Bristol Events

BIRD SONG GUIDED TOUR - 19th February 2011 (10:30-12:00)

Arnos Vale Cemetery

Join us for a guided tour and wildlife walk around Arnos Vale Cemetery in search of song-birds. Sensible walking shows will be required.
Tickets are £5/£3 concessions.
Tickets can be obtained via our Box Office Reception in the East Lodge, Arnos Vale Cemetery, just off the Bath Road entrance between the hours of 10:00-4:00pm Monday to Saturday. Tickets also available to purchase securely via Paypal from our website www.arnosvale.org.uk Alternatively please send a cheque made payable to Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust to Felicia Smith, Arnos Vale Cemetery, West Lodge, Bath Road, Bristol, BS4 3EW. If you require your tickets to be posted to you please either include a stamped addressed envelope or add £1 to the total amount to cover the P&P charge.
For more information please contact Felicia Smith on 0117 971 9117 or email
Arnos Vale is hosting various guided tours, family and educational activities, talks and musical events for 2011. Visit our website for details of all our upcoming events.

DINO DISCOVERY - Tuesday 22nd February

Arnos Vale Cemetery

An Activity for all the family!
Arnos Vale is pleased to host a dino discovery event for the whole family in conjunction with Bristol University’s Bristol Dinosaur Project. Spend an hour being a palaeontologist. Excavate dinosaur bones, build a skeleton, handle real fossils that are millions of years old. Learn about some great Victorian scientist who helped discover dinosaurs, deadly diseases and drugs.
Who was Theco? Thecodontosaurus Antiquus was discovered in Bristol in 1834 by ~Dr Henry Riley and Samuel Stutchbury who now rests in Arnos Vale. Nicknamed the "Bristol Dinosaur” it is one of the oldest plant-eating dinosaurs and its name means ancient socket toothed dinosaur. Tickets are £7 per family group with a maximum of three children per group.
There are three sessions throughout the day to choose from:Sessions: 10:00-11:00, 11:30 – 12:30, 1:00 – 2:00
Tickets can be obtained via our Box Office Reception in the East Lodge, Arnos Vale Cemetery, just off the Bath Road entrance between the hours of 10:00-4:00pm Monday to Saturday. Tickets also available to purchase securely via Paypal from our website www.arnosvale.org.uk Alternatively please send a cheque made payable to Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust to Janine Marriott, Arnos Vale Cemetery, West Lodge, Bath Road, Bristol, BS4 3EW. If you require your tickets to be posted to you please either include a stamped addressed envelope or add £1 to the total amount to cover the P&P charge.
For more information please contact Janine Marriott on 0117 971 9117 or email Vale is hosting various guided tours, family and educational activities, talks and musical events for 2011. Visit our website for details of all our upcoming events.

STUTCHBURY – Scientist, Explorer, Dino-Discoverer - Thursday 24th February / Evening Talk with Prof. Mike Benton (7:30-8:30pm)

Arnos Vale Cemetery

Professor of Earth Sciences at University of Bristol, Prof Mike Benton returns to the Victorian roots of his profession, to trace the fascinating story of Samuel Stutchbury; scientist, explorer, museum curator and co-discoverer of Bristol’s very own dinosaur: Thecodontosaurus.
Working in collaboration with the Bristol Dinosaur Project, this is a talk not to be missed and follows the family activities and dino workshops with our Learning coordinator Janine Marriott in the Spielman Centre on Tuesday 22nd February.
Tickets are £7/£5 concessions.
Tickets can be obtained via our Box Office Reception in the East Lodge, Arnos Vale Cemetery, just off the Bath Road entrance between the hours of 10:00-4:00pm Monday to Saturday. Tickets also available to purchase securely via Paypal from our website www.arnosvale.org.uk For more information please contact Felicia Smith on 0117 971 9117 or email
Arnos Vale is hosting various guided tours, family and educational activities, talks and musical events for 2011. Visit our website for details of all our upcoming events.

WONDERFUL WOMEN GUIDED TOUR - 12th March

Arnos Vale Cemetery

This guided tour celebrates some of Bristol’s wonderful women from Victorian times to the mid 20th Century. The event is linked with the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day on 8th March.
Tickets are £5/£3 concessions.
Tickets can be obtained via our Box Office Reception in the East Lodge, Arnos Vale Cemetery, just off the Bath Road entrance between the hours of 10:00-4:00pm Monday to Saturday. Tickets also available to purchase securely via Paypal from our website www.arnosvale.org.uk For more information please contact Felicia Smith on 0117 971 9117 or email
Arnos Vale is hosting various guided tours, family and educational activities, talks and musical events for 2011. Visit our website for details of all our upcoming events.

NIGHT AT THE CEMETERY - Friday 13th May (7.30-9:00)

Arnos Vale Cemetery

Join us at dusk on Friday the 13th for an atmospheric torchlight tour of Arnos Vale Cemetery. Taking a route past grand monuments and down dark paths, we’ll explore the folk customs and funeral traditions o Victorian society, and the life stories of some of those remembered in Arnos Vale, Bristol’s Necropolis.
Tickets are £6/£4concessions.
Tickets can be obtained via our Box Office Reception in the East Lodge, Arnos Vale Cemetery, just off the Bath Road entrance between the hours of 10:00-4:00pm Monday to Saturday. Tickets also available to purchase securely via Paypal from our website www.arnosvale.org.uk For more information please contact Felicia Smith on 0117 971 9117 or email
Arnos Vale is hosting various guided tours, family and educational activities, talks and musical events for 2011. Visit our website for details of all our upcoming events.

Care for your Heirlooms – 8th February Half Day course

Arnos Vale Cemetery

From the family silver to granny's china doll, this half-day course is ideal for anyone wondering how to look after an heirloom in their attic. Led by Janine Marriott, Arnos Vale's Learning Coordinator with a background in museum curation, you'll be equipped with the basic knowledge needed to identify the best way to care for your family's most treasured possessions for future generations. An ideal introduction to artefact conservation.
For more information contact Janine Marriottt on 0117 971 9117 extn 212 or email
Tickets are £15 per person

DOORS OPEN DAY - Saturday 10th September (Budds Marvellous Medicine)

Arnos Vale Cemetery

Arnos Vale marks Doors Open Day this year by celebrating the 200th birthday of Dr William Budd, a medical professional whose work transformed the city’s sanitisation and saved many lives from cholera.
Entry to Arnos Vale is free of charge and there will be many events happening throughout the day.
There will be guided tours starting from 10:00am up until 3:00pm starting from the East Lodge. Last year our guided tours were extremely popular and advance booking is advised to avoid disappointment.
For more details please contact Felicia Smith on 0117 971 9117 or email
Tours for the day will incur a small charge although entry to the site and other events on the day are free of charge.