Now in it's 21st Year! Delve into Bristol's spooky past with the city's most established tour featured on TV's 'Most Haunted' and recent winner of the Trip Advisor Traveller's Choice Award for 2024! Suitable for all ages, this fully outdoor fun and informative walk combines haunted buildings, TV and film locations plus some Bristol fun facts.
You'll discover our city's hidden past - and some unforgettable stories. Hear about the 17th century pub with a poltergeist, the UK's most haunted cinema and a former market building with a ghostly fireplace figure! There will be plenty of hidden secrets revealed about many of Bristol's iconic buildings as well, as you walk around the oldest part of the city.
During the walk you'll also take in many Bristol TV locations including Skins, Sherlock, Dr Who, Being Human, The Outlaws, Trial of Christine Keeler and more!
Please note there will be some walking down steps during the walk. Don't hesitate to get in touch with the host if you have any questions or concerns regarding mobility issues.
Minimum fitness level required.
Age restrictions: 10+
Adult | £8 |
Child (16 and under) | £5 |
Student | £7 |
Senior Citizen | £7 |
Concession (NHS staff) | £7 |
Family ticket (2 adults + 2 children (24th & 27th Feb only)) | £20 |
Was brilliant not just stories about ghosts but some interesting history or dark history. Some th...
Great tour and learnt a lot!
We learnt lots of facts about Bristol that you wouldn't necessarily know even if you live here fo...
Myself and my 2 teenagers really enjoyed the walk. It was a fun and interesting evening. The rout...
Was brilliant not just stories about ghosts but some interesting history or dark history. Some things I didn't know about. Shout out and recommended from me and haunted the truth
Great tour and learnt a lot!
We learnt lots of facts about Bristol that you wouldn't necessarily know even if you live here for some time.
Myself and my 2 teenagers really enjoyed the walk. It was a fun and interesting evening. The route was just the right length, not too short or long. Great value for money.
What a brilliant tour! I’ve recommended it to so many people since. Absolutely facinating
Really good mix of ghost stories and history. I'd recommend this to everyone, even if you think you already know alot about Bristol. Excellent host who seems to be a walking encyclopedia of local history and horror stories.
Excellent very informative.
Excellent, entertaining, educational, well spent two hours, with a very helpful, lovely tour guide.
I wish all guided walks were like this! John has an incredible ability to seamlessly mix history, ghost stories and fascinating film, music and TV facts into one tour, keeping us all gripped throughout. He has a real local's knowledge and even threw in a few pub/bar/restaurant/venue recommendations. He was also really flexible and understanding in allowing me to reschedule when I was unable to make a couple of dates.
Very informative great fun 😁
Really interesting and entertaining walk with a great guide. Makes you see Bristol in a new light. The time flew by!
It was such a fun way to spend the evening. Highly recommend going with a group of friends. John was great!
Great host
John was very friendly and a font of all knowledge! Learnt so many things about Bristol and he gave lots of tips for future places to go and different experiences available. Would highly recommend!
Really fun and interesting. John the host was excellent and I found out a lot of really interesting facts.
Really interesting and fun to find out cool facts about the city I’ve lived in my whole life
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Enjoyable and interesting tour. Learned lots.
Great evening activity, the host was amazing and knew so much about Bristol History, would definitely recommend
I have already shared this link with friends and family. A great tour with a knowledgeable guide
John the guide, brilliant, very knowledgeable.
Great tour, had a great time, our guide was brilliant!
Fun date night idea if you want something different! Really enjoyed, John was great fun. As someone who’s lived in Bristol for a while I found it very interesting!!
Great value, John was very knowledgeable and passionate
We loved this walking tour. The host was a mine of experience (it was very apparent that he’d lived in Bristol for years and loves the area and the people). We really enjoyed the history and the discovery of places in our new home city that we have a history for when we visit / walk through in the future. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to get to know Bristol better and also who wants a really interesting evening out.
Our guide was extremely knowledgeable about the city and its haunted past. He was very friendly and made it really fun. Completely recommend to all.
Great glimpse in to Bristol past with a knowledgeable and entertaining host
A really entertaining and educational evening. John was a great guide!
Such a fun evening , John was so knowledgeable
We had a superb time on this tour! We enjoyed walking around the centre of Bristol learning lots of new facts and stories (despite living here for 7 years!). You will not find a better activity for less than £10! John is a fantastic host - friendly, witty, informative and passionate. I can see why this tour has been popular for the last 20 years! A great way to spend a Friday evening!
