Like a lot of folk around the Bristol area, I suspect many are aware of the SS Great Britain but only a few have actually visited. So to help rectify this, the wife and I decided to go along. It's well signposted on the way into Bristol with the usual brown 'tourist' signs, so it's relatively easy to find. If you are driving alongside the harbour it's hard to miss and you'll soon know if you're on the wrong side of the water! There is pay and display parking nearby so be sure to have some change with you. There is also a ferry for foot passengers from the other side of the harbour but I'm not sure when this runs. The entrance to the museum is ...  Read the complete review

I've lived in Bristol all of my life and had never visited the SS Great Britain and so, one sunny day decided that we would take a visit to this maritime favourite. Now, I'm not a great fan of museums and so when the trip was suggested was that keen but decided to go along with it. I was pleasantly surprised. You enter the SS Great Britain museum initally, where you can read about the ship in it's original form, it's rescue and then it's rebuild. There are also video's to watch and small tasks for children to carry out to keep them entertained. Next, you enter the ship, upon which you are given set of headphones and asked which type of passenger you ...  Read the complete review

Regrettably Dooyoo did not actually place a picture of the s.s. Great Britain at the head of this review, which may have left you all wondering just what it is you are about to read. Well, the Great Britain is the first iron hulled steam ship, that being the "S.S" or "ss" prefix! This is a review written from the standpoint of an S.S. Great Britain Trust member of some 13 years standing. The bulk of this will go rather beyond the standard "visitor attraction" review which is so familiar to us all. I am therefore taking the unusual step of writing this in two parts, for the casual visitor looking for an interesting day out and, ...  Read the complete review