Winter 2010 - Shipshape Magazine Bristol

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Brunel’s Buttery
Wapping Wharf, BS1 6DS
0117 929 1696
Opening hours: Monday-Friday 8am-4pm;
Saturday-Sunday 8am-5pm
Situated on the water’s edge between the ss
Great Britain and the new Museum of Bristol,
Brunel’s Buttery is something of a Bristol
institution, serving up cheap, cheerful and
very tasty lunches and stomach-filling snacks
to the ravenous hordes. They’re famed for
their chunky bacon sandwiches but you can
customise your buttie by adding sausage, egg,
cheese or mushrooms (or all of the above,
if you’re particularly peckish). There’s also a
selection of cakes and hot drinks for after. Take
your food away or eat on the tables outside.
Brunel’s ss
Great Britain
Great Western Dockyard, BS1 6TY
0117 926 0680, ssgreatbritain.org
Opening hours: from 10am
Closing: 5.30pm (27 March-31 Oct);
4.30pm (from 1 November)
Last ticket sales: one hour before closing
Open every day except 24 and 25 December,
and 10 January
Descend under the glass ‘sea’ and step back in time
in the Dockyard Museum! See, hear, touch and even
smell what life was like for Victorian passengers and
crew on board Brunel’s ss Great Britain. There’s plenty
to do to keep everyone entertained at this multi awardwinning
and fully accessible visitor attraction. Join the
40th anniversary celebrations of the ss Great Britain’s
epic salvage from the Falkland Islands and return to
Bristol. Events range from ‘The Incredible Journey’
exhibition and family trail to Ratcatcher’s Halloween
and Victorian Christmas. Tickets provide free return
visits for a year. To find out more, visit ssgreatbritain.org
Pic: David Noton
Colston Hall
Colston Street, BS1 5AR
0117 922 3686, colstonhall.org
Opening hours: Box Office: Mon–Sat 10am-
6pm; H Bar café: Mon-Fri 8am-11pm, Sat
9am-10pm, Sun 10am-9pm; H Bar Bistro:
Daily 11.30am-3pm and 5-11pm
Colston Hall is Bristol’s premier live music venue
hosting a varied and regular programme of rock
and pop, classical, leftfield and comedy events.
In the past year Snow Patrol, London Symphony
Orchestra and Grace Jones have all played at the
Hall. In 2009, Colston Hall’s new foyer building
was opened to the public. Built with £20 million
from Bristol City Council and the Arts Council, the
new foyer has improved the customer experience
of visiting the Hall with audiences now able to
enjoy their new café bar, restaurant and interval
bars in light and spacious surroundings.
City
Sightseeing
Information Hotline 09067 112191
Hop on one of our bright red City Sightseeing
buses with our 24 hour ticket (or 3-Day ticket) and
let us show you the sights of this fascinating city,
which is full of vitality and variety. Operating daily
every 30, 45 or 90 minutes our guides will regale
you with stories from pirates & princes to paupers,
show you great churches, cathedrals and museums
and our exciting harbourside, the jewel of which is
Brunel’s ss Great Britain. A popular stop over is
the gleamy gold Colston Hall entrance building,
with it’s mix of eating and performance places,
it’s certainly the ‘place to be’.
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