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Getting Help and Assistance

Bristol Airport Special Assistance please click here (new tab).
There is a member of staff available for help and assistance.
There are mobility aids available.
The mobility aids available include wheelchairs.
There is not a designated place of safety which can be used by people with dementia, autism or learning disabilities.
There is a changing places facility available in the Terminal Building, near the Arrivals Hall.

By Road View
- The airport is located to the south of Bristol, located off the A38. The post code for the Airport is BS48 3DY.
- There are multiple parking options at the airport including short stay, multi storey and long stay.
- For more information on directions to the airport please click here (opens new tab).
By Bus View
- There is a bus stop within 150 metres of the venue.
- For more information on Bus and Coach Services to the airport please click here (opens new tab).
By Train View
- The nearest Railway Station is Bristol Temple Meads.
- The A1 bus service connects the station to the Airport.
- For more information on train services to Bristol and getting to the airport please click here (opens new tab).

This guide gives parking information for the short stay car park and route information from the car park to the Terminal Building.
The route from the car park is temporary while construction work is completed on the new access route (due November 2023).

The venue does have its own car park.
Parking is not free for all users.
Parking is not free for Blue Badge holders.
The car park is located off North Side Road.
The car park type is open air/surface.
Parking spaces for Blue Badge holders do not need to be booked in advance.
There is/are 9 Blue Badge parking bay(s) within the car park.
The dimensions of the Blue Badge parking bay(s) are 230cm x 450cm (7ft 7in x 14ft 9in).
The nearest Blue Badge bay is 510m (557yd 2ft) from the Departures entrance.
The furthest Blue Badge bay is 550m (601yd 1ft) from the Departures entrance.
The route from the car park to the entrance is accessible to a wheelchair user with assistance.
Assistance may be required because there is/are slopes/ramps.
The car park surface is tarmac.
There is a dropped kerb between the car park and the venue.
The dropped kerb does have tactile paving.
There is a road to cross between the car park and the entrance.
The road is generally quiet.
The car park does not have a height restriction barrier.
There is not a designated drop off point.

Access to the walkway is located at the end of the row of Blue Badge bays.
Upon crossing the road there is a steep ramp with handrails on both sides.
Continue straight ahead towards the entrance door into the multi-storey car park where there are two doors, the first one is 95cm wide and the second is 96cm width and there is a lip of more than 2cm on both doors.
Follow the blue path through the multi-storey car park and take the temporary route to the left of the lift, then turn right up a steep ramp under a glass walkway.
At the top of the slope turn left through the marked off car park and turn right up a steep ramp towards the temporary pedestrian crossing.
The crossings have dropped kerbs with tactile paving on each side.
The surface levels off at the top of the ramp before the crossing.

The access road crossing has dropped kerbs on each side with tactile paving.
After the crossing turn right and continue up the first of two steep ramps.
The surface is now block paving.
At the top of the first ramp turn left and go straight up the second ramp and then turn right towards the crossing over the bus pick-up and drop-off areas.
The surface levels out at the top of the ramp.
The pedestrian crossing has dropped kerbs on either side with tactile paving and the surface then becomes flagstones leading to the Departures entrance.