Around the World Flag Trail in Broadmead from July until September

Around the World Flag Trail in Broadmead from July until September

Posted on: 21 Jul 2017

Bristol's Shopping Quarter will be hosting their Around the World Flag Trail from 22nd July to 2nd September in the Broadmead area of Bristol. Collect a passport from Specsavers in Merchant Street, Bakers Dolphin in The Arcade, Julian Charles in The Galleries, or the information desk in Cabot Circus and search for the 50 flags that will be hidden in shops around Bristol Shopping Quarter.

Around the World Flag Trail with Bristol Shopping Quarter

If you find at least 25 flags, and enter the names of the relevant countries on your passport, you can enter a prize draw to win a fantastic prize – simply return your passport to one of the above venues where there will be post boxes for entries.

 

Events each Tuesday from 25 July to 29 August will continue the Around the World theme. Expect a celebration of all things Australian the first week with Hawaii, Mexico, Kenya, Japan and Jamaica to follow.

 

Along with this, their will be a range of other activities taking place through the Broadmead area with shops from The Galleries, Cabot Circus and the Arcade all taking part. Your summer couldn't get much more fun! 

 

Thursdays 27th July; 3rd, 17th and 24th August the centre will host a series of English country garden themed craft activities. Young shoppers will have great fun painting sun catchers and garden gnomes, decorating pots, making wind catcher mobiles and bird feeders, and will be able to take the results of their work home.

 

Following a successful inaugural event in 2016, the Tour of Broadmeadwill returns to Bristol Shopping Quarter this summer. Inspired by the Tour of Britain, the static bike challenge will see representatives from eight different good causes trying to replicate a stage of that tour each day, with plenty of help from retailers along the way.

The Arcade will also be taking part in many of these activities

Starting in Marks & Spencer on Saturday 29 July, when the Lord Mayor of Bristol will shout out “Ready… steady… go!” to officially start the event, the tour will move to a different location at the end of each day, ready for the next charity to start pedalling first thing in the morning. It will finish at PureGym Union Gate on Saturday 5 August.

 

The first Tour of Broadmead raised £3,700 and the BID team are hoping to exceed that this year. The charities taking part include Southmead Hospital Charity and British Red Cross London Fire Relief Fund with further announcements due soon.

 

Key dates:

22 July to 2 September – Around the world flag trail (Broadmead, Cabot Circus & The Galleries)

25 July – Australia Day (Broadmead)

27 July – In the potting shed (The Galleries)

29 July to 5 August – Tour of Broadmead Two (various locations)

1 August – Hawaii Day (Broadmead)

3 August – Catch the Wind (The Galleries)

8 August – Mexico Day (Broadmead)

15 August – Kenya Day (Broadmead)

17 August – Feed the birds (The Galleries)

22 August – Japan Day (Broadmead)

24 August – Give a gnome a home (The Galleries)

29 August – Jamaica Day (Broadmead)

 

For any further information, check out - bristolshoppingquarter.co.uk or connect with them through their Facebook channel.

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Matt Dailly

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