Rainy day things to do in Bristol
It rains in Bristol. The city is extremely good at it anyway — free museums, covered markets, cellar bars, and a tour that runs in all weather.
Drinking well in Bristol
Guides to the city's beer — the breweries worth the walk, what to do either side of a tour, and how to spend a proper day out in Bristol.
Bristol cider guide
Bristol is a beer city built on the edge of cider country. The famous pubs, the farmhouse tradition, and why the two scenes belong in the same afternoon.
Christmas party ideas in Bristol
The good December dates go to whoever books in September. Party ideas for offices and friend groups — and the Secret Santa answer that never expires.
Team building ideas in Bristol
The test of a team activity is whether anyone invents a dentist appointment to avoid it. Bristol ideas that pass — including one with a boat.
Birthday ideas in Bristol
The right birthday plan depends entirely on how many of you there are. Bristol ideas for four people, for twelve, and for the full thirty.
Date ideas in Bristol
Dinner and a film is fine. Bristol can do considerably better. Date ideas by vibe — and the case for a beer tour as the date that plans itself.
Bristol beer gardens
Bristol drinks outside at the first hint of sun. Where to join in — on the harbour, in the centre and south of the river — and the honest truth about autumn.
Harbourside bars, by stretch
Bristol's harbour is a two-mile drinking route if you read it right. Here's where to stop on each stretch — and why the best view of all is from the water.
Bristol's historic pubs
Pirates, castaways, abolitionists and a door with a grisly legend. Bristol's oldest pubs carry better stories than most museums — here's where to drink them.
King Street, pub by pub
One cobbled 17th-century street, half a dozen serious drinking stops. The best short pub walk in Bristol, taken in order.
Visiting Left Handed Giant
One brewery, two homes: a production site in St Philips and the easiest place in central Bristol to drink beer beside the kit that made it.
Visiting Lost and Grounded
The Bristol brewery that chose the slow lane: proper lager, Belgian-influenced beers, and a Keller Pils half the country has drunk without knowing where it came from.
Visiting Arbor Ales
Brewing in Bristol since 2007, with a back catalogue most breweries would take a century to build. The elder statesmen of the city's craft scene.
Visiting Moor Beer
Moor is the brewery our tour walks straight into. Here's why it's worth seeing from the tank side of the bar.
Visiting Wiper and True
Bristol's most meticulous brewery, and a taproom that has become a destination in its own right. What to know before you go.
A guide to the Floating Harbour
Bristol brewed because Bristol was a port. Here's the water that made the city, and how to spend a day on it.
Stag & hen dos that aren't pub crawls
The problem with most stag and hen itineraries is that they only work for half the group. Here's the daytime fix.
Beer experience days in Bristol
Experience-day websites sell a lot of beer vouchers. Here's what's worth buying, and the one thing to check before you do.
Things to do in Bristol for adults
Not a soft play in sight. What Bristol offers if you're an adult with a free day and no interest in queueing behind a school trip.
Bristol breweries you can visit
Bristol has more breweries than almost any English city its size. Only some of them let you in. Here's which, and what to expect.
Oktoberfest in Bristol 2026
What's listed in Bristol for 2026, what to expect from a UK Oktoberfest night, and the difference between Märzen and Festbier.
Before & after a brewery tour
A tour is four hours. A Saturday is longer. Here's how to fill the hours either side without wasting them.
The East Bristol Brewery Trail
East Bristol has the densest run of working breweries in the city. Here's how to walk them in one afternoon without arriving at a locked door.
Or let us do the walking
Four hours, three stops, a private harbour boat and every tasting included.