Great tour and great knowledge by the host.. 2hrs of walking and wonder around bristol , would definitely do another one
Really enjoyed hearing about many different aspects of Bristol's history
Very informative and interesting-fun delivery-took care of all participants-looking forward to booking on his next tour
John was extremely knowledgable
A very informative tour, the weather was very favourable, the guide was very knowledgeable throughout and accommodated all members of the group! I would definitely recommend this tour
Want to try other yuup experiences now
Good tour, very interesting host was very good and a lot of fun.
We really enjoyed this.
It was a great tour, the host knew his stuff. So exciting. I Will be going again
Really interesting tour, great to learn more about some Bristol landmarks
The tour was really interesting and we enjoyed every minute! John is super friendly and so knowledgeable, we will definitely be bringing friends back to the tour :)
Our guide was knowledgeable and entertaining- I learnt so much about a city I have been living in for years
Expert host, easy walking route (no steep hills) and really fascinating insight into the history of Bristol!
Very interesting walk with lots of good stories about Bristol.
Absolutely fantastic tour and a brilliant host. Would recommend it to anyone and everyone!
Informative & fun! The host is very knowledgeable and entertaining
This experience was so fun! I learned lots of interesting facts about Bristol's history and the host was very knowledgeable and personable. I've already recommended it to lots of people. Thanks again!
The walk was really interesting and John was very informative and friendly. Great value for money and would recommend.
I will be looking at other tours available to book.
Really enjoyable and informative evening - our host John was amazing! 100% would recommend this activity.
Really fun and different way to spend an evening. The tour guide was really knowledgeable and entertaining, with a great friendly and approachable style. Would definitely recommend. Might book their other walk now.
As a friends night out it ticked all the boxes, fun, interesting and sociable plus a great host
Loved this walk around Bristol. John knew so much information and had a good sense of humour. Would definitely recommend this to anyone in Bristol.
What a great experience! The tour is great value for money as it’s jammed packed with facts and trivia about historical Bristol and film sets that have been filmed across the city. The host was also really funny which made the experience extra enjoyable! The walking route was easy and we went at a good pace for everyone to keep up, it never felt like we were in a rush. We have already recommended this to several friends and are thinking about booking one for our family next time they visit.
Host had so much energy and comedy about him , knowledgeable about the haunted and hidden aspects and also throwing in a wealth of knowledge about Bristol I'm general and different filming locations along the way.
90 minute or so walk , need to be comfortable on your feet but definitely a good experience
Had a brilliant time with John! What a fab host really knowledgeable and entertaining. Would highly recommended
An immensely knowledgeable host and an entertaining walk with so many stories to tell. Loved it!
We had a lovely time on the walk, the host was extremely knowledgeable and very funny. It was great to hear all the stories of Bristol, as a Bristolian there are so many things I never knew. I would definitely recommend to a friend.
John was brilliant and made the walk extremely enjoyable. It was amazing to hear the history of Bristol and the buildings within it, especially the “what once was”. John was knowledgeable, funny and even helped us find our place for dinner afterwards. Would recommend to anybody! Thank you
Really interesting and host had extensive knowledge.
Had an amazing time, Went for a friendas birthaday.
Was also alot about the History of Bristol, which we all loved.
Thoroughly enjoyed the experience. John was an excellent and informative guide
I thought I knew Bristol quite well but there are a lot of details new to me. Well told information and stories. Didn't catch the tour guide's name? Well done.
Great host, good evening, something different and fun!
We really enjoyed the tour, John is great he knows his stuff and brings an element of gun to the experience, will definitely recommend
John was fab! Very knowledgeable and insightful. Made great recommendations on books to read, places to go and movies/shows to watch. A very different way to see Bristol. 10/10 would recommend!
John was excellent
Really interesting and engaging, learnt lots of cool Bristol facts, the person running the tour had loads of in depth knowledge. A really great experience!!
