111 places in Bristol that you shouldn't miss

Martin Booth is the Editor of Bristol24/7, the city’s leading news and entertainment website, and free monthly magazine. Martin has previously written for publications including The Times, The Guardian, Time Out and the 2007 FA Cup semi-final programme. In his spare time, he enjoys cycling, travelling and drinking locally-brewed beer. He lives in Bristol with his wife, Jo, and their two daughters, Mersina and Lois. Follow him on Twitter for all things Bristol and more at @beardedjourno.

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20th Century Flicks
The UK’s last video shop and smallest multiplex | 10
acta Community Theatre
No need to audition | 12
Alfred Fagon Statue
A trailblazing actor and playwright | 14
The Architecture Centre
A hub for design and the built environment | 16
Arnos Vale Cemetery
From garden cemetery to wilderness to restoration | 18
Averys
Wine from the mists of time | 20
The Bag of Nails
The cat pub | 22
The Balmoral
Hoping for new nautical adventures | 24
Barton Hill Settlement
A vital community resource | 26
The Bearpit
The travails of a sunken roundabout | 28
Beese’s
Messing about on the river | 30
The Black Castle
A weird and wonderful folly | 32
Boiling Wells
The clue is in the name | 34
Bottle Yard Studios
The Hollywood of the South West | 36
Brandy Bottom Colliery
A rare example of a largely forgotten industry | 38
Bristol & Bath Railway Path
A daily pedal rather than a daily grind | 40
Bristol Bike Project
Love on two wheels | 42
Bristol Bus Boycott
A watershed moment for UK civil rights | 44
Bristol Castle
Still visible if you look closely | 46
Bristol Cathedral Garden
A small oasis of calm | 48
Bristol Central Library
Books in breathtaking spaces | 50
Bristol County Ground
Reflecting cricket’s place in the city | 52
Bristol Improv Theatre
The UK’s first venue dedicated to improv | 54
BWRP
Transforming waste into shared assets | 56
Broadmead Baptist Church
The church above the shops | 58
Brunel’s Buttery
Banging bacon butties | 60
Brunel’s Other Bridge
An abandoned piece of engineering history | 62
Business As Usual
The unofficial home of Bristol cycling | 64
Cafe Wall Illusion
An accidental trick of the eye | 66
Campus Pool Skatepark
Where skating has replaced splashing | 68
Castle Park Pyramid
Going underground | 70
Chance & Counters
Fancy a game? | 72
Charles Wesley’s House
A home of hymns | 74
Chatterton’s Cafe
Paninis and poetry | 76
Cheers Drive
Bristol’s very own Boaty McBoatface | 78
Cider at the Orchard
Enjoy some West Country champagne | 80
Circomedia
Run away to join the circus | 82
Clifton Rocks Railway
A fun and fascinating funicular | 84
Clifton Rock Slide
Polished smooth by generations of bottoms | 86
Convoy Espresso
Cracking coffee in converted caravans | 88
Cross-harbour Ferry
A fun way to get from A to B | 90
The Cube
Much more than just a cinema | 92
Cumberland Piazza
Under-flyover art | 94
Dowry Square
Find yourself in hot water | 96
Everard’s Printing Works
An Art Nouveau advertisement | 98
Elizabeth Blackwell’s House
Prejudice-fighting female physician | 100
The Exchange
A music venue owned by music fans | 102
Felix Road Playground
Get the kids outdoors! | 104
Folk House
From working folk to folk music | 106
Friendly Records
A vinyl revival | 108
Glitch
A passion for innovation | 110
Goat Gully
Hairy conservationists | 112
Goldney Hall Grotto
A subterranean treasure | 114
Guilbert’s
Home to Bristol’s own Oompa Loompas | 116
Hart’s Bakery
From bondage to bread | 118
Henleaze Lake
Swim in a former quarry | 120
The High Cross
Can we have it back please? | 122
High Kingsdown
A low-rise architectural marvel | 124
Horfield Common Urinal
A Moorish-style men’s room | 126
Incredible Edible
Growing food on street corners | 128
Ken Stradling Collection
One man’s passion for beautiful objects | 130
Kiln Restaurant
Once the hottest place in town | 132
Kings Weston Roman Villa
Marooned Roman remains | 134
Knowle West Media Centre
Made of straw, but solid as a rock | 136
Letterpress Collective
An ancient trade revived | 138
Lollypop-Be-Bop
A little bit of magic | 140
Lord Mayor’s Chapel
The only church of its kind in the UK | 142
Metalgnu
A metal menagerie | 144
Milliners’ Guild
A hat for every occasion | 146
Mina Road Tunnel
An ever-changing street-art canvas | 148
Mr Langford’s Plaque
Time waits for no man | 150
Napier Square
A one-sided square | 152
Nicholas Cage Pub Sign
‘Put…the bunny…back…in the box’ | 154
Nipper Statue
Bristol’s most famous musical icon? | 156
Palestine Museum
The history of Palestine in a former nightclub | 158
The Passenger Shed
A cathedral-like former railway station | 160
Paul Dirac Memorial
Better at maths than Einstein | 162
Pipe Walk
Water everywhere; no longer a drop to drink | 164
Prince Rupert’s Gate
A reminder of Bristol’s role in the English Civil War | 166
Psychopomp
A distillery disguised as a greengrocer’s | 168
Quakers’ Burial Ground
A hermit, lead shot and a runaway car | 170
Recession
Retro clothes, records, repartee and more | 172
Redland Standing Stone
A mysterious monolith | 174
River Frome
Bristol’s lost river | 176
Room 212
At the heart of Bristol’s art scene | 178
Royal Fort Garden
A jewel in the heart of the University | 180
St Bartholomew’s Hospital
Ships and skeletons on a Saxon site | 182
St Edith’s Well
Only recently rediscovered | 184
St Mary le Port
Fans of abandoned spaces? This one’s for you! | 186
St Philip’s Footbridge
The £3m bridge to nowhere | 188
St Werburgh’s City Farm
Pigs in the city | 190
Sea Mills Museum
A memorable use for an old telephone box | 192
Seven Saints of St Paul’s
Honouring seven esteemed legacies | 194
Severn Beach Line
Escape to the country | 196
South Bristol Berry Maze
Forage for free in the city | 198
Stokes Croft China
‘Peculiar china for a peculiar society’ | 200
Sweetmart
The world’s flavours under one roof | 202
Temple Church
Bristol’s own leaning tower of Pisa | 204
That Thing
Fabulous festival fashion | 206
Thunder Run
18th-century surround sound | 208
Tobacco Factory Market
A symbol of regeneration | 210
Tramway Rail Monument
A lasting memory of the Bristol Blitz | 212
Trinity
Birthplace of the Bristol Sound | 214
Troopers Hill
Industrial past, wildlife present | 216
Unicorns
Mythical? They’re everywhere! | 218
UoB Theatre Collection
Centuries-old treasures still inspiring new work | 220
Vale Street
The steepest residential road in the UK | 222
Wellington T2905 Memorial
Not your usual balloon ride | 224
Westbury College
A castle in miniature | 226
The Wicker Nose
An enormous olfactory edifice | 228
Zion
Deconsecrated, but far from dead | 230