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The world’s largest trampoline park is now open in Patchway, Bristol. With over
177 trampolines you’ll be able to exercise while having fun in one of Airhop’s 2
dodgeball courts, 5 slam dunk lanes, 5 foam pit lanes, battle beams, slack lines,
Total Wipeout zone and huge main court. There’s no better place for you to
practice and show-off your parkour flips and tricks to your friends and family.
AIRHOP BRISTOL
ALL YEAR ROUND
Due to open for the first time during the summer of 2017, Aerospace Bristol
is a new industrial heritage museum and learning centre that tells the story of
Bristol’s world class aerospace industry. The museum will showcase the last
Concorde to be built and to fly and will surely be a great way to admire and
applaud the British and Bristol’s origins and history of the aerospace industry.
AEROSPACE BRISTOL
SUMMER 2017
The Bristol International Balloon Fiesta is Europe’s largest annual meeting of
hot air balloons, attracting over 150 hot air balloons from across the globe and
thousands of visitors each year. Held over 4 days in August at Ashton Court
Estate, the event will give you the opportunity not only witnessing the spectacle
launch of multiple balloons, but also to board on one and enjoy the firework
displays at the end of the day.
BRISTOL INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FIESTA
10–13 AUGUST
First staged in 1989 and recently added to the UK’s Great Run Series, Bristol’s
Half Marathon is a great way to test your fitness limits while having great
fun. Join the 10,000 runners and pass through the city’s most recognisable
landmarks including the Avon Gorge and Brunel’s Clifton Suspension Bridge in
this must-go event.
GREAT BRISTOL HALF MARATHON
17 SEPTEMBER
Following huge success in London and for the first time in Bristol, you will now
be able to take your dining habits to new heights. During 4 days only, Bristol
will see some of the city’s best restaurants hosting their dining experiences in
unique sky tables, suspended 100 feet in the air by a mobile crane. Guests will
be in 22-seat tables, securely fastened in their seats, with a pop-up kitchen, chef
and sommelier in the centre.
BRISTOL IN THE SKY 2017
7-10 SEPTEMBER
From the
Europe’s
largest
Street Art
and Graffiti
Festival to
the Greater
Bristol Half
Marathon,
Bristol offers
something
for everyone
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