Theatre Walks
Blood and Butchery in Bedminster

2025 dates coming soon
Our tour features in the BBC Sounds podcast GANGSTER: THE STORY OF JOHN PALMER. Presenter Livvy Haydock came to Bedminster to record it and you can hear the trailer on BBC Sounds »
Fantastic! So much fun and some really gruesome stories!” — Livvy Haydock, BBC GANGSTER
the best walking tour I’ve ever done” — @WeirdBristol on Twitter
creepy but totally captivating” — Theatre Bath
Bedminster’s older than Bristol, and our 5★ walking tour takes you to extraordinary, forgotten places where amazing things happened.
Grave robbers and body snatchers, concrete coffins and hanging judges – and the missing millions from Britain’s biggest robbery, laundered in Bedminster.
You’ll see places and people you didn’t know existed, and by the end of the evening Bedminster will never seem the same again.
- Meet/start: outside The Ropewalk, Nelson Parade (BS3 4JA)
- Tour takes place outdoor. Ends North Street near Hen & Chicken (food served until 9.30pm)
- Adults only. Maximum group size 20.
- Ropewalk open if you would like to eat/drink first (ropewalkbristol.co.uk)
- Also visits The Steam Crane (outside)
- Cost: Private tours by arrangement only
- Lasts: approx. 2 hours
- Dates + Times: By arrangement
Contact us to arrange a private tour »
Collect the set with our THEATRE WALKS. Bedminster, Blackbeard, Cary Grant, Clifton, Treasure Island, FRANKENSTEIN IN BATH, Medieval Bristol, Keynsham and St George – all available for private bookings email walks@showofstrength.org.uk
Awards include Best Live Performance (Creative Bath Awards) and Best of Bristol Theatre (Bristol24/7).
Theatre Walks
Crime and Crinolines in Clifton

6pm Thursdays – 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 May 2025
Discover the extraordinary people behind the elegant facades. Clifton will never look the same again…
as good as the best London walks” — audience member
Theatre Walks
TREASURE ISLAND Story Walk

Easter Holidays & May Half-Term
What’s a pirate’s favourite cheese? — Cheddaaaaaaaar!
Thrilling story-telling, enjoyed by all ages” — audience member
Theatre Walks
The Frankenstein Experience

Show Of Strength and House of Frankenstein invite you to Bath’s darkest secret “The Frankenstein Experience”
at 2.15pm and 4.15pm on 8, 11, 14, 18 April, then 27, 29 May
Theatre Walks
Raising Cary Grant – The Bristol Footsteps of Archie Leach

2025 dates coming soon
Private tours by arrangement, contact us for details
another fabulous tour” — Kathryn Davis, MD Visit West
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