The oldest playhouse in the country still in use, which opened in 1766 and was granted a royal licence by George III in 1778. It is supposedly haunted by the ghost of a black lady and a man called Richard who move various objects around the theatre.

Built in 1790 by William Paty for a merchant and sugar cane planter, the house was built of Bath stone in typical 18C style with a pedimented door and rooms decorated in the style of Robert Adam (1728-1792). The furniture includes a secretaire-bookc..

- if Queen Elizabeth I can be believed - built of light-coloured Dundry stone. Its architecture is a perfect epitome of Gothic style, developing from the 12-13C Early English style to Decorated and then to Perpendicular (c. 14C). The spire (1872) t..

The museum is housed in a 1950s warehouse on the Floating Harbour quayside. It traces back the city's long history of manufacturing, in particular transport vehicles: horse-drawn carriages, coaches, railway carriages, cars and motorbikes, etc. Upstai..

This 14C church with a battlemented tower and spire stands over a triple arch on one of the six medieval gateways in the city walls. It contains some interesting 17C woodwork (lectern, communion table, hour-glass) and an earlier brass in the chancel.

The 15C tower of the parish church rises to a height of 40 metres by stages of ogee arched openings to a distinctive crown and two-tier pieced balustrade, linking corner turrets adorned with fountains of pinnacles. The interior houses memorials to lo..

St Mark's Chapel was once part of a medieval hospital. The impressive Perpendicular chapel on the right of the narrow north-south nave contains 15-17C tombs. Note the 16C stained-glass window, the mayors' hatchments, the gilded sword rest (1702) and ..

Once an Augustinian abbey, this 14-15C Perpendicular Gothic building was consecrated as a cathedral church in 1542. It has tall pointed windows, framed by finialled buttresses and pinnacled parapets; the attractive transept crossing tower is crenella..

This museum's rich, varied collections of artefacts attract amateurs and specialists alike. Exhibits include antique, oriental and locally produced ceramics, china, silver, local archeology and geology exhibits, paintings from the 19C Italian and Fre..

The SS Great Britain was launched in 1843 and was the first iron-built, propeller-driven Atlantic liner. The vast ship (98 m long by 16 m wide) is on show in her original dry dock where she is being restored. The innovations of Brunel's design and th..

The four brass nails , the tables used by the merchants for dealing where goods were sold for cash, are an indication of the street's importance for trade in the city. Behind them stands the giant, pilastered and pedimented Corn Exchange, built in t..

This street has 17C pubs and 18 and 19C warehouses at the harbour end. At the northwest end are the Merchant Seamen's Almshouses , built in 1544 and enlarged in 1696, with colourful coats-of-arms on the outside wall.

New World Square, on the north side of the Floating Harbour, is an open space linking old and new buildings. It is a pleasant place flanked by cafés and restaurants and enhanced with sculpture, water features and special lighting at night. The Horne..

The interactive science museum, Explore-at-Bristol, opened in July 2000. It is housed in an old railway shed with three floors and seeks to promote research and education in science. The exhibition explores the workings of the brain, inventions harne..

Wildscreen-at-Bristol opened in June 2000. It stands adjacent to a curved Botanical House with a walk-through living rain forest. Attractions include moving and three-dimensional images, free-flying birds and butterflies, and a giant four-storey IMAX..

The modern terminal of the train station stands next to the Great Train Shed, built by Brunel in 1841 for the Great Western Railway. It is home to the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum .