pero's Bridge to Arnofini.
Over the Bridge, see the M Shed, Matthew, Container Village, and the Old Prison Ruins
See the Old Mill Pond, Guinea Street, A House Through Time, Slave Captains Houses, Redcliffe Church,
Work around the docks to King Williams Statue, American Consulate, Spy Glass Inn from Treasure Island
See the Old Vic, King Street and Welsh Back.
View the origination of Bristol as a Saxon Settlement, Castle Park, enter the Old City, see Churches, Law Courts, Merchants Trading Haunts,Corn Exchange, Nails & Guilds meeting places
Walk through the one of the Old City Gate remaining, view the Conduit and Street Art.
Closton's Statue, Cenotaph, and end at the Marriott where we started
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Wear comfortable shoes, bring water and wear clothing suitable for weather conditions on the day.
Reviews(167)
We were a group of 20. Mike’s knowledge of Bristol past and present - in older terms is encyclopaedic and in today’s terms out googles google! He is not only knowledgable but good humoured and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Of course the SS Great Britain was a fascinating conclusion. We had such a good time we booked his other tour. Highly recommend
awesome tour managed by Owen who was so knowledgeable of the city history and must-see spots, we really enjoyed our time with him and highly recommend this tour
We arranged a group tour for our company's Annual Conference. The whole experience was fantastic. They arranged the tour as bespoke for us, at a very reasonable rate. The tour guide (Mike) had such a wonderful depth of knowledge - he brought the whole experience to life in such an engaging way. I thoroughly recommend this tour
Lovely guy with a great manner. I was very impressed with his sensitive coverage of some difficult subject matter (slavery, graffiti). Fascinating tour and despite being relatively local I saw and learned loads that was completely new to me.
Many thanks for the kind review. Regards
Mike does love Bristol and will go an extra mile and extra time to show you many interesting places and explain how they were intertwined with rich history of Bristol. Special thanks for the recommendation to visit Clifton Bridge area.
Hi, I am glad you enjoyed the tour. It was fun taking you guys around
We had a wonderful history and overview of the central area and harbor in Bristol. Our guide was friendly, knowledgeable and provided the perfect narrative to our walk.
Hi, Many thanks for the kind review. I hope you enjoy the rest of your trip. MIke
Great tour, very well organised and full of interesting details about the city of Bristol, its history and legendary characters related to the city. I really enjoyed the tour and think that Mike did a really good job!
Hi, Many thanks for the kind review. Travel home safely. Regards Mike
A very very8 good walking tour ,Mike definately knows his history about Bristiol. The walking tour took us to lots of places both historical and artistic. Well worth the time and money.
Hi, Many thanks for the review. I hope the rest of your holiday goes well. Mike
We joined a walking tour of Bristol harbour, which was lead by Izambard Brunel (look alike) in July 2024. The walk was mostly level and consisted of approximately 3.5 miles, and around 2 hours long. Joe was our lead, and was dressed appropriately in a Brunel suit and top hat. Joe was very enthusiastic and knowledgable about Brunels achievements including his design of The Clifton suspension bridge, and contribution to design of SS Great Britain and general development of Bristol Harbour. Joe was responsive to questions and made the tour very interesting and smooth. A pleasant and helpful lady was assisting Joe on the tour and together they made the tour interesting, informative and safe. Highly recommended if you are interested in Bristols history, or Brunels contribution to its development.
Hi, I think this is for another tour. Great review for them though. I took you around later maybe. Mike
Superb walking tour around Bristol Old City & Harbour. Guide is informative, humorous and very engaging. The walk was perfectly paced.
Many thanks for the review. I enjoyed taking you guys around. I am glad you enjoyed it. Kind Regards Mike
