Bristol opens doors to you!

If you have friends visiting, this weekend is the ideal weekend! For its 20th time, Bristol is inviting everybody to visit its many historic buildings. During the day of Saturday 14th September, Bristol Doors Open Day 2013, many Bristol's buildings will be open to the general public to visit between 10am and 4pm (unless otherwise stated) offering free visits and tours. 

There are brochures available in the Watershed, which is where I got the information for this post.

BRISTOL DOORS OPEN DAY 2013

Buildings in the OLD CITY such as Bristol Old Vic will provide backstage tours first come first served basis (just from 10am-12pm), there will be regular tours at the Corn Exchange, St Stephen Church and the gothic building Guildhall currently used as an Arts Centre.

In BROADMEAD and ST PAULS, buildings such as The Old Fire Station, St Wesley's Chapel and St Pauls Church will be open for you to visit. 

In WEST END, Colston Hall, the largest concert hall in Bristol, will provide tours backstage and down into its deep cellars from 10am to 3pm, and booking is required for this case (for bookings call 01179223686). Bristol Cathedral, if the weather permits, will have tours up the Tower which needs to be booked on the day. 90-minute tours to the Central Library and the chance to visit Bristol University's Theatre Collection are some of the activities. 

And in the HARBOURSIDE, At-Bristol will have 8 hourly tours (booking required) and the MShed will be open until 6pm and will provide behind the scenes tours of their industrial and maritime collection which must be booked in the day.

These are just my own highlights. There are obviously more activities programmed in different venues in Bristol Doors Open Day this year. I suggest you take the brochure in the Watershed and start planing your Saturday. :)