Latest News (April 2022) - Visit West

Clayton Hotel Bristol City celebrates Bristol art links & restores a piece of local history.

Bristol Airport is advising customers to arrive early as the Airport is preparing for the busiest period in over two years with over 300,000 passengers planning to travel through the Airport during the Easter period (9 April - 24th April inclusive). 

The bears at Wild Place Project have been enjoying the early spring sunshine with a new hammock made from old second-hand fire hose.

Upfest has teamed up with Bristol VR company Zubr supported by the West of England Combined Authority to bring the iconic Six Sisters mural series to life ahead of the Easter holidays. 

Visit Westonbirt this April to enjoy multisensory experiences, showcasing incredibly important messages.

Sally Cordwell joins Aerospace Bristol as the first new CEO since the popular museum and family visitor attraction opened in 2017.

The West of England Combined Authority, led by Metro Mayor Dan Norris and partnered with North Somerset Council, has been awarded £105m to improve bus services across the region. 

An extra-high swing, double slides and a castle for imaginative play are among exciting new facilities for families to enjoy at the new Sydney Gardens play area in Bath which opened yesterday.

Statements have been published ahead of a public inquiry into a Traffic Regulation Order for anti-terrorism purposes to close York Street, as part of Bath’s city centre security scheme.

Did you know that there is a microbrewery inside a pub in Bath? Better yet, there is now an AWARD WINNING microbrewery in a pub in Bath!

Bristol’s rising stars join The Chemical Brothers at FORWARDS Festival this September.

Meet some familiar fantastical creatures (and quite a few natural ones) extracted from the pages of the historic books and boxes of specimens in Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Collections and now appearing in an exciting new exhibition.