Bristol Things to Do Tips by coceng

Enjoying The Sights... The Old Town Review

I kept on walking, enjoying the sights of the buildings that I saw around Bristol...The houses, restaurants, pubs all have some ole-world charm about them.
Here's a photo that I took of a restaurant/pub along my walk around Bristol.
The name of the building is Llandoger Tow & it has been around since 1664 !
It may have provided the inspiration for Admiral Benbow in Treasure Island !

Address: King Street...

Phone: 926 0783

Enjoying The Sights... The Old Town Review

Another sight of a building that I saw in Bristol. Could be a house & I don't mind living there...Bristol is not a busy town at all but many people told me that Bristol will shine through & through when the sun set in on the horizon !
Too bad that I didn't wait that long...

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The Floating Harbour... The Floating Harbour Review

Next, I would continue exploring Bristol a bit further...Walked over The Redcliffe Bridge & stumbled myself upon The Floating Harbour.
I could see some small ships & buildings by the side of Avon River...
By the end of the 18th Century, an urgent remedy was required or Bristol's trade would suffer. So, in 1803, the river was dammed in two places - at Cumberland Basin and near Temple Meads. This formed a Floating Harbour, a section of river that was maintained at a more or less constant water level, allowing ships to permanently float without risk of grounding on the muddy bottom. The remainder of the river flowed into the New Cut.

William III Statue... The Old Town Review

Then, I came to a square called Queen Square.
There, stands a statue : The Equestrian Statue of King William III; Which dated from 1730 by Rysbrack.
This statue was damaged during WW II, so it was removed to Badminton Park but was repaired & moved back to The Queen Square in 1948...

The Floating Harbour... The Floating Harbour Review

Another view of The Floating Harbour...
The sun was shining brightly, what a mighty fine weather. Stopping for a while on the bridge, enjoying the sights around me...Felling good !

St. Mary Redcliffe Church... St Mary Redcliffe Review

Holding the map from my guidebook, I wanted to see some great sights around Bristol right away as I would have around 2 hours or so before I had to reach Cheltenham in THE COTSWOLDS !
I walked towards the tower of ST. MARY REDCLIFFE CHURCH as you can see in the left photo...

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St. Mary Redcliffe Church... St Mary Redcliffe Review

I didn't go inside The St. Mary Redcliffe Church, enough for me to marvel at the outer porch & the inner porch as you can see from my photos in the previous page.
Here's the tower of the church again, this time taken from The South Porch...

St. Mary Redcliffe Church... St Mary Redcliffe Review

St. Mary Redcliffe Church was described as 'the fairest, the goodliest & most famous Parish church in England' by Queen Elizabeth I in 1574...

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Then, the roof of the inner porch ! It was so beautiful !

St. Mary Redcliffe Church... St Mary Redcliffe Review

St. Mary Redcliffe Church was described as 'the fairest, the goodliest & most famous Parish church in England' by Queen Elizabeth I in 1574...

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Still in the inner porch, I glanced to the wall...adorned with stained-glass windows.

St. Mary Redcliffe Church... St Mary Redcliffe Review

St. Mary Redcliffe Church was described as 'the fairest, the goodliest & most famous Parish church in England' by Queen Elizabeth I in 1574...

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Well now, using my digital camera, I took a photo of the 13th century inner porch...