The fish is excellent and all things are shipshape and Bristol fashion on the edge of the Floating Harbour, writes Jay Rayner

A year after the statue of slave trader Edward Colston was toppled in Bristol, we join a historic walking tour that ‘helps us understand the present’

As well as green credentials, the Bristol Wing has a strong community ethos, providing rooms for young homeless people alongside paying guests

Generating a thousand waves an hour to suit everyone from beginners to pros, The Wave opens near Bristol next week. We go for a test ride

The UK’s only European green capital winner thrums with activity: there’s organic and vegan eating, naturally, plus alternative shopping, great community spirit and even a bear wood

Kids’ science questions are answered in fun, interactive ways at an attraction where brains light up, ice forms and the planetarium is a stellar treat

You’ll eat in fancier restaurants, but few will serve such taut and silkily delicious pasta, writes Jay Rayner

One of the few downsides of this gig is that if you see something weird on a menu, you feel duty bound to order it

Set in a glass ‘sea’, Brunel’s revolutionary ship is alive with the sights, sounds and even smells of another age

Dishes are sweet from pomegranate and date molasses, tangy from tamarind, pungent with dried lime or intensely smoky from the grill. Or all the above at the same time

Our series of city guides for families heads to creative, community-minded Bristol, with its fab, and often free, attractions and acres of parkland nearby

An old shipping container is now home to a small but perfectly formed Bristol restaurant

‘Not a lot of Cauldron makes sense but, somehow, they pull it off’