The Bristol Ferry Co: Daily service on both the RED
(Hotwells) and the blue (Temple Meads) routes. RED
departures from 10.30 at the city centre and blue
departures from 10.10 at Temple Meads. Commuter
departures Monday to Friday all year round, starts 07.25.
The Bristol Ferry Co. ferries are like a bus (a waterbus even),
so use us to jump on and get to your favourite attraction,
cafe, restaurant, pub, place of work or to enjoy a circular
tour enjoying the great sights and sounds of this amazing
historic harbour. There is lots to see: swans, geese, a whole
array of unusual boats of varying shapes and sizes, St Mary
Redcliffe’s spire, Cabot Tower, stunning views towards
Ashton Court and Clifton – a vista feast, in fact!
For full details and timetable visit: bristolferry.com
Celebrating the very best of Bristol’s historic Harbourside
Take the ferry
Bike hire
Following in the tyre tracks
of cities like Barcelona,
Amsterdam and Paris,
Bristol is now offering a
24-hour bike hire service.
The scheme, run by
Hourbike, allows anybody
over the age of 12 to rent
bikes from secure racks
located throughout the
city for any length of time.
Register for £10 and you’ll
receive a pin number, which
you then tap into a pad and
the bike is released. It’s free
for the first 30 minutes and
£1 per hour or part hour
after that. Find Hourbike
HUBS at the BRI, Wine
Street and At-Bristol
Sightseeing
City Sightseeing Bristol
runs open-top bus tours of
the city, from the historic
harbourside, up to Bristol
Zoo in Clifton and beyond.
Running from mid-March
to the end of October, the
tours last for an hour and
a quarter but you can hop
on and off as you please.
Harbourside stops can
be found at the CREATE
Centre, Baltic Wharf,
Brunel’s ss Great Britain,
At-Bristol, Prince Street
and Bristol Bridge