Audio Tours of Bristol

Discover Bristol at your own pace with our free audio tours. These are a unique way of exploring Bristol where you can save the tours to your phone and let them guide you through our incredible city.

The Bristol Quayside Adventure

Discover Bristol's pirate past with a tour around the city's ancient harbour. Discover Bristol's famous people, places and buildings which are said to have inspired Robert Louis Stevenson to pen his classic tale Treasure Island.

Listen now: The Bristol Quayside Adventure (MP3) 15.9MB

Where does it start?

The Trail starts at the Merchant Venturers' Almshouses at the bottom of King Street, in Bristol's Old City area.

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Merchants Venturers Almshouses, King Street
Chapter 3: The Theatre Royal, King Street
Chapter 4: The Llandoger Trow
Chapter 5: Welsh Back and the Captain's Papers
Chapter 6: Queen Square
Chapter 7: Woodes Rogers, Merchant and Privateer
Chapter 8: The Hole in the Wall pub
Chapter 9: Setting sail from Bristol
Chapter 10: Redcliffe Caves
Chapter 11: The Ostrich Inn
Chapter 12: Return to Bristol

Visit West · The Bristol Quayside Adventure (MP3)

The Brunel Mile & City Docks

The tour follows part of the Brunel Mile to Brunel's SS Great Britain, taking in many of the great engineer's most famous creations. It should take around 2 hours to complete, but you may wish to explore specific sites or take a detour along the way. In this case, simply pause the tour and then play it again when you're ready to rejoin the trail.

Listen now: The Brunel Mile & City Docks (MP3) 9.9MB

Where does it start?

The tour starts at Temple Meads train station and ends in the Cumberland basin near the Floating Harbour.

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Temple Meads & Redcliffe Way
Chapter 3: Queen Square & Millennium Square
Chapter 4: The Dockside
Chapter 5: Brunel's ss Great Britain and Beyond
Chapter 6: Underfall Yard & The Cumberland Basin

Visit West · Brunel Mile

The Bristol Churches Trail

This intriguing tour explores many of Bristol's most beautiful churches, including Bristol Cathedral, St Mary Redcliffe and John Wesley's New Room. The trail should take around 3 hours to complete.

Right-click on the link below and choose 'Save As...' to download this MP3 audio tour.