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Mercure Brigstow Bristol

Welsh Back, Bristol, City of Bristol BS1 4SP

Located on the beautiful waterside in the city centre, this modern hotel will accommodate all requirements, offering well designed contemporary rooms, with best attractions at your doorstep. Prepayment is required at the moment of booking, this does...

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Attractions near Mercure Brigstow Bristol

A selection of attractions close to Mercure Brigstow Bristol:

Theatre Royal (< 1 Mile)

Bristol has long been at the forefront of provincial theatre. Support for drama in the city encouraged the building of the Theatre Royal in 1764-6....

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The Commercial Rooms (< 1 Mile)

The merchants of late Georgian Bristol wanted somewhere exclusive to meet. So they built themselves this elegant club in 1810. Impressed by the Lyceum at...

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Castle Park (< 1 Mile)

From the ashes of disaster sprang this green lung for the city centre. Once a great Norman castle stood here and a quarter of the...

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Christ Church (< 1 Mile)

The Quarter Jacks of Christ Church still ring out the quarter hour. Carved in 1728, the Jacks were made for the medieval church of Holy...

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Church of St. John the Baptist (< 1 Mile)

This unusual church was built into the old town wall, with its tower over the north gate. Chapels over town gates were not uncommon. But...

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St. John’s Gate (< 1 Mile)

This is the one remaining city gate of Bristol. It was rebuilt by Bristol merchant Walter Frampton around 1380 along with the church of St...

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Church of All Saints (< 1 Mile)

This old church is a patchwork of styles. It has Norman pillars at the west end, while the east end is 15th-century. The most striking...

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Christmas Steps (< 1 Mile)

This quaint corner of Bristol is like a time capsule. Climbing the steps you pass reminders of every age from medieval to modern. The lampposts...

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St. John’s Conduit (< 1 Mile)

Medieval Bristol was well-supplied with fresh water, piped from springs on nearby hills to public conduits dotted about the city. Water still gushes from a...

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Temple Church and Gardens (< 1 Mile)

Temple Church was founded c.1147 by Robert of Gloucester, the powerful illegitimate son of Henry I, who held Bristol Castle and great estates in the...

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Queen Victoria Statue (< 1 Mile)

Bristol Corporation commissioned this marble statue to mark Victoria’s Jubilee in 1887. The artist selected was Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, sculptor to the queen, who...

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Rajah Rammohun Roy (< 1 Mile)

Here stands a man far ahead of his time. Born in Bengal in 1772 to a Brahmin family, Roy became a scholar and reformer. He...

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Millenium Square (< 1 Mile)

William Tyndale sits on a bench, translating the New Testament. We expect to see statues commemorating local worthies in our city centres, but Bristol’s latest...

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Pero’s Bridge (< 1 Mile)

This innovative footbridge opened in 1999 to link the waterfront leisure facilities on either side of St Augustine’s Reach. In an unusual collaboration, Irish artist...

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John Foster’s Almshouse (< 1 Mile)

Salt merchant John Foster founded this almshouse when he was Mayor of Bristol in 1481. It has been rebuilt several times. Oddly enough the present...

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St. Mary-le-Port (< 1 Mile)

Only ruins remain of this old church. The Blitz destroyed all but its tower. The crumbling fragments of the rest were left on view as...

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St. Peter’s Chuch (< 1 Mile)

Castle Park is dominated by the ruined shell of St. Peter’s. It was among the Bristol churches gutted by bombs in the Blitz. Sadly it...

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Edward Everard’s Printing Works (< 1 Mile)

This remarkable Art Nouveau façade was designed in 1900 for the printing works of Edward Everard. Either side are Johann Gutenberg, father of printing, and...

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Tailor’s Hall (< 1 Mile)

This fine door hood has the coat of arms of the Merchant Tailors Guild. It protects the entrance to their one time guild hall, built...

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John Cabot (< 1 Mile)

Cabot gazes out on the Floating Harbour. It was from Bristol that he set sail in 1497 for the New World. The Italian-born mariner was...

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Floating Harbour (< 1 Mile)

Bristol grew wealthy on trade through its harbour. Yet for centuries strong tides left vessels half buried in mud at low water. The problem was...

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The Arcade (< 1 Mile)

Shopping malls are nothing new. It all began with the first shopping arcade in late eighteenth-century Paris. A covered pedestrian alley provided comfortable, stylish and...

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St. James’s Garden (< 1 Mile)

The large churchyard of St James’s Priory became a public garden in 1882. A stone cross with a drinking fountain was donated, which has now...

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The Exchange (< 1 Mile)

The Exchange is considered the finest Georgian building in Bristol. It was the work of Bath architect John Wood the Elder and opened in 1743....

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Lloyds TSB Bank (< 1 Mile)

This building begs to be noticed. The astonishingly opulent façade was modelled on that of the sumptuous Sansovino Library in Venice. Two tiers of arcades...

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St. Nicholas Church (< 1 Mile)

The church beside Bristol Bridge is dedicated to the patron saint of sailors. It was built into the town wall, with its chancel over St...

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St. Stephen’s Church (< 1 Mile)

This area was a marsh outside the town wall until the River Frome was diverted in 1247. St Stephen’s parish was built up on reclaimed...

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St. Bartholomew’s Hospital (< 1 Mile)

Old houses hide a yet earlier history. Here stood the medieval St Bartholomew’s Hospital. After it was converted into a school in 1532, it seems...

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Merchant Venturers’ Almshouse (< 1 Mile)

The powerful Society of Merchant Venturers controlled the seaborne trade of Bristol for centuries. It first provided for impoverished sailors - the elderly or injured...

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St. Nicholas Almshouse (< 1 Mile)

The almshouse was one of the first buildings in King Street, a new development then outside the city wall. It was built in 1652-6 beside...

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Queen Square (< 1 Mile)

Spacious Queen Square has become a popular venue for outdoor events. It was the first residential square outside London. Bristol Corporation planned it as an...

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Church of St. Thomas (< 1 Mile)

Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral after he had defended the rights of the Church against the Crown. Europe reeled in shock and...

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The Granary (< 1 Mile)

The Granary was once exactly that - a humble grain store. Yet it is one of the most admired buildings in Bristol. It is the...

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (< 1 Mile)

Here is the famous engineer in his most famous pose. He was caught on camera in the mid 1850s standing before the massive chains of...

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St. Mary-on-the-Quay (< 1 Mile)

This imposing church with its massive Corinthian portico stood on the waterfront when it was completed in 1840, hence the name. The River Frome in...

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Colston Hall (< 1 Mile)

Bristol’s largest concert venue is run by the city council. It takes its name from the school that once stood on the site, founded by...

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The Lord Mayor’s Chapel (< 1 Mile)

This little church is all that remains of St Mark’s Hospital, founded c.1220 to feed 100 of the city’s poor. They were to be given...

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Watershed (< 1 Mile)

Watershed was Britain’s first Media Centre. It opened in 1982 in an intriguing building. E Shed was a simple, utilitarian dock transit shed, yet it...

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Watershed Media Centre (< 1 Mile)

Watershed is the leading digital media centre in the south west of England, providing a unique opportunity for visitors to create, learn and be educated...

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