Plaques of Central Bristol Part 2

Walk preview

Step 1: If you plan to arrive by public transportation, the closest train station to the start of the walk is Bristol Temple Meads. Multiple buses stop in this area.

Step 2: Brown’s restaurant with its Bristol Byzantine facade was formerly the City Museum, then the University Refectory.

Step 3: Continue along Queens Road. Many skirmishes were fought along this road during the Civil War.

Step 4: The next building on your right is the Museum and Art Gallery. Can you find the plaque dedicated to Colonel Henry Washington?

Step 5: Designed by Sir G. H. Oatley, in 1912. The Wills building & this tower were not completed until 1925, due to the outbreak of WW1.

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Clifton Squares Part 2
Clifton, Bristol
- 35 minutes / 1.5km
- 43
This walk is the shorter 2nd part of Clifton Squares walk, or it can be done as a stand alone walk. It includes some historical information.
The Changes Bristol Tower Tour
College Green, Bristol
- 1hr 30m / 0.9km
- 33
A lovely stroll through in the park by Brandon Tower. Lovely views, mostly paved. Some steps down from the tower.
Plaques of Central Bristol Part 1
Kingsdown & central Bristol
- 1hr 30m / 2.4km
- 57
A short but steep history walk taking in the blue plaques near the city centre.
Bristol Bus Boycott
Broadmead, Bristol
- 2hr 30m / 4.3km
- 58
A must walk around iconic Bristol sights to learn about the civil rights movement that changed the course of history in the UK.
A Tour of Bristol Harbourside
City of Bristol
- 1hr 10m / 4.6km
- 183
A walk around Bristol’s famous Floating Harbour.
Clifton Explorer
Clifton, Bristol
- 1hr 20m / 6.5km
- 133
A circular stroll through Clifton featuring the Botanic Gardens, Clifton Down and views of the Avon Gorge.