Bedminster’s older than Bristol and Show of Strength's award-winning walking 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 – Bedminster will never seem the same again.

START: The Dark Horse (formerly 'The Ropewalk'), 5 Nelson Parade, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 4JA
www.darkhorsebedminster.co.uk
END: North Street near the Hen & Chicken, food available www.henandchicken.com

Produced by SHOW OF STRENGTH THEATRE COMPANY
www.showofstrength.org.uk

Awards include Best Live Performance - Creative Bath Awards and Best of Bristol: Theatre - Bristol24/7.
Shortlisted for VISIT ENGLAND's TOURISM SUPERSTAR 2026

Collect the set with our THEATRE WALKS: Bedminster, Blackbeard, Cary Grant, Clifton, Treasure Island, Frankenstein in Bath, Medieval Bristol, Keynsham and St George - www.showofstrength.org.uk

All tours available for private bookings [email protected]

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This tour will take place rain or shine.
Includes uneven terrain. Mainly on the flat, suitable for wheelchairs, lasts 2 hours, distance 1.5 miles. Regular pauses with outdoor seating & toilets at The Steam Crane half way round.

Full risk assessment done. No dogs except guide dogs and registered assistance dogs.

Entry requirements: 14+ — Read more — Read less