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Free things to do in Bristol

4 free picks, mapped — plus cheap eats and a Saturday plan that costs nothing.

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Culture · 2 free picks

SS Great Britain

Brunel's iron ocean liner restored — walk under the dry-dock glass sea.

M Shed

Free Bristol-story museum with views of the harbour cranes.

Outdoors · 1 free pick

Clifton Suspension Bridge

Brunel's masterpiece over the Avon Gorge — sunset from Observatory Hill.

Food & Drink · 1 free pick

St Nicholas Market

Georgian glass-roofed market — Pieminister, Eat A Pitta, vinyl stalls.

Want it all sequenced into a weekend?

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