Our guide to health and fitness in Bristol brings you everything from beautiful parks to running, cycling and walking routes, yoga and meditation, friendly gyms and peaceful places to go.
From Ashton Court to Castle Park to Toopers Hill, we have some pretty iconic green spaces to choose from. But that said, the city is mostly defined by its colourful…...
I like to moan about Cabot Circus as much as the next person, but someone has blown some wind into its sails recently—M&S, Odeon, Uniqlo—and the shopping centre hasn’t been this good in ages. Next, adding some extra...
Walking beneath the tree canopy, the sound of tropical parrots in the air, and what’s that? A gorilla? A mangabey? And look, over there, it’s a crocodile in the water! No, you’re not in central Africa, but on the outski...
Just when you think you’ve seen it all from Luke Jerram, he surprises us again and again. The Bristol artist has enthralled audiences all over the UK with his touring artwork of the Sun, Helios. But he’s making new wave...
Bristol has hit peak sauna. If it’s not a sauna in a city farm, it’s a sauna on a boat or in an…...
Bristol has gone sauna mad. From a city farm to a former wildlife park, the healthy hedonism craze is everywhere—and up next, it’s on its way to the city’s…...
A former clay mine in Cornwall. Where else would you build the world’s largest indoor rainforest? Since the turn of the millennium, the Eden Project’s “global garden” has been one of the UK’s most breathtaking attractio...
In Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, to our heroine Catherine Morland, Blaise Castle is nothing but an enticing landmark that we never actually see. “Blaize Castle!” cried Catherine. “What is that?” “The finest place in...
Many of us have had an idea of selling everything and moving to a remote location to live peacefully at some point in our busy lives. At one point in history, living in isolation as a garden hermit (or an ornamental her...
It’s hot out there today. So you’d better find ways to cool off quickly. Luckily, Bristol is surrounded by incredible outdoor swimming spots, but one of the country’s best can actually be found in the heart of the city....
