Blaise Castle Estate, Bristol

Great place to take kids/dogs for a walk. Large country estate with lovely green spaces and woodland. Far enough out of Bristol that it stays relatively quiet most of the time.
Car parking and kids play area.
Museum and parkland.

I’ve been doing Blaise castle for many years. Firstly as a kid playing around in the woods or on the park. With my school doing cross country runs and visiting the the very interesting large free museum. Now taking the kids to play or my mountain bike for a realy good bit of off roading.

It’s a bit misleading to call it Blaise Castle, as it’s not really a castle (it’s a false castle!), but it’s interesting inside the museum. It’s a really nice place to go for a picnic of walk at the weekend, or any other time for that matter. Shame about the vandalism though.

This is another real beauty spot within the city and an ideal place to take the family for a day out. There is a park for the kids to play and so much space for them to run around and burn up all their energy. This is a great place for walks within such beautiful surroundings. Its really peaceful and the castle is outstanding…ok, so its only small but its pretty impressive.

Have been practically brought up in this park. Always used to like visiting the free museum but not sure if this is still running. Great to take the kids, any time of year. Park equipment is good and can walk right through to Coombe Dingle/WOT. Some of the tales about the estate are fascinating - Lovers Leap, Witches Cave etc.

This place has changed loads over 20 years that I’ve been going - the kids playground has expanded massively, slightly over safetfy conscious if you ask me, but generally good with lots of equipment for a wide range of ages. Great grounds too through the woods, and also loads and loads of space for pinicing and ball games.

Blaise Castle Estate is a great place to go for a day out. The estate includes magnificent grounds and buildings. There is also beautiful scenery and landscaping to be seen. Lovely to have a day out and a nice picnic. There is also a museum which is a great insight into times of the past.

If you like off road running this a brillian place to go, make sure you go during day light hours as the poor lighting means you can come unstuck at night. Try running up the heart breaking hill, aptly named for its steepness, good for dog walking too

Nice walks and when I have been babysitting a good place to escape to! The kids can entertain themselves for hours in the park and there is plenty of things for them to play on. In the summer it is lovely place to sit out with a picnic.

a great place to take the dog for a lovely walk. the childrens play area is a ideal place for kids to go and have fun with their friends.

Great place for the kids! Amazing parks and a lot of space to walk the dog, love the scenery and the castle is just mesmerizing! Great place for a picnic :)

The castle and parkland are open and free to the public. You can view the gorge cut through limestone and it provides a beautiful landscape, where you can often see rock climbers. There are lovely walks and beautiful views, this is a nice day out for the family as well as those looking for a picturesque walk. The castle is well worth checking out and it’s stunning under a start filled sky.

A great place to go walking with the children and the dogs. The car park can get a bit full on a weekend, so aim to get there early or park on the main road.

There is a nice easy path up to the castle or you can take the long path if you’re feeling energetic. It does get really muddy so wear wellies or solid walking boots or you’ll be mud skiing before you know it or losing shoes in the mire.

Views from the top over looking the gorge are spectacular and one day we’ll work up the stamina to spend a whole day walking up the gorge and around the woods.

Plenty of seating and cubby areas around Blaise, so you’ll bump into a lot of necking couples lol.

On the way out they have a water wall, so be warned as children have a tendency to run underneath and get soaked which then makes for a whinging ride home. Bring towels and spare clothes.

Blaise Castle has a large grassed area for ball games and/or picnics. Dogs are allowed to. they have two nice sized parks with numerous things to do in there. there is a museum to visit and a large wood with a mill and a castle to see.

We recently moved from the Blaise area of Bristol and boy do we miss the Estate. It’s almost worth moving to Bristol for this place - an amazing country park in the middle of a city.

It has a beautfiul arboretum, miles of pathways, a Gorge with spectacular cliffs, a Castle (small) and a fantastic kids playground.

The Cafe is rubbish, but just take a flask and get yourselves down into the Gorge! If you have small kids, try going to the tunnel round the back of the Giants Soap dish (great mucky fun!)