Markets
There are also a number of markets in and around the city. St Nicholas Market (http://www.bristol-city.g...) in the center, near Corn St. is a permanent fixture and has stalls selling jewellery, books, CDs and fresh food. It also hosts the 'Nails' market on Fridays and Saturdays and a Flea Market on Fridays, as well as various special markets around the end of the year. There are a number of farmers markets and similar events held at different venues around the city. These include:
Corn St.
(http://www.bristol.gov.uk...) bristol farmers market on wednesday mornings 0930-1430hrs. local producers from a 40-mile radius sell a massive range of food from cheese, fish, honey, cakes, vegetables to meat, game and poultry at this award-winning market. all the produce is grown, reared, caught, brewed, pickled, baked or smoked by the stallholders.
Fresh Saturday Food Market
Fresh Saturday Food Market, St. Nicholas Street behind Glass Arcade and Covered Market, in road that links High Street to Corn Street, (http://visitbristol.co.uk...). Saturday mornings and usually runs until mid afternoon. Has on offer a great selection of local, fresh and organic produce.
Straits Parade, Fishponds
Straits Parade, Fishponds, (http://www.organic-superm...) Parade is a grassy open space right alongside the busy Fishponds Road. Here the Market has come to its customers. Held on the Second Thursday morning each month it is gaining a strong local following. Good bus links to Emersons Green and Downend.
Tobacco Factory, Southville
Tobacco Factory, Southville, (http://www.tobaccofactory...), Sunday market 1030-1430hrs. It has around 30 stalls and leans strongly towards eco-friendly, fair trade and local products.
Slow Food Market
Slow Food Market, (http://www.bristol.gov.uk...) Corn St. on the first Sunday, 1000-1500hrs. It is the largest food market in Bristol, with the widest choice. Although it is the largest food market, Slow Food Bristol and Bristol City Council are committed to increasing its size and range further. They are aiming by next year to see the market going international with visits from food producers from France, Germany, Portugal, Spain and, of course, Italy.
Whiteladies Rd.
Whiteladies Rd. , (http://www.bristollocalfo...) Due to its popularity with both stallholders and shoppers it is now fortnightly, alternating Fridays 8.30AM till 1PM, and Saturdays, 9AM till 2PM, at the corner of Whiteladies Road and Apsley Road.
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Park Street, Queens Road and The Triangle marketed by the local traders as Bristol's West End has a good range of fashionable clothes shops, book shops, restaurants, takeaways, record shops.
Clifton Village contains a wide variety of smaller, more expensive boutique style shops, as well as some nice cafes and restaurants.
Whiteladies Road has some small department stores, takeaways, restaurants, bars, Clifton Down shopping centre, electrical stores, bookshops, gift shops.
Old Market Street/West Street is home to several of Bristol's massage parlours, along with a few adult shops several gay bars and a gay club called Flamingos. Nearby on Midland Road is The Club, and on Alfred Street, The Elite Retreat; both good massage parlours, although Central Massage on Old Market Street is the cheapest, and Adam & Eve on West Street is open 24/7.
Bristol also has quite vibrant district shopping centres. The best of these are probably:
North St and East St, in Bedminster in the south of the city. A wide range of independent shops, also supermarkets, greengrocers, butchers, bars, cafes, delicatessens, charity shops.
Gloucester Rd/Cheltenham Rd in the North, which contains a large number of cafes and restaurants, a number of instrument shops, many hardware stores and a good selection of independent butchers, bakers and greengrocers. At night, the restaurants and pubs attract lively nightlife.
Fishponds Rd and Staple Hill in the East. Asian restaurants, thrift shops, bakers and independent stores.
St Mark's Rd in Easton, in the east of the inner city, which is particularly noted for its mainly South Asian food shops and restaurants. It is also home to a modern vegetarian/vegan restaurant Café Maitreya that has won national acclaim.
Broadmead & Cabot Circus
Are the two major precincts within the city's central shopping district. the newer of the two is cabot circus (http://www.cabotcircus.com/) which opened in september 2008. the name was chosen by public vote after it was decided that the name 'merchants quarter' brought with it too many connotations to bristol's slave trade past. it is a large, and mostly under-cover shopping centre, containing over 120 shops including house of fraser, harvey nichols, 'apple', hollister, boss, ted baker, fred perry as well as a cinema du lux.