BRS - Bristol
- Airport Guy
- May 5, 2024
- 3 min read
Updated: May 11, 2024
Bristol serves the West Country and is eighth in terms of size in the United Kingdom, with 10 million passengers in 2023. Its website is www.bristolairport.co.uk

Parking
Bristol has a full range of parking choices - Silver Zone (park your car and leave your keys for it to be parked, shuttle bus to the terminal, four per hour), multi-storey (four to eight minute walk to the terminal), Meet and Greet (one minute walk from the terminal, your car is parked for you), long stay (in the process in closing, unclear if it will return), short stay (eight to ten minute walk to the terminal).
Full details and a booking option can be found here www.bristolairport.co.uk/parking/
Drop Off
Drop Off is adjacent to the terminal and costs £6 for up to ten minutes, £8 for an additional ten and £12 up to forty minutes.
An alternative is the Short Stay car park, £6 for thirty minutes. A further alternative is the Waiting Zone that is free for up to an hour and uses a bus service to the terminal.
Security
Security details at Bristol can be found here www.bristolairport.co.uk/at-the-airport/security/ Birmingham offers a fast track for £6.
Restaurants and Bars
There are a number of restaurants on offer at Bristol.
Brigg and Stow Bar, Burger King, Cabin Bar, Caffe Nero, Frankie & Benny's, Ritazza, Soho Coffee Co., Soul + Grain, Starbucks, Tortilla
Shops
Bristol has a number of shops in the terminal. You can find out more about each store here www.bristolairport.co.uk/at-the-airport/shop-and-eat/shop/
Accessorize, Boots, Curi.o.city, InMotion, JD Sports, M&S Simply Food, World Duty Free, WH Smith, WH Smith Books
Bristol has a Reserve and Collect option.
Lounges
Escape, 0330-1930, complimentary snacks and drinks, from £30
1903, 0330-1930, complimentary drinks, from £36
Assistance
Bristol recommends travellers contact their tour operator, travel agent or airline at least 48 hours prior to departure so that your details can be passed to the Assistance team. You can find some very detailed information via the following link.
Hotels
There is one on-site hotel at Bristol.
Hampton by Hilton, two minutes walk to the terminal
Shuttles
There is no shuttle at the airport.
Immigration
For all international travellers you should check entry requirements on the official government site. In this case it is www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration and you will find details on the ETA scheme there too.
Reclaim
Just follow the signs after immigration and you will come to the baggage reclaim area. There are boards that you should check for your flight number, and that will indicate which carousel you need to attend. There are trolleys available in the area.
Customs
There are two channels - green (nothing to declare) and red (items to declare).
Just like immigration you should only rely on the official government information regarding what you can bring into the UK. www.gov.uk/bringing-goods-into-uk-personal-use
Taxis
Arrow Cars are the only company allowed to pick up and drop off at Bristol. You can find details here www.bristolairport.co.uk/to-and-from-the-airport/taxis/
Buses and Coaches The coach park is just a few minutes walk to the terminal.
A1 Flyer - every twelve minutes to Bedminster, Temple Meads, City Centre, Bristol Bus Station, £9 single
A3 - Flyer - hourly, Cleeve, Congresbury, Worle, Weston Railway Station, £5 single
A4 Airdecker - hourly, South Bristol, Keynsham, Saltford, Bath, £16.50 single
National Express 216 - six per day, Newport, Cardiff Coach Station, variable pricing
South Western Falcon - twenty per day, Taunton, Exeter, Plymouth, variable pricing
Flixbus - eight per day, Newport, Cardiff, Bridgend, Swansea, variable pricing
Numerous services can be found via Bristol Bus Station.
For National Express just click the image below.
Rail and Trams
There is no station at the airport. Rail passengers should head to Temple Meads then use the A1 Flyer bus, or to Weston and take the A3 Flyer bus.
For any rail bookings, we recommend Trainline. Just click the logo below.
Routes
Bristol has a range of routes available. You can find full details here www.bristolairport.co.uk/where-can-i-fly/
Aberdeen, Alicante, Amsterdam, Antalya, Athens, Barcelona, Basel, Belfast, Berlin, Beziers, Bilbao, Bodrum, Bordeaux, Bucharest, Budapest, Bydgoszcz, Catania, Chambery, Cologne, Copenhagen, Corfu, Cork, Crete, Dalaman, Dublin, Dubrovnik, Edinburgh, Enfidha, Faro, Fuerteventura, Geneva, Gibraltar, Girona, Glasgow, Gran Canaria, Grenoble, Guernsey, Hurghada, Ibiza, Inverness, Isle of Man, Jersey, Kaunas, Krakow, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Lisbon, Luqa, Madeira, Madrid, Majorca, Malaga, Marrakech, Marseille, Milan, Murcia, Naples, Newcastle, Nice, Paphos, Paris, Pisa, Porto, Poznan, Prague, Reykjavik, Rhodes, Riga, Rome, Rzeszow, Sal, Salzburg, Sharm el Sheikh, Sofia, Split, Tenerife, Tirana, Toulouse, Turin, Valencia, Venice, Verona, Wroclaw, Zante, Zurich
Maps
You can find an airport map here www.bristolairport.co.uk/at-the-airport/terminal-maps/
Meeting Points
There are no designated meeting points.
Terminal Transfers
Not applicable.
Car Hire
There are a number of big name companies offering car hire at the airport - Alamo, Avis, Budget, Enterprise, Europcar, Hertz, National, Sixt, Thrifty
Car hire can be reached via a free shuttle bus.
Bristol does have its own search tool www.bristolairport.co.uk/to-and-from-the-airport/car-hire/
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