About

Bedminster’s older than Bristol and this 5-star tour takes you to extraordinary places where amazing things happened. 

We’ll introduce you to grave robbers and body snatchers; concrete coffins and hanging judges; a man-eating lion; an exotic princess who was one of the world’s great impostors; and a forgotten Victorian murder – or was it?

And running through it all, like hot liquid gold, the still missing millions laundered in Bedminster from the Brink’s-Mat robbery, Britain’s biggest ever.  BBC Sounds podcast GANGSTER: The Story of John Palmer features our tour – and Bedminster will never seem the same again.

“Fantastic! So much fun and some really gruesome stories!”  - Livvy Haydock, BBC GANGSTER podcast

“Best walking tour I’ve ever done” - @WeirdBristol on Twitter

“Uncanny & macabre, cracking script, consummate performer” – Bristol Life Mag

Awards: Awards include Best Live Performance, Creative Bath Awards and Best of Bristol: Theatre, Bristol24/7

Key details: Thursdays from April 2024

Meet/start: outside The Ropewalk, Nelson Parade (BS3 4JA)

Mainly on the flat, group friendly, distance 1.5 miles. The tour ends on North Street, near Hen & Chicken (food available)

Regular pauses with outdoor seating & toilets at The Steam Crane half way round. 

Cost: £12, advance booking only

Lasts: approx. 2 hours

All tours available for private bookings email walks@showofstrength.org.uk