Bristol By Numbers

Bristol’s pretty interesting when you think about it.

The 8th largest city in the UK & largest in the South West, Bristol is pretty spectacular. There’s lots that happens here but did you know these cold hard facts?

 1. We’ve got the 5th oldest zoo in the world, despite the prevalence of selfie sticks. 

https://twitter.com/GavinGodbeer/status/563425568184868867

2. Bristol is the first UK city with it’s own currency…. imagine that?

https://twitter.com/st3thrich/status/561517145168027649

3. 25% of the world’s natural history programmes are made in Bristol. That’s a lot of David Attenborough to go around. 

4. 429,000 people visit Bristol each year. That’s at least 100,000 people taking this picture:

https://twitter.com/BxYASELFmedia/status/542754760286543872

5. There’s been over 1 million #Bristol posts on Instagram.

http://instagram.com/p/yy1U3EIM5h

7.  There are over 17 thousand businesses in Bristol…. and ‘The Best’ is one of them.

You know you live in Bristol when you recognise this man. pic.twitter.com/4PfNuZLWcs

— Best of Bristol (@BristolBestof) November 9, 2014

8. There are more independent shops on Gloucester Road then any other UK Road. There’s also a lot of Bishopston Mums to.

A glorious sunny morning on Gloucester Road today. Spring is out in force on Saturday! #Bristol pic.twitter.com/MVnYuYdOJw

— lashingscoffeehouse (@lashingsbristol) March 22, 2014

Sam Gillies

Founder and editor of Best of Bristol. Creator of numerous Bristol lists, guides & videos. Most likely found attempting to find interesting street art across Bristol and other cities.