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Follow in Queen Elizabeth's footsteps at St John on the Wall Bristol
Church Of St. John The Baptist, Broad Street, Bristol, Gloucestershire BS1 2EZ
Saturday 14 Sep 2024
Sat 14 Sep:11.00-17.00; Free Entry.
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Follow in Queen Elizabeth's footsteps at St John on the Wall Bristol
Heritage Open Day: Explore this unique church with its Upper Church & Crypt to a background of baroque organ music. Learn about Queen Elizabeth's journey in 1574 where she passed through the arch to enter the city of Bristol as we celebrate its 570th Anniversary. St John's is part of the very fabric of Bristol - it was built into the city walls in the fourteenth century as a place for travellers to offer prayers before a journey. In the twelfth century there were five churches built into Bristol's city walls, acting both as part of the city's defences, and as places for travellers to offer prayers before a journey. St John's is the only one that remains.