Bristol
England, United Kingdom · Population 495,300
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New: work out your own month here against real bills, and watch the m1, m2 and m3 run live rather than by timetable. The tide and the bill are still the everyday two.
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Flood watch: the tide, the Avon and the Frome
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What's my council tax, and what would take it down?
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What a Month Really Costs in Bristol
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Where's the MetroBus?
When are my bins collected?
Type your postcode, pick your address, and see that address's real collection dates and which container goes out — with an optional email reminder the evening before.
The £9 clean air charge: zone, vehicle, exemptions
Check whether an address is inside Bristol's Clean Air Zone, work out whether your vehicle is charged and what it would cost, and see which exemptions still exist — most of them ended in 2023.
What Will My Residents' Parking Permits Cost?
Pick your vehicle's VED band and add a second or third permit — see what your household's Residents Parking Scheme permits actually cost a year.
Will the balloons fly?
The forecast wind at Ashton Court against the figure the CAA publishes for mass take-offs, where the real call gets announced, and everything about the Fiesta that doesn't depend on the weather — including next year's dates.
Bristol air today: pollution and pollen, hour by hour
Today's air quality for Bristol in plain words, with pollen in season — and an honest note on what a city-wide reading misses on busy roads.
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Changelog
- New toolNew: Bristol's air today, with pollen in season
- New toolShipped live MetroBus tracking
- New toolShipped a real monthly cost calculator
- UpdatedCorrected the cost of the Avonmouth flood defences
- ResearchBristol did not pass half a million after all
- UpdatedThe Balloon Fiesta page now carries next year's dates
- New toolShipped a council tax page: every band, and what would take it down
- New toolShipped a residents' parking permit calculator
- New toolShipped a page for whether the Balloon Fiesta's ascents will fly
- New toolShipped a Clean Air Zone checker: the zone, the charge, the exemptions
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