Interesting and informative,great knowledge from John
Had a great time, host was fantastic. Very knowledgable and captivating. Learned lots of new things about our city
I thought the host was fab, I emailed the host in advance of the walk as I was concerned with heavy rain and he offered me the option of doing it another day, and we ended up running late and emailed him advising him andhe emailed back straight away telling me times where he would be so I could catch up, the information the host gave was excellent and interesting and really brilliant and clear delivery andhe is clearly passionate and knowledgeable of the city - nice friendly & helpful person! ☺️
We had a great time, it was nice to do something different and learn so many interesting Bristol facts - I’ve lived here 9 years now and found out so much about this fab city.
Great way to spead an evening
Loved the tour! The host was fab, very knowledgeable and funny - lovely way to spend a Friday evening and I learned a lot about Bristol too!
Superb
Great way to spend 1.5 hrs in Bristol. Lots of knowledge and laughs shared. Wear sensible walking shoes and enjoy!
Really fun experience, learned a lot about Bristol and host was welcoming and funny.
Very interesting and informal
John was really friendly, engaging, and had an absolute wealth of information to share about Bristol’s history. He was a lovely chap and really helpful in extending the ticket, when we had a friend not able to make it. We really annoyed the experience and would definitely recommend it to anyone visiting, or wanting to learn more about the city.
Host was really excellent, extremely well informed, funny, related well to each and everyone on the tour: in short everything you could want in an absolutely first class host on a first class tour Thankyou
Excellent guide, lots of info as well as humour. Very interesting, covered a good area, not too short or too long. Excellent value for money.
Very interesting experience. John was a friendly and engaging host.
Really enjoyed the tour, took us to some fascinating places around Bristol.
Had a wonderful time discovering the history and haunted parts of Bristol. Would have never known about them otherwise. John has a huge amount of knowledge and delivers it with great humour and style. Highly recommended!
Great balance of fact, history and a super guide who made it friendly and fun
We loved the tour! Great host, very informative and fun.
Was very good and enjoyed. It did cover quite some distance, so you had to keep up. Overall was good, enjoyed and pleased I attended. Would recommend and price costing was within what the tour covered.
It was fun and interesting
John was a friendly and receptive tour guide. His tour was filled with interesting facts and places about Bristol, which even for me as a local I didn't know.
Great experience, host was fab. Wonderful to learn more about this amazing City xx❤️
We had a great time on the walk and learned so many interesting things about the history of Bristol.
We loved it, lovely tour, very funny too. Get involved
We had a great time and have encouraged people to try the tour themselves!
Really fun experience. Great stories from a great host!
This was an awesome tour! Lots of interesting facts, fun and a lovely walk. Would highly recommend.
Jonh was very kind
Had a great time. Lots of facts and is an enjoyable route to walk. Host was great, knowledgeable with a good sense of humour
John, our amiable host, took us on a back streets walk of the city centre, front loading with anecdotes about the buildings around. Lots of facts I wasn’t aware of, despite working in Bristol centre for over twenty years.
The tour guide was lovely and it was really interesting :)
The tour guide was balanced facts with Bristol humour really well. It was insightful to learn about the old haunted history and the modern movie/music history of the buildings. The tour guide was brilliant.
John was a great host and kept the entertainment coming with interesting facts and stories about the history of Bristol. A couple of a great one liners and just a great way to spend 90 minutes!
John was a fantastic guide. He has a real passion for the city of Bristol. He was extremely knowledgable and even though we are all locals we learnt loads. It was a fun thing to do and as I did as a present it was something different. We all had a great evening and cannot recommend this tour highly enough. Great value for money.
Really good fun!
The host was knowledgeable and funny! I enjoyed the tour very much.
A great walk round Bristol, learning a little more about the city. John was very knowledgeable and good banter with everyone! Thanks John!
A great walk finding out more about Bristol's past
Very nice host
Thoroughly enjoyed the ghost walk. I learned things about Bristol I didn’t know even though I was born here
Really loved this experience, have lived in Bristol all my life but learnt so much! Didn't realise how haunted Bristol was!!
Host was incredibly friendly and funny. Really interesting trivia about Bristol hotspots.
John was an excellent host, he had great knowledge and made it a fun, interesting experience. Would recommend
Great
Fun and informative tour ☺️
Absolutely loved this walk on Halloween night. Really enjoyed visiting all the places, learning about the buildings , history and the haunted locations. Definately recommend!!
Really informative and great friendly tour guide
Thanks for a great experience!
It was an awesome walk around Bristol and the rest of my family enjoyed it too. It was great visiting different areas of Bristol I hadn't been to before.
