The Lake Grounds area is a beautiful spot to relax. Built around an artificial lake and running alongside the esplanade, this is the town’s main...

Clevedon Court is an outstanding 14th Century manor house in the heart of the North Somerset countryside, surrounded by a beautiful 18th Century terraced garden....

The idea of the Cultural Development Centre is to offer ways for the people of the city and surrounding area to develop their cultural talents...

A Roman villa was a country house, usually the centre of an estate. This one was discovered during the construction of Lawrence Weston housing estate...

Architect Sir John Vanbrugh, famed for the palatial Blenheim and Castle Howard, designed this more compact country house for Sir Edward Southall, Queen Anne’s Secretary...

The University of Bristol Botanic Gardens are located off Durdham Down in one of the most attractive parts of the city. The gardens contains...

The only intact Grade I listed pier in the country was built from scrap metal. Clevedon Pier’s designers, John Grover and Richard Ward, bought 37...

Waterloo House in Clevedon was built in 1829, by a local man, George Somerton, whose family owned it for almost a hundred years. The Grade...

Voted Zoo of the Year 2004 by the Good Britain Guide, Bristol Zoo Gardens has something for everyone from the smallest and rarest tortoise in...

"There’s a breathless hush in the close tonight." Poet Sir Henry Newbolt’s memorable line recalls his schooldays at Clifton College. Opened in 1862 in emulation...

These enchanting cottages around a green were built c.1811 for retired employees of John Scandrett Harford, who owned Blaise Castle House. Each of the nine...

The 650-acre Blaise Castle Estate has been a public pleasure-ground since it was bought by Bristol Council. Paths wind along wooded slopes and beside brooks....

This boldly modern Roman Catholic Cathedral was consecrated in 1973. Commissioned from the Percy Thomas Partnership just as the Second Vatican Council was meeting, the...

This railway gives local people and visitors to the area the chance to experience the great experience of a traditional and historic funicular railway....

Two miles from Bristol city centre is this historic country house and park. Once the home of a family of wealthy Bristol merchants, it is...