Inclusion is at the heart of Bristol Harbour Festival. We work with all our artists and teams to make each part of your festival experience accessible.
Access Information
The festival takes place across different locations around Bristol’s Harbourside. Surfaces are a mix of hard-standing, permanent roads (including cobbles), and grass in College Green and Queen Square. There are steps and kerbs - 2024 festival site map will follow for more details.
There will be an Access Info Point run by Attitude is Everything volunteers at Millennium Square which will be open from 11am - 5pm on Saturday and Sunday.
All of our sites:
- Welcome Assistance Dogs
- Have chairs available
Toilets
The festival takes place across different locations around Bristol’s Harbourside. Surfaces are a mix of hard-standing, permanent roads (including cobbles), and grass in College Green and Queen Square. There are steps and kerbs - 2024 festival site map will follow for more details.
Accessible toilets are located at every toilet block throughout the festival site. There will be accessible changing places toilets available at Millennium Square with Mobiloo, inside M Shed during opening hours and at Cabot Circus during opening hours 10am - 8pm
British Sign Language
There will be BSL interpreters at the Expression Stage on Millennium Square on Saturday 20th July, and the Family Area at College Green on Sunday 21st July.
Parking
Blue Badge holders may park in any on-street pay & display bay or council-owned car park without payment of parking charges in accordance with the terms of use for their blue badges.
Blue Badge holders may also park for free in any pay & display, limited waiting bays or permit holder bays.
Accessible viewing areas
There will be ground-level viewing areas for customers with access requirements across the festival sites. These will be stewarded and run on a first come first served basis, with limited seating. These will be located at:
Cirque Bijou Presents (College Green)
Bristol Rising Stage (Queen Square)
Dance Tent (Queen Square, indoors)
Expression Stage (Millennium Square, indoors)
There will be a viewing platform (raised area at the back of Canons House) for the Harbour View Main Stage.
Mobility scooters
Bristol Shopmobility is based in Cabot Circus car park approximately 0.7 miles from Queen Square. It hires out a mixture of equipment including electric scooters and manual wheelchairs. Up to five hours’ free parking in Cabot Circus car park is included with the hire of equipment. For full details and to book please visit www.bristolshopmobility.co.uk
Break out and quiet space
We will be offering Bristol Harbour Festival visitors with ASD safe and calming spaces during the festival weekend. These will be located at:
Bristol Chaplaincy boat - Wellbeing Hub and Quiet Space, Brunel Quay: Opening times - 10am-5pm Saturday and Sunday.
Bristol Cathedral - College Green: Opening times - 10am-2pm Saturday and 11:30am-3pm Sunday.
Getting Around
If you are planning to cover the whole site or just concentrate on one or two areas, the following distance may help in planning your day:
Main routes:
Queen Square to Millennium Square: 0.53 miles; approx. 10 minutes
Queen Square to College Green: 0.4 miles; approx. 8 minutes
Queen Square to Cathedral Walk: 0.5 miles; approx. 10 minutes
Queen Square to Amphitheatre & Waterfront Walk: 0.4 miles; approx. 8 minutes
Temple Meads Train Station to:
Queen Square: 0.68 miles; approx. 15 minutes
College Green: 1.22 miles; approx. 25 minutes
Millennium Square: 1.22 miles; approx. 20 minutes
Get in touch
If you have a question or query about access at Bristol Harbour Festival please get in touch harbourfestival@proudevents.co.uk
If you’d like to volunteer with Attitude is Everything and join us during the weekend, please email info@accessible-events.co.uk
Access Map
Download your own copy of the access map here.
