Bristol Cathedral is located on College Green, just to the west of the city centre.It is open to the public daily between 8am and 6pm. Admission is free, but a �onation is requested.

The Cathedral dates from the 12th century, when an Augustinian Abbey was built here. The Abbey was modified over the next couple of centuries, most notably in 1466 when the central tower was added.

Before the nave was completed the Abbey was closed in 1539, a result of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Only 3 years later the building was re-opened as the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity.

In 1868 it was decided that the Cathedral should undergo extensive restoration, the aim being to complete the nave that was never finished in the 16th century.

As a result much of the interior of the Cathedral dates from the 19th and 20th centuries. Nevertheless, the interior is impressive, and was a favourite of the church loving poet laureate Sir John Betjeman.