24 hours in… BRISTOL
The largest city in the south-west of England is also one of the country’s oldest and most established, thanks to a rich maritime history dating back to the Roman era. John Cabot set sail from here in 1497 en route to ‘discovering’ North America, while famous Victorian engineer Sir Isambard Kingdom Brunel launched several record-breaking passenger ships from the docks.
Coupled with its handy location on the rivers Avon and Frome, as well as facing out to the Atlantic via the Bristol Channel, the city was at the
