Where a car takes you from Bristol
These are the day trips from Bristol on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Bath Bath stacks Georgian crescents, Sally Lunn's centuries-old bun house and a dense afternoon-tea circuit just fifteen railway minutes east of Bristol
- Cheddar Gorge Cheddar Gorge carves through the Mendips 45 minutes from Bristol, pairing Gough's Cave and clifftop walks with the village of cheese pilgrimage
- Chew Valley The Chew Valley folds farms and its reservoir lake into Bristol's nearest countryside, with The Pony at Chew Magna cooking from its own garden
- Sandford (Thatchers Cider) Sandford is Thatchers country, where cider tours at Myrtle Farm walk the orchards and tanks a family has worked since 1904, then pour the range
- Frome Frome's cobbled Catherine Hill hosts The Frome Independent, the monthly market Sunday that turns this Somerset town into a producer showcase near Bris
- Bruton Bruton packs galleries and destination dining into one small Somerset street, led by Osip's farm-driven tasting menus about an hour out from Bristol
Booking a car in Bristol
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 19.9 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Avis, Dollar, Enterprise, Europcar, Green Motion, Hertz, Keddy
- Pick up at
- Bristol Airport
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-02) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.