The Banksy trail - a walk through Bristol street art
Walk the Bristol Banksy trail. Five visible Banksy pieces including Well-Hung Lover and Girl with a Pierced Eardrum. Free, ninety minutes, central-city walk.
Bristol is Banksy’s home city, and several of his best-known street-art pieces remain on walls around the centre, preserved where possible behind perspex. The trail below takes about ninety minutes on foot at a slow pace and is free.
Five pieces, still visible
- The Well-Hung Lover - Frogmore Street, halfway up Park Street. On the side of a former sexual health clinic. Behind perspex.
- Mild Mild West - Stokes Croft. A teddy bear throwing a Molotov cocktail at riot police. Painted 1999, faded now but still there.
- Girl with a Pierced Eardrum - Albion Docks, Hanover Place. Painted 2014, framed behind a metal screen.
- The Grim Reaper - inside M Shed museum (originally on the Thekla boat). Preserved as an exhibit.
- You don’t need planning permission to build castles in the sky - Redcliffe, off Redcliffe Hill. Painted 2011 during the London Olympics.
A suggested order
Start at the City Museum (Paint-Pot Angel inside), walk down to Frogmore Street (Well-Hung Lover), then east past College Green to the Arnolfini and down to M Shed (Grim Reaper), then cross to Albion Docks (Girl with a Pierced Eardrum). Finish with a coffee at Wapping Wharf.
Access
All outdoor pieces viewable from the pavement. Most of the trail is step-free. Bring a camera; the light is best late afternoon.