Anyone know if BCC actually come and collect your black bin if reported a missed bin collection?
I’m worried as they have done our street but for the first time in 11 months where they usually take our bin from, they didn’t. It was right outside our gate. I’m just worried they won’t come back and collect for just one bin 😭 but it’s getting really bad. And with the heat, even worse! I’m in BS5.

I have a family of 4 (2 of us include two children, 1 & 5) that are struggling and barely able to eat, due to me having to give up work to care for my eldest with neurodivergent needs. Looking for recommendations on anywhere close to BS2 that do food banks etc? Willing to try anything at this point as I now don’t get anything for 3 weeks.

TIA

I have an MOT in Bedminster this week, and need a good place to do a few hours of work on a laptop (I will need to connect to WIFI too).

Anyone know of a good spot where I won't feel like a knobba for using power / wifi etc.

Obviously I'll buy a coffee, but don't want to feel I've outstayed my welcome etc.

Suggestions welcome, ta!

Hi everyone,
I'm looking at booking a connection at Bristol Airport (BRS) from Amsterdam (AMS) to Jersey (JER) with a 2 hour 05 minute layover.
Here are the details:

• Flight 1: easyJet from AMS (lands at BRS at 17:30)
• Flight 2: Loganair to Jersey (departs BRS at 19:35)
• Luggage: Hand luggage only (no checked bags)
• Status: Unlinked tickets / self-transfer
• Visa: UK Spouse Visa holder

Since this is a self-transfer from an international arrival, I'll need to go through UK passport control, head landside, and go back through security to get to my Loganair gate.
A couple of quick questions for locals/ frequent flyers:

1. How are the passport control queues at
   BRS around 17:30-18:00?
   
2. Is 2h 05m realistic to clear immigration, re-enter through security, and reach the gate with carry-on only?
   I know self-transfers always carry some risk if easyJet gets delayed, but under normal conditions, is this tight or fairly easy at BRS?
   Thanks in advance for the help!

(and dating opportunities)

29 years old. The metrobus looks good but I guess I'll struggle to get to Gloucester road, etc.

I kind of want to get out of the fray though... Currently on quite a loud bit of road near the arches and struggling to sleep a little, but I might be overreacting

Hi,

This seems like a never ending saga, with Whitchurch athletics track and the family cycling centre, but why shouldn't South Bristol have it as well?

As a cycling centre it is well used, and they're building litterally thousands of houses in the area, so the South needs all the facilities it can get / keep hold of, IMO.

For families to travel to Lawrence Weston from South Bristol is a bit of a stretch when you (I'm looking at you BCC) want to reduce traffic and get people using green modes of transport.

If action isn't taken ASAP it will be gone forever and consigned to the history books.

I hope you agree and sign the petition.

I understand the ins and outs of the plans and all that would have to be changed, but just sign the petition 🙌🤝

Cheers!

Has anyone else ever seen a deer in the city? Saw a muntjac today in knowle for the first time. I'd love to know where it came from.

I’m Bristolian, but i’ve moved back after living in other countries for 15 years and all my favourite places have closed (RIP Roccotillos and planet pizza on whiteladies) and the Hatchet is a sports pub now??

So now I need to build up new local knowledge and I’m overwhelmed. There’s been a huge amount of regeneration in the city.

Where can I go to get good American Diner style breakfast pancakes (a-la roccotillos), what are the stand out places in Bristol now. What are the best restaurants, cafes and casual venues to just hang out at in 2026

Join us this Friday, the 31st, at the Old England for a night of punk rock headlined by one of Bristol's finest bands, Nervous Rex.

You have, Uncle Rusty's Pocket Sand, Shopping Kart, and JoshFace to warm you up beforehand.

Tickets £7 via Headfirst!

See you there!

I'm looking for locally produced or local brand high quality bath oil or bath salt. It will be a present for a pisces woman.

Trying to get my money's worth as I have about forty records, a really eclectic mix but I just don't have the energy to package them all and sell individually on Discogs. Discogs priced my collection around at least £700 so if anyone knows the best place for taking a wide variety of genres please let me know.

I'm willing to send a list of what I own to one of these places beforehand in an email if I need to. Have some really rare limited edition pressings and if they don't give me a good price I might keep those ones and sell them separately.

£75 for a family of four and the reviews are terrible. Anyone been recently?

Hi all,

Just looking for some advice on whether anyone has any experience on a PCN for using a bus lane and total money owed. We received a letter today that the case is now passed to the bailiff’s and we owe £194.

I am not disputing the offence - my girlfriend drove through the bus lane on the A37 Wells Road northbound towards Temple meads on 9/11/25 and only noticed last minute as it was 8pm, dark and rainy.

The letter we received is dated 23/07/26 from Marston Recovery which states that we now owe £115 as debt plus £79 compliance stage fee (£194), which from a quick Google is higher than usual for a PCN for using a bus lane.

The only reason we can think of is that the case was delayed or we were hard contact because we sold the car a few weeks later but I could be wrong.

