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Forthcoming events

We are planning more events. See below for details.

Sunday 27th April 2025, 9.30am: ‘The Bristol Blitz’. A guided walk led by Eugene Byrne.
Wednesday 30th April, 7.30pm: ‘How do we create a new cultural renaissance in Bristol?’ A Zoom talk by Andrew Kelly, former director of the Bristol Cultural Development Partnership.
Wednesday 21st May 2025, 6.00pm: A guided walk by Pete Insole. A tour of the Portwall and Marsh Wall area, in the steps of antiquarian William Worcestre, taking in past and recent archaeological discoveries, and recalling how Worcestre described places in his explorations in 1480.
Wednesday 24th June, 6.30pm for 7.30pm: Civic Society AGM, at the Mount Without.

Booking for events is via emails, normally sent out some four weeks before.
To receive the events emails, you need to be subscribed to the events mailing list.
Events are in principle open to non-members as well, but where numbers are limited they are advertised to members first.
Zoom events are free, but there is normally a small charge for others.

Video of the Bristol Civic Society Zoom event in which Legal & General present their proposals for the development of Temple Island.

Video of a Zoom talk on the planning and building of Hartcliffe by Paul Smith, Chief Executive of Elim Housing Association.

Video of a Zoom talk on community-led housing by Dr Jim Hudson, of the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol.

Pete Insole's talk explains how the community atlas project came about and how the Bristol we know today has been shaped and defined since 1373.

A Zoom presentation of the Western Harbour masterplan by consultants Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands and Emily Price from Bristol City Council.

A visit to the George Müller Museum at Bristol's Ashley Down where curator and archivist Ellie Manley will give a brief introductory talk.