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Festival of Nature
Location(s)	Bristol, Bath
Years active	2003 – present
Organised by	The Natural History Consortium
Website	www.festivalofnature.org.uk

The Festival of Nature is an annual science festival in the UK and the UK's largest free celebration of the natural world. The event takes place in June across Bristol, and Bath. Featuring events, including lectures, tours and film screenings on subjects of science, natural history and the environment.

The event, run by Natural History Consortium, has taken place across the region since 2003.

In 2023 the event will run from 9-18 June, with a series of live and digital events.

Historically, the event has held events at, We The Curious, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol Zoo, the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England, though there are many other events across the cities, such as at Blaise Castle estate and Leigh Woods.

Notable past speakers include broadcasters David Attenborough and David Bellamy, geneticist Steve Jones and primatologist Jane Goodall.

The Natural History Consortium also organises 'Communicate', a conference of scientists, environmentalists, broadcasters and journalists, who meet to discuss the issue of communicating conservation issues to the public, as well at the UK's BioBlitz network.

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Venues	Ashton Gate Bristol Arena (proposed) Bristol County Ground Bristol Hippodrome Bristol Old Vic Bristol Beacon Cube Microplex Exchange Memorial Stadium O2 Academy Bristol QEH Theatre Redgrave Theatre St George's, Brandon Hill The Thekla Tobacco Factory Victoria Rooms Watershed Whiteladies Picture House Wickham Theatre Winston Theatre
Festivals	Afrika Eye Bristol Festival of Ideas Bristol Harbour Festival Bristol International Balloon Fiesta Bristol Shakespeare Festival Festival of Nature Kite Festival Pride Bristol Slapstick Festival St Pauls Carnival
Museums, galleries, archives and public art	Arnolfini Blaise Castle Blaise Hamlet Banksy Bristol Archives Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery Bristol Harbour Railway Bristol Zoo Clifton Observatory Georgian House Glenside Museum Kings Weston Roman Villa M Shed Red Lodge Museum Royal West of England Academy See No Evil SS Great Britain We the Curious Wild Place Project
Parks & Open Spaces	Parks of Bristol Ashton Court Blaise Castle Brandon Hill Castle Park College Green The Downs Eastville Park Kings Weston Hill Lamplighters Marsh Redland Green Oldbury Court Estate Queen Square Snuff Mills St George's Park Stoke Park Victoria Park
Churches	All Saints' Church Bristol Cathedral Bristol Community Church Broadmead Baptist Church Buckingham Baptist Chapel Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne Christ Church, Clifton Down Christ Church with St Ewen Church of All Saints Church of Holy Trinity, Hotwells Church of Holy Trinity, Stapleton Church of the Holy Trinity with St Edmund Church of St John the Baptist City Road Baptist Church Cotham Church Counterslip Baptist Church Clifton Cathedral Crofts End Church John Wesley's New Room Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood Holy Trinity Church, Westbury on Trym Horfield United Reformed Church Hope Chapel Lewin's Mead Unitarian meeting house Pro-Cathedral of the Holy Apostles St Mary Redcliffe Redland Chapel St. Augustine's Church, Whitchurch St Augustine the Less Church St George's Church St James' Presbyterian St James' Priory St John the Baptist St Luke's Church St Mark's Church St Mary le Port Church St Mary on the Quay St Mary's Church, Henbury St Matthew's Church St Michael on the Mount Without St Nicholas St Paul's Church St Paul's, Clifton St Peter and St Paul St Peter's Church, Bishopsworth St Peter's Church, Castle Park St Philip and St Jacob St Stephen's Church St Thomas the Martyr St Werburgh's