Access Guide
Introduction
- King Street is a one-way cobbled street running west to east between Prince Street and Queen Charlotte Street in the centre of Bristol.
- There is some parking available, free of charge and without time restrictions for Blue Badge holders.
- The road is closed for cars until 25/01/2022.
Prince Street Junction
- There is a dropped kerb with tactile markings to both pavements at the junction of Prince Street and King Street.
- The pavement is even paving stones, 340cm wide narrowing to 210cm wide.
- The paving changes here to older uneven paving stones with some wider spaces between them.
- The pavement width here is 195cm narrowed by a lamppost to 150cm.
King Street West
- The left-hand side pavement is blocked by pub tables.
- It is advisable to cross the road here down the easy dropped kerb, go along the cobbled road and up the easy dropped kerb on to the right-hand side pavement.
- The pavement here does have pub tables restricting access but when laid tight to the building a width of 75cm is possible but not guaranteed.
King Street East
- After the pubs, the pavement widens to 170cm.
- The surface is older, with some wider spaces between paving stones.
Queen Charlotte Street Junction
- Cross the tarmac Queen Charlotte Street at the easy, tactile marked dropped kerb to the pedestrianised part of King Street leading to Welsh Back.
Pedestrianised Zone
- There is a width of 120cm between the bollards at either end of the zone.
- The middle of the zone is cobbled with both sides being older uneven paving stones.
- Pub tables and seating are now aligned with the pedestrian flow with a wider walking area to the right of the route, adjacent to the, now closed, Llandoger Trow Public House.