Well having lived in Bristol all my life surprised at what I didn’t know! Host was really good with good interactions with us. Couldn’t have asked for anyone better👍
A thoroughly enjoyable experience learning so much about the history of Bristol told in an amusing way. We saw parts of central Bristol that I never knew existed. Great humour and knowledge from our entertaining host.
A great way to spend an evening, lots of really interesting facts about the local history. The length of the walk was good for the time of day too
The yup team were very helpful when I was running late to help put me in contact with the host to meet along the route. The service was fast and straight forward something I didn’t expect on a Saturday night. It’s nice to see customer service at the for front of your platform it was not unnoticed and a refreshing change in today’s market. John the host happily welcomed us to continue the tour with him and we were also allowed to bring our dog, it was an interesting evening!
Informative and fun! Great host and easy booking.
John was an excellent tour guide. He catered perfectly to our small group, making us feel at ease as soon as we arrived, giving us far more information than we could possibly have paid for. No question was too much trouble at all, John had a wealth of knowledge on more than just the ghostly side of things; music, pop culture and history were all covered. We had a brilliant night getting to the know city and will definitely be back. Thanks!
John was a great host. Clear, entertaining and very knowledgeable. The walk itself was about the right duration and we saw places and heard stories and history that were, to us as relative locals, a complete education.
We thoroughly enjoyed the tour and would recommend to all ages.
Brilliant.
The tour was absolutely brilliant! We had such a great time, it was amazing to see a side a Bristol I had no idea about and hear so much interesting history, pop culture and ghost stories! John was a great host and made it really fun and was professional and relaxed. I would definitely recommend. Thank you John for a great evening!
The walk was really fascinating, we really enjoyed it
Focused mostly on celebrity visits to Bristol for the first half but became more ghost-based in the latter half. Great host, very affable. Found out plenty of new stories about places in Bristol I walk past every day.
I suspect we picked up some free taggers-on as the walk progressed, as our numbers seemed greater at the end than the beginning, but oh well!
We absolutely loved the tour, we have actually been before but it was slightly different this time! John is so knowledgable and engaging, it is obvious he loves the tours and Bristol! The walk was at a nice steady pace stopping at points of interest, we’ve always loved in Bristol and learnt so much! Well worth the money, I will be recommending it to all our friends!
This was a great way to spend a Friday evening walking around Bristol learning about it's ghosts and history. John was a very knowledgeable host and he made the tour fun and interesting.
Really enjoyed learning new stories and hidden facts about the city I live in. Great host.
We had a lovely afternoon with John who is very knowledgeable and kind.
John was a great tour guide and very entertaining. Great way to spend a Friday evening!
I bought this experience for my family and we all thoroughly enjoyed it and I would 100% recommend this experience to a friend! Thank you for a great tour - perfect for a local or a visitor so interesting!
Excellent, warm welcoming tour guide who was so enthusiastic and happy to answer any and all questions! The tour itself was brilliantly put together and was so interesting, I enjoyed it so much my only wish is that it could have been longer!
Tour guide was great and very knowledgeable, lots of interesting stories! Will definitely go again with visiting family!
John was a fantastic, very knowledgable and entertaining guide - Had a great time and learnt stuff I never knew about Bristol after all these years growing up here! (Highly recommend)
Absolutely awesome tour . Great host who was friendly and could tell you a lot of history of the city and the different haunted places around the Bristol area.
Thank you :)
Social distancing will apply and walk is also fully outdoors
Walk starts from outside Bristol Cathedral main doors facing College Green, BS1 5TJ. The closest bus stops to your meeting point are College Green and Anchor Road. Flat, comfortable footwear is advisable as walk will feature some walking down steps.
John has hosted the Haunted and Hidden Walk for 16 years, and has made TV appearances on Most Haunted, The Source and Made in Bristol. He has a whole host of stories about the city, having also run walking tours about both Clifton and Old Market and spent time working on private tours of TV locations for the Bristol Open Top tour bus.
Rock'n'roll is John's other biggest passion - from this love Bristol's rock'n'roll walking tours were born. Launched after lockdown, these walks are trips down nostalgia lane and around Bristol's legendary music venues. John has managed local bands in Bristol for over 30 years and promoted various shows - he seriously knows his stuff. 2020 saw the release of a book of his time with local band FAB 208.
Ask your question directly to Haunted and Hidden Bristol Walk.