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St Stephen's Church Gardens Quiet Area

AboutAn circular shaped image showing St Stephens Church Garden Quiet Area. There is a grassy area with benches and flower pots alongside in most of the photo. At the back there is a Church with the stained glass window shape showing from the outside.

St Stephen’s Churchyard is a small enclosed green space beside Bristol’s historic St Stephen’s Church. Surrounded by mature planting and seating areas, it provides a quieter place for rest, reflection, and short breaks within the busy city centre.

Open Wednesday to Saturday 10:00 - 16:00

Nearest toilet

Secret café on site and St Nicholas Market, 3 All Saints Lane – 0.3 miles away (gently uphill)

Find out more about this toilet, including facilites, opening hours and directions on Toilet Map 

Address

St Stephen’s Church Garden, 21 St Stephen’s Street, Bristol BS1 1EQ.

What3words  ///such.bars.limes. This will take you directly to the entrance to the gardens.

 

BQAP Example Map 1

Social Story

St Stephens Church Gardens Social Story Picture 1 - A photo of an empty street with cream coloured buildings on each side. In the distance there is a churchyard with mature trees and a red brick tall building.

Today, I’m going to St Stephens Church Garden

There are paths, seats, a church and cafe. The red brick building and blue ball helps me find the entrance.

St Stephens Church Gardens Social Story Picture 2 - A photo of a wide gate with stone pillars on either side. The path is paved leading into the gate and the gardens beyond. There is a narrow paved path to the right of the gate which runs alongside a red brick building. It has been raining and so the ground is shiny and wet.

Entrance to the garden

I walk between two stone pillars to enter the garden. There is an alley way to the right.

St Stephens Church Gardens Social Story Picture 3 - A photo a grassy area with a large blue ball scultpture. The sculpture is on a black plinth and has colourful drawings on. There are tall green leafy trees behind it.

Blue ball

There is a big blue ball I can touch near the entrance.

St Stephens Church Gardens Social Story Picture 4 - A photo a grassy lawn area surrounded by narrow paved paths. There is a church behind the path and benches and flowers pots on the path running alongside the church.

Lawn and seating

There is a lawn with benches, a cafe with tables and chairs around the edge with planting.

St Stephens Church Gardens Social Story Picture 5 - A photo of a narrow paved path running alongside a grassy lawn area to the left of the path. On the right is a flower bed, a wooden bench and a black metal fence on top of a stone wall.

Narrow paths

I can sit on benches set back from the narrow paths

St Stephens Church Gardens Social Story Picture 6 - A photo of a church garden with a lawn area in the middle, a paved path to the left and a stone wall with a black metal fence running along the top. There is a gap where a metal gate is located with stone pillars on either side.

Other entrance

This is the less noisy location with seats and I see trees. This is shady

St Stephens Church Gardens Social Story Picture 7 - A photo of an entrance and doorway. The building is made of stone and there are flowerpots with red flowers running alongside the entrance path on the left side. The door is black.

Cafe entrance

There is a cafe entrance which I can use when open. There is a toilet

St Stephens Church Gardens Social Story Picture 8 - A photo of an empty cafe. There are 5 wooden tables with chairs, a long wooden counter at the back with food on display. There is a white ceiling.

Inside the cafe

There are tables and chairs and a toilet inside

St Stephens Church Gardens Social Story Picture 9 - A photo of a narrow path with a tree and a flower bed on the left side. On the right of the path is a lawn area with a big blue ball sculpture on. There is a gate at the end of the path leading out of the garden.

Exit the garden

I can walk along the path to exit the garden through the same gate

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