Social Life at Bristol..

Any good rock bars? Hell, a good metal place is probably almost too much to hope for.

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Any good rock bars? Hell, a good metal place is probably almost too much to hope for.

Re above: yeh there is.

http://www.ubu.org.uk/societies/rocksoc

There y'go!

Contrary to the positive comments above, I personally think the layout of Bristol is weird. The city centre is completely dead most nights. I come from the north east and went to Manchester as an undergraduate so I know comparing them to Bristol is not strictly fair, but the distances involved going between places is off-putting and it is not as great as it is made out to be. Nevertheless, going out is more about who you go out with rather than where you go so if you have a nice group of friends then you will make the dullest little pub a good experience.

Anybody have any idea of what the social life is like at Manor hall?

(Heard its all single sex corridors)

Depends what you like, it's fantastic for bar crawls due to the number of college bars, and to be fair the union is an amazing venue, it's just not always used for the best events unfortunately. Though Friday nights were great for groups of friends.

Newcastle was 10 minutes away on the train, and you could get the 2am train back to Durham, which was ideal.

As I say, pros and cons to so many places, though I do agree Durham in itself is not great for nightlife of the 'clubbing' variety. And believe me I am a clubber!

2am train? Just getting my stomp on by 2 bro.

I totally disagree that the city centre is "completely dead". I often walk through Bristol at night and there's always people crowding the pavements outside the clubs on Queen's Road. Even on a Sunday there are plenty of people around.

OK "bro" well when you go out with a group of mates from Uni you generally have to compromise and get the 2am train. For the hardcore there is also a train sometime around 4am which I got on occasions.

Queen's Road is nowhere near the city centre...

Well I live by the fountains which is pretty damn close to the city centre and it most definitely is NOT dead most nights. Maybe if you have only been going out on Sundays...

Distance wise it all depends where you live, but the vast majority of areas where students live are not a long distance at all from clubs/pubs/bars.

If you were implying that Bristol only has dull pubs... well... I don't know where to begin with that -- there are about a trillion places to go drinking in Bristol.

You and I seem to be seeing a very different city.

Seriously, read what I actually wrote.

I did not imply that 'Bristol only has dull pubs'. I suggested that going out has a lot to do with who you go out with, not just where you go; even a dull little pub can be a good experience with a 'nice group of friends'. In addition, I never suggested that there was no where to go out in Bristol (there is a restaurants and bars at the bottom of my building!). What I actually wrote was that the layout of the city is awkward and spread out in comparison to most other big cities so, I assume, people tend to stick to certain areas, thus it is less busy.

I am wedged between Baldwin Street and King Street, and I walk through the city centre most nights and one of my flatmates works in a bar. The only night that has been constantly busy since I lived here is Friday. Most week nights are quiet or dead, and Saturday tends to be hit and miss.

I think most students tend to frequent the Triangle/Park Street during the week though, or if they're going to Panache/Syndicate go straight there. We don't often venture into the City Centre at all. I've never found it too spread out at all, though then maybe that's because I live in Portsmouth which is massively more spread out than the centre of Bristol is.

Queen's Road is nowhere near the city centre...

I agree with that.

Out of interest, and off topic, how are you finding French? I know a few members of the French department and I am actually writing an essay for Bradley Stephens at the moment!