Why we made Best Bristol
Why Best Bristol exists, which parts of Bristol it covers, how it makes money without adverts and what it will never do for you.
Ask anyone in Bristol for a good plumber and the answer usually starts with “where’s it to?”, because a firm in Kingswood is not much use to someone in Southville. Best Bristol keeps that question in mind. Each list is about one job, it is short, and every firm on it shows its address, its pin on the map and photos of the place, so you can tell at a glance who is near you and what they look like.
Which parts of Bristol
The centre and the neighbourhoods inside the ring road and just beyond it: Clifton, Cotham and Redland, Bishopston and Horfield, Montpelier, St Pauls and Easton, Bedminster, Southville and Totterdown, Knowle and Brislington, Fishponds and Kingswood, Henleaze and Westbury-on-Trym, and out to Filton, Stoke Gifford and Bradley Stoke. Keynsham, Portishead and Bath have their own firms and are left out on purpose.
Who the lists are for
People who live here and need something done: a new boiler, a dental implant, a conveyancer for a first flat, a letting agent who understands student houses, a garage you can trust with an older diesel, a photographer for a wedding at the Harbourside. The lists cover hundreds of jobs and grow a few at a time.
How we pay our way
There are no adverts and readers never pay. A firm that has already been chosen for a list can take Pro, which gives it a fuller page with its phone, website and photos, or Top, a marked place near the head of a list it is already on. Neither one gets anybody onto a list.
What we will not do
We are an editorial team, not tradespeople, clinicians or lawyers. We do not give advice, take bookings, hold deposits or vouch for anybody’s insurance. Spotted a firm that has closed or moved? Tell us at info@bestbristol.uk.