About Bristol, United Kingdom

Bristol is a city straddling the River Avon in the southwest of England with a prosperous maritime history. Its former city-centre port is now a cultural hub, the Harbourside, where the M Shed museum explores local social and industrial heritage. The harbour's 19th-century warehouses now contain restaurants, shops and cultural institutions such as contemporary art gallery The Arnolfini.

• County status: 1373
• Weather: 8°C, Wind N at 6 km/h, 70% Humidity
• Sovereign state: United Kingdom
• Postcode: BS
• Population: 535,907 (2011) United Nations
• Did you know: Bristol is the ninth-largest metropolitan economy in the United Kingdom by GDP (46.2 billion PPP)