Living in Bristol

Bristol is a lively city with a good network of buses, plenty of parks and open spaces, great shops, interesting art galleries and museums, lots of theatres and live music venues, a beautiful cathedral and more good restaurants than anyone on a student budget will ever be able to get through!the-downs-bristol

Given Bristol’s proximity to the Welsh border you can imagine that we get our fair share of rainy days; however, when the rain stops you’ll find we’re wonderfully close to Bath, Wells, the Somerset and Devon coasts, the Wye Valley, the Forest of Dean, Oxford and the Cotswolds and, of course, the well-watered lushness of south Wales itself. You’ll also find Bristol to be a very family-friendly city, with the  We the Curious Science Centre, Bristol Aquarium, Bristol Zoo, free museums like the MShed and Bristol Museum and Art Gallery (your children will love the fossils and rock collection), and the annual hot-air balloon fiesta and kite festival.

Trinity is situated in a quiet residential area, with easy access to the city centre but nicely removed from its busyness by being set within the nine acres of its grounds. We’re also very close to the Clifton Downs, a large grassy and wooded area ideal for walking or running, from which you can see the Avon Gorge and the famed architecture of the Clifton Suspension Bridge.

Latest blog posts

Open Evening for Part-Time Study

Open Evening for Part-Time Study   ⁠Live in the Bristol area? Fancy studying theology alongside your existing work, church and family commitments? Why not consider studying part-time at Trinity? We are holding an Open Evening to discuss part-time study at Trinity on 6 June 2023.⁠ For more information, and to sign up for the Open […]

New Vice Principal for Formation

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Revd. Helen Johnson as Vice Principal for Formation, starting on 1st April 2023. Helen has been Pastoral and Formation Tutor at Trinity for more than two years and more recently has been Acting Director of Formation. She will continue to teach on a number of different academic […]

Academic Awards celebration

We had a wonderful day on Saturday at our annual Academic Awards ceremony, celebrating the academic achievements of students  at Trinity College Bristol and Bristol Baptist College. At the service at St Mary’s, Stoke Bishop, Bishop Graham Tomlin delivered an uplifting address. The celebrations ended with lunch at Trinity and a chance for old friends […]

Jubilee Scholarship launched

At the time of Trinity College’s 50th Anniversary, research was conducted into the history of our building, which showed that the family who built Stoke House had links with the transatlantic slave trade. In response to this history, and in recognition of the ongoing benefits we receive from the building, Trinity College is pleased to […]