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Most
popular sports can be played or watched in the Bristol area,
including the more unusual. There are 17 full-sized, privately-owned golf
courses in the region as well as municipal courses open to the public. An
endless choice of routes take the walker through open country, across
downs and hills overlooking the Bristol Channel and beside rivers and
canals. The Avon Walkway runs from Pill through the city centre and out
to Bath, whilst the Avon and other gorges challenge the rock climber. There are various large sports centres in the Bristol area, some
having swimming pools. These include the Easton Leisure Centre, Kingsdown,
Horfield and Whitchurch Leisure Centres which provide a wide range of
sporting opportunities including squash, fitness rooms, cycle tracks,
weight training, indoor bowls, athletics, badminton and gymnastics.
Details of each centre are available from the Tourist Information Centre. A wide range of options is available to the angler. The Kennet &
Avon Canal is noted for tench, bream, carp and pike; the mini lakeland at
the foot of the Mendips and the Barrow Gurney reservoir are famous for
trout; and the rainbow trout at Chew Valley and Blagdon Lakes attract fly
fishermen. Hundreds of local amateur and semi-professional football teams play
throughout the county on Saturdays when Durdham Downs are a mass of
different matches and Sundays. You can watch Bristol's two football
league clubs, Rovers and City, and Bristol and Bath boast two of the most
successful rugby union sides in Britain. Gloucester County Cricket Club
is based in Bristol at the County Ground, Bishopston. The area around Bristol offers excellent opportunities for the beach
and watersports enthusiast at the Baltic Wharf Sailing & Windsurfing
School, at Chew Lake, Blagdon Lake, at the Marine Lake in
Weston-super-Mare, on the sands at Uphill and at the West Country Water
Park at Winterbourne. Robin Cousins took some of his first lessons at Bristol's Ice Rink,
which caters for everyone from the novice to the ice hockey fan. There are public and private tennis courts throughout the county and,
from time to time, international tournaments are held at Redland Green,
Bristol.
If your favourite sport hasn't been mentioned here or if you need
any help finding out about it the Tourist Information Centre in
Bristol is a good place to start. |
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