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Blaise Castle Estate

A 650 acre Grade II* registered parkland including children's play area, museum and castle.

Admission and opening times

Admission is free. Access may be restricted on major event days.

Blaise Castle Estate is open every day from 7.30am. Closing times vary throughout the year:

  • 5.15pm in November, December and January
  • 6.15pm in February
  • 7.15pm in March
  • 8.15pm in April
  • 9.15pm in May, June, July and August
  • 8.15pm in September
  • 7.15pm in October

To find out when the dairy garden and castle are open, see noticeboards at the estate.

Location

Blaise Castle Estate, Kings Weston Road, Bristol, BS10 7QS

Parking

Parking charges

There's a car parking fee at our main car park in Blaise Castle Estate.

This was introduced on Thursday 3 March 2022.

The cost for parking is:

  • £1 for up to 1 hour
  • £2 for up to 2 hours
  • £3 for up to 5 hours

If you want to stay longer than 5 hours, you can pay for extra hours.

Charges apply between 9am and 6pm, Monday to Sunday, including bank holidays.

A number of waiting restrictions, including double and single yellow lines, were installed in October on sections of several surrounding roads. These were delivered ahead of charges coming in at the estate to protect nearby junctions, driveways, and bus routes from obstructive parking.

View maps of the waiting restrictions:

There are two car parks:

  • main car park off Kings Weston Road at BS10 7QS
  • small car park off The Dingle at BS9 2PA

The car parks close at the same time as the estate.

Car parks are closed on 25 December.

Disabled access

You can find an access guide on the DisabledGo website.

Parking

  • main car park: five disabled parking bays
  • small car park: one disabled parking bay

Facilities and features

Activities

Model aircraft, including drones

Under the park byelaws, you can fly model aircraft, including drones, pdf in part of the Blaise Estate (680 KB) .

The model aircraft must weigh 7kg or less, without its fuel. The person flying the aircraft must:

Blaise Castle Estate cafe

Find out about the Blaise Castle Estate cafe.

Toilet opening times

Monday to Sunday: 9am to 5pm.

Closed on 25 December 2022.

Walking routes

There are footpaths in the estate. You can download maps of our walking routes:

Castle walk

1 miles (40 minutes)

Has views over the gorge. Woodland trails with some steep inclines that can be muddy.

pdf Blaise Estate castle walk leaflet (758 KB)

Gorge walk

1 miles (50 minutes)

Has views of the gorge and surrounding woodland. This walk uses surfaced and woodland paths. There are steep inclines.

pdf Blaise Estate gorge walk leaflet (772 KB)

Kings Weston Down walk

1 miles (35 minutes)

Includes woodland paths, grassland and the Iron Age hill fort.

pdf Blaise Estate Kings Weston Down walk leaflet (731 KB)

Rhododendron walk

3 miles (1 hour and 45 minutes)

Includes many of the estates natural features and historical buildings. This walk uses surfaced paths and woodland trails on mixture of terrains. Includes steep inclines.

pdf Blaise Estate Rhododendron walk leaflet (751 KB)

The Royals and St Mary's Church walk

1 miles (50 minutes)

Includes The Royals and St Mary's Church Yard. This walk uses woodland trails, grass and surfaced paths. The main drive is suitable for buggies.

pdf Blaise Estate The Royals and St Mary's Church walk leaflet (760 KB)

Awards and heritage

Site of special scientific interest: protected area of importance for conservation.

Community support

The Friends of Blaise is a community group that works in cooperation with the Council to maintain and improve the Estate. For more information and their activities or to join, e-mail them at contact@friendsofblaise.co.uk.

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