News / bristol open doors
Bristol Open Doors to return in September
Venues, forgotten spaces and special places are invited to be part of the return of the Bristol Open Doors festival.
Organisers welcome applications from everything from boats to bridges, from both pioneering new developments and from community groups with a story to share.
Places of sanctuary are warmly welcomed, including mosques, temples, churches and secret gardens.
is needed now More than ever
Applications from local historians and creatives who could lead a tour and reveal a story of Bristol are also requested; so if you have a story to tell, please get in touch.

If you had the keys to Bristol, which doors would you open? – photo: Roberta Pia
Anna Rutherford, director of The Architecture Centre, organisers of Bristol Open Doors, said that they are “inviting the city’s building and special places to open up and share their stories”.
Rutherford said: “Bristol Open Doors is an opportunity for us all to be tourists for the long weekend.
“We’d love to hear from anyone with a space which deserves to be showcased, or from the people of Bristol about places they are curious to see inside!”
Is there somewhere you would love to get inside? Email victoria.holden@architecturecentre.org.uk.
Apply to be part of Bristol Open Doors via www.bristolopendoors.org.uk/register-a-venue
Bristol Open Doors 2021 takes place from September 10-12.
Main photo: Paul Blakemore
Read more: New book reveals 111 places not to be missed in Bristol