Bristol

Bristol Royal Infirmary has an Emergency Department.

Southmead Hospital Emergency Department now CLOSED, Minor Injury Unit available, only open limited hours.

Frenchay Hospital has an Emergency Department, but it is planned that Frenchay will close and all services will be transferred to Southmead.

Bristol Eye Hospital is a specialist hospital for eye conditions and has an accident and emergency department (http://www.ubht.nhs.uk/ey...) for eye conditions ONLY. Accident and Emergency department opening hours 0800-2000hrs.

Bristol Dental Hospital provides the full range of Dental Specialties including Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine, Restorative, Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry. Emergency service (http://www.ubht.nhs.uk/de...) for dental conditions ONLY opening hours 0800-1000hrs. Alternatively contact NHS Direct on 0845 46 47.

Bristol City Walk-In Centre Bristol Royal Infirmary, Queens Building, Marlborough Street provides treatment for minor illnesses and injuries, assessment by an experienced NHS nurse, advice on how to stay healthy, and information on out-of-hours GP and dental services, local pharmacy services and other local health services. There is also a NHS Walk In Centre at Knowle West Health Park, In the southern part of the city, For Opening times contact NHS Direct on 0845 46 47.

The Bristol Sexual Health Centre is Bristol's main sexual health clinic and provides free advice, testing and treatment for Sexually Transmitted Infections amongst other services. The BSHC provides a drop-in service. The Milne Centre closed in July 2008.

NHS Direct operate a 24 hour helpline staffed by medical professionals, available by phone on 0845 46 47. For all serious and possibly-serious complaints, they will probably refer the caller to a local General Practitioner or Accident and Emergency department.

maps

Visit Bristol, the official tourism website for Bristol has free maps of the city for visitors. Distinctive blue A3 tourist maps which cover the city centre, the Harbourside and Clifton, are available for free from the Tourist Information Centre on the harbourside and also from locations such as libraries, shops, Temple Meads railway station, hotels and the YHA hostel.

Detailed maps for districts within the city such as Fishponds and Lockleaze, cycle, bus and a very detailed harbourside map are available from the City Council .

Bristol is also home to a branch of Stanfords, a very large supplier of maps and tour guides. Maps of Bristol with all the city centre street names and destinations marked sell from £1.50. Stanfords can be found at 29 Corn Street, and the staff double as local travel experts.

internet

Bristol has easy internet access like most cities, and as a city, has the advantage of broadband being easily accessible both to install and use.Bristol also has an abundance of internet cafes available for all to use. The council has also recently installed the internet in most of the main libraries in Bristol. Providing you are a member of Bristol Libraries you can book internet use although be prepared to wait if visiting the library during school term-times as students from the nearby school and college frequently use the facilities. A network of free wi-fi hotspots called StreetNet is being deploying in central Bristol. It is currently available around the Watershed and along Queen's Road. An up to date map of pubs, bars and cafe's in Bristol with free wifi is available here

Many small "i" stations can be found in and around the centre, allowing you to surf certain approved sites such as job search pages, visitor information, transport links and entertainment guides for local clubs and venues. You can also send emails with media attachments: for example you are able to film a message for someone to send alongside your regular email. A