Children’s wildlife mask making workshop with the Avon Gorge & Downs Wildlife Project.  Drop-in – no need to book.   Pop into our tent and find out more about the special wild-life of the Avon Gorge.   www.avongorge.org.uk  

Come along to the family friendly Cycle2CityHall cycle ride, Sun, 15 May, 1.30 – 3pm. Show the new Mayor and councillors that lots of people want more and better cycle lanes. Start Millennium Sq, outside @Bristol, 1.30pm cycling along cycleways to a peaceful traffic free Portway (closed to traffic 1-6pm) on to Bennets Patch Nature Reserve and then return to City Hall by 3pm. About 8 miles so great for the kids. Or join us along the way.  Get your ‘team’ S4Cycling bike plate at the…

Come along to the family friendly Cycle2CityHall cycle ride. Show the new Mayor and councilors that lots of people want more and better cycle lanes. Start Millennium Sq, outside @Bristol, 1.30pm cycling along cycleways to a peaceful traffic free Portway (closed to traffic 1-6pm) on to Bennets Patch Nature Reserve and then return to City Hall by 3pm. About 8 miles so great for the kids. Or join us along the way.  Get your ‘team’ S4Cycling bike plate at the start, colour your bike with red and…

In search of New Hot Wells – a guided walk led by Paul Wood New Hot Wells was a short-lived spa, just south of the foot of the Gully.  The most famous visitor was John Wesley, who was cured of a ‘greedy consumption’.  The spring is unlikely to be visible, because the water emerges into the Avon only 2 m above low water. The walk will include: –      The oldest path from the Downs to the Avon Gorge that…

Explore Avon Wildlife Trust’s Bennett’s Patch and White’s Paddock nature reserve to find out how a derelict sports facility was transformed into a rich habitat for wildlife.       Join a guided walk. Take part in family activities.  Learn how you can be part of our 30 Days Wild project. Enjoy some tea and cake in our ‘Wild Cafe’ For more information go to www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk

A guided walk by the Avon Gorge & Downs Wildlife Project and the Friends of the Downs and Avon Gorge. Enjoy the peace and tranquility of a car-free gorge on this special Sunday stroll. Find out about the gorge’s rare plants, learn about our super-speedy peregrine falcons and discover our gorge-ous goat herd. Suitable for families with older children (7 years old+) and walkers who can manage steep slopes and steps. Meeting point: Outside the front of the Zoo. Time:…

The Friends of the Downs and Avon Gorge [FOD+AG] in keeping with its ambition to promote wildlife conservation in the Gorge will be attempting to increase biodiversity in a meadow just off the Portway between Great Quarry and Black Rock Quarry. As part of the Peaceful Portway event we welcome visitors to help us with the reseeding of the meadow. The meadow has in the past been managed as amenity grassland but this year it was left to grow until…

The Communities Prepared Project by Groundwork Southwest will be with us all day with engaging activities to help us think about what we might do if the Portway floods. Activities include: Water play in a tank Save a lego house from flooding Craft bench to make flood alerts and emergency bags using glue, sequins, coloured card & pipe cleaners Exhibition boards with local flood maps of the area

Come and join a celebration of Avon Wildlife Trust’s ‘My Wild City’ project at Bennett’s Patch and White’s paddock nature reserve. Find out what we’ve been doing to make Bristol a nature rich city, meet our wildlife champions and make a wildlife home to help your garden be more wildlife friendly. Explore the nature reserve on a guided walk, buy pollinator friendly wildflowers and enjoy some refreshments in our ‘Wild café’, open from 2pm -5pm.

Come and climb, garden, BMX, play football, or skate at our community play space! Anyone wishing to get involved in organising a ‘race’ or a game, please contact Anna

Picnic on Portway from 2 pm on Sunday 25 September 2016   Bring a rug and food and drink and enjoy the car-free experience! So many good places to choose from – look at our activities map for ideas – beneath the Black Rocks (5) – see the picture, -in the Great Quarry (6) – at the Avon Wildlife Trusts’s nature reserve (3) – on the banks of the river (near 3)          

Whether you join in, or just watch, long-boarding down Bridge Valley Road is an experience! If you want to join in, do check with the Long Boarding marshals at the top before you set off. From 3 to about 3.15 the road will be occupied by ping-pong balls – so steer clear of that.   For the rest – enjoy yourselves  

Peaceful Portway’s very own String Quartet will be returning to the gallery under the suspension bridge. As the last balls are rolling down Bridge Valley Road, at  3.00 pm , the Avanti Quartet will be playing music in a space that usually vibrates with traffic noise. Come and hear just how good two violins, a viola and a ‘cello sound in the gallery under the Suspension Bridge. and if it is dry, they may venture out….

Welcome to the first “Great Bridge Valley Charity Ball Run” Join the Rorary Club of Bristol Breakfast on Bridge Valley Road after the Half Marathon for a traffic free fun afternoon.  We will be launching hundreds of brightly coloured balls down one of the steepest roads in Bristol in a race to the bottom of the hill. Buy a ball for a chance to win cash prizes and to raise money for fantastic charities. Prize Money: 1st Prize £100  •   2nd Prize…

3-3.20pm at the Cumberland Piazza & 4.4.20pm under the Suspension Bridge The mighty Male Voice classics from the Land of the Dragon. Georgian/Bulgarian repertoire to make the very stones weep. Vintage Barbershop cheese (tempered with a small pinch of salt). Also odes to facial hair, garden sheds, reversing round corners…. Intrigued? Come along!

3.25pm at the Cumberland Piazza & 4.25pm under the Suspension Bridge Gurt Lush Choir was founded in October 2009. Within 2 years it grew to be one of the largest & most remarkable open-access choirs in the country. The choir sings all styles of music, & performs regularly to sell-out crowds at the Colston Hall with collaborators such as Bristol Schools Philharmonia, Andy Sheppard, Project Zulu, Opera Anywhere, The Fantasy Orchestra, UWE Big Band, The Gypsy Stars…. They regularly champion…

3-3.20pm at the Cumberland Piazza & 4.4.20pm under the Suspension Bridge The mighty Male Voice classics from the Land of the Dragon. Georgian/Bulgarian repertoire to make the very stones weep. Vintage Barbershop cheese (tempered with a small pinch of salt). Also odes to facial hair, garden sheds, reversing round corners…. Intrigued? Come along!