Bristol
£17pp—Visit historic Bristol Dockyards & SS Great Britain
Bristol Dockyards
Adam Gasson & SS Great Britain Trust
Emily Booth
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Why We Love This Deal
Bristol Dockyards is home to SS Great Britain, the world's first modern ocean liner. Designed by legendary marine engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the ship was the blueprint for all ocean liners. Travelzoo members can step aboard the ship itself, visit the new museum, and see the dry dock for 22% less than usual. Also on site is a Brunel museum, where you could learn more about one of the greatest engineers of all time. Visit for £17 with this offer, and get free returns for a whole year.
What's Included
- Entry for one adult (age 17 and over) to Bristol Dockyards, which includes the SS Great Britain Experience, Being Brunel Museum, and the Historic Dockyards
- Valid Tuesday–Sunday. Your first visit must be before 28 March, 2027
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Opening times:
- 10am–5pm until 2 November. Being Brunel Museum is open 11am–4pm
- 10am–4pm 3 November–14 February. Being Brunel Museum is open 11am–3pm
- The Dockyards are also open on Mondays during bank holidays and Bristol school holidays
More Reasons to Go
- SS Great Britain launched in 1843, and was the largest ship in the world. Brunel combined an iron hull with a screw propeller, making the ship the first of its kind. It was first iron steamer to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
- The ship currently sits on a "glass sea". Walk into the dry dock and see the ship's iron hull from below. You can also get up close to the giant propeller and the original iron plates.
- Bristol Dockyards also features the reimagined SS Great Britain Experience museum. Explore artefacts, immersive interactives, and community-led stories that celebrate the ship's four decades of voyages, migrations, and life at sea.
- Learn more about the impressive feats of Brunel at the Being Brunel Museum. Head back to the mid-19th century, and see how he was responsible for some of the world's most revolutionary engineering feats, from bridges, tunnels, ships, and railways.
- See 75,000 original drawings, letters and items from maritime history at the Brunel Institute*.
- Stuck for Christmas gift ideas? Give a dining, spa, activity, theatre, or hotel experience, and create a memory.
Enjoyed This
(14 Member Ratings)
(14 Member Ratings)
Enjoyed Most
An amazing informative visit.
MR HARDING
23 Oct, 2026
Enjoyed Most
probably one of my best exeriences
Other Comments
staff very helpful, very easy access
David
16 Oct, 2026
Coleford, UK
Enjoyed Most
So interesting and well presented exhibition. Excellent, knowledgeable staff. Museum full on interesting facts and displays.
Carole
04 Oct, 2026
Street, UK
Enjoyed Most
All round good haf fay out
Other Comments
SS Great Britain is now more or less complete, not just a hulk
Frederick Rob
13 Sep, 2026
Taunton, UK
Enjoyed Most
A great day out
trevor
12 Sep, 2026
New Ash Green, Longfield, UK
Enjoyed Most
We had a problem with our travelzoon ticket but the staff on the booking desk were excelent and got it sorted quickly for us.
Christina
12 Sep, 2026
Bristol, UK
Enjoyed Most
I took a friend who loves history and we both thoroughly enjoyed looking over the ship, searching out information and marvelling at how she was built and employed. I was proud to have lived in Bristol at the time funds were being raised to salvage her and bring her home from the Falklands to say that I had contributed to it!
Other Comments
Will go again as we did not go into the Museum this time or the dockyards
Susan
11 Sep, 2026
Gloucester, UK