Latest News (North Somerset) - Visit West

Bristol Airport and DHL have teamed up to co-ordinate the donation of toiletries to people experiencing homelessness across Bristol and Somerset - as well as unused baby items for families in vulnerable circumstances.

Mendip Activity Centre has received full planning permission to construct a new purpose-built accessible watersports lake on its 250 acre site.

Tyntesfield is transformed into a magical storybook world for Once Upon a Christmas Time.

Bristol Airport is about to start work on the next exciting phase of its £400 million transformation plan with new facilities and more shops and restaurants.

Haynes Motor Museum invites families, car lovers, and festive fun-seekers to celebrate the Christmas season in style this year. 

This year, a Zoo and conservation charity in North Somerset, is teaming up with the one and only Santa to champion literacy this Christmas.

Bristol Airport has awarded £12,000 from its Local Community Fund to Wrington Community Minibus, helping the charity replace its ageing vehicle with a new, fully accessible minibus.

2025 marks a decade of Twilight Tobogganing - a milestone celebration of festive family adventure at Mendip Activity Centre.

Bristol Airport is consulting on a proposal to modify its runway approach lighting, as part of planned runway improvements, to meet future demand for travel to and from the region. 

Visit West are running two Visitor Surveys and we are inviting our members and other stakeholders to help share the survey with your own audiences so we can gather richer insights which can help us all understand more about visitors to our region.  

Lady Wray tops an eclectic bill featuring Submotion Orchestra, Romare, Jamz Supernova, Dele Sosimi and an exclusive, never-before-seen Jazz-meets-Jungle set from General Levy ft. TC & The Groove Family

A tiger rescued from illegal trafficking has found a forever home at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm, near Bristol, marking a new chapter in the zoo’s ongoing commitment to animal welfare and conservation.