Forthcoming Events
At the planning stage – dates to be confirmed but hopefully in the first quarter of 2022
- A Zoom talk on the ‘Bus Rapid Transit’ concept, by James Freeman, chair of Bus Rapid Transit UK
- A walk to look at city centre plaques, led by Gordon Young
- A walk around the line of the city walls, led by Ed Hall
- The Merchant Venturers (a visit and presentation)
Winter Social: 25th January 2022 Cancelled
We have decided to cancel, or at least postpone, the forthcoming Winter Social event. We'll consider whether to hold it a little later in the year, and let you know; and of course we do hope to re-stage the Summer Social which was such a success last year.
Recent Events
Zoom event: the market for offices in Bristol, 19th January 2022
The Civic Society events team kick off 2022 with a Zoom seminar led by Bristol office agency expert Chris Grazier, a partner at Hartnell Taylor Cook.
Waterside Place Zoom event: 8th December 2021
A Bristol Civic Society Zoom event will be held on the proposal for an office development next to Bordeaux Quay.
Bristol’s White City: 3rd December 2021
The fascinating story of what became known as the White City will be unfolded for us by Clive Burlton, a publisher, author and local historian.
Video of Zoom presentation by Bristol Zoological Society: 17th Nov 2021
Video of Zoom presentation by Bristol Zoological Society: 17th Nov 2021, the second of two presentations on the future of Bristol Zoo grounds.
Autumn Clifton walks trilogy
Gordon Young is running guided late autumn walks of the Clifton plaque sites and the people behind them, bringing the subject to life in a series of three distinct walks.
Video of Zoom presentation by Shankari Raj: 4th November 2021
A Zoom talk by Shankari Raj about projects she has helped deliver in Bristol. She has run her own architectural practice, Nudge, in Bristol for over 10 years and aims to challenge traditional approaches to architecture head-on.
Annual Design Awards: 19th October 2021
The Bristol Civic Society 2021 Annual Design Awards will be held on 19th October 2021 in St Georges, Bristol, itself a former winner of a Bristol Civic Society Design Award.
Video of Zoom talk, The 20 Minute Neighbourhood: 29th Sept 2021
A Zoom talk on The 20 Minute Neighbourhood, by Julia Thrift of the Town & Country Planning Association, will be take place at 7.30pm on Wednesday 29 September 2021.
Events archive: since 2013.