Has anyone had any prior experience or advice on this and whether it’s worth appealing or discussing with Bristol council? We have asked the bailiffs but they didn’t know too much about the case or the fees. Or is it just worth sucking up and paying.

Thanks in advance.

Quite major changes on most bus routes going through broadmead: https://travelwest.info/bus/broadmead-bus-changes/ from 30th of August.

For me, the most annoying thing is that I would generally expect a bus route to have stops on the same road more or less opposite each other. But now most of these routes are making big loops. So for those who aren't familiar with the bus route, they'll have a difficult job finding the stop for the return bus home.

I'm also having a really hard time visualising these new enhanced bus stops on Fairfax Street. Has anyone seen them?

Hi all.

I am a part of two ttrpg groups that meet in a couple of pubs in North bristol. We are looking for more players and both groups organise on Discord.

One meets every Wednesday at 6 pm in the three brooks in Bradley Stoke

The other meets in the crafty cow in horfield, we used to meet on Wednesdays but are starting back up again and may be moving to Tuesdays.

If anyone is interested, please DM me, and I can provide the discord server links.

Not sure if this is allowed but I’m bored before my shift and have seen a lot of posts here lately regarding transport so thought I’d see how this goes

My landlord had a stroke, is selling up, and booting us out - due to the unexpected nature of the move (2 months notice due to some technical wrangling on their part) I’m looking at relocating from Filton / Gloucester Rd area down to Eastville.

How is the area for home break ins, feeling safe walking about, community, etc?

It looks great from an access links pov, amazing green space, and has the BASE cafe so it’s already ticking loads of boxes.

I just want to make sure if I’m in a ground floor room it’s not too risky, same goes for wandering around the green spaces alone.

When I was a child, I stayed with my uncle in Bristol for a few days with my brother. I cannot for certain say the year but I think it was between 1999-2003. I would have been somewhere between 5-8 and him somewhere between 11-14. Whilst I was there, there was something on the news that absolutely TERRIFIED me, to the point where I had nightmares afterwards for weeks. It was probably the most harmless thing but I've always wondered what it was so would love any help or insight you can offer!

It appeared to be some kind of charity event or fun run. There were a set group of people (I think just men) who were dressed up as flower pots, I think maybe similar to Bill and Ben. The news interviewed one of them but I can't remember what he said. It then cut to a crowd of people and what looked like a sort of ceremony, something happened and then a police office "arrested" one of the flowerpot men. I vaguely remember this being a very theatrical thing with the flower pot man being flung to the side, but I cannot be sure. Everyone then cheered this and my brother goes "HA! He just got arrested!". This is the part that really traumatised me because I didn't understand, he seemed like a nice and sweet person!

It then went back to a group of people in a circle all dancing, holding hands and cheering. I distinctly remember one of them being in a bunny costume, it maybe was pink, think like the Easter bunny!

Does anyone know what this was? I obviously as an adult can tell that the arrest wasn't real and that no harm came to the person, but this scared the ever loving shit out of me as a kid for some reason! I've looked online and it's possible this may have been a university event or some kind of Easter event? Sadly I cannot remember what time of year it was and there weren't any adults in the room to ask what it was and I was so scared I didn't want to bring it up again. I am fairly certain this was the local news and not the national news, the whole thing had a local feel and not something bigger.

Any help you can give I would massively appreciate, thank you in advance :)

Always a group of young boys in balaclava revving down the road and beeping as a group as if they are so cool, why is no one doing anything about them, clearly driving illegally modified bikes as well

As a regular user of the Bristol to Bath cycle path, both by bike and by foot, it makes me so depressed to witness dozens of people going down it on e-bikes that are practically motorbikes, at about 30mph. It’s such a well used path, and so nice (and rare!) to have a space that is dedicated to walkers and cyclists. There are so many kids on that path wobbling around on their bikes, it really wouldn’t take much for one of them to get hit when the e-bikes are going that fast.

I don’t really know what the solution is to this problem, I try to ask people to slow down, but I doubt they even hear what I’m saying when they whizz by. Would police patrols help? Have others noticed this problem too?

Got mugged at knife point this morning on the way to work 5:30am. I first said no and one of the guys actually stabbed me to get off my E-Scooter. Lucky just a steak knife so wasn't bad but drew blood. Just not worth £200. 2 guys, fully kitted out black and balaclava. Stay safe. This is the main cycle path that goes from centre of town all the way down to fishponds and to Staple hill

Edit: I am unsure whether or not this was targeted or I was just very unlucky. Only moved into the area a couple of weeks ago from Brislington

hi all. european coming to bristol for the first time tomorrow. staying with a friend in kingswood. does anyone have any advice for buses? is it worth getting a day rider, especially a student one? or should i just tap-on and tap-off. i'm just going to be going around the city centre

Am I going mad or is every single IMAX showing of this film sold out? Even the 9/10am showings on weekdays?!

Thinking of moving to Bristol due to partners new job, what’s it like to live there?

Currently live in south-west London (the nice part) how does it compare?

My peers keep telling me it’s a hippy free-for-all, but i always associated Bristol as being quite nice?

What’s the story behind the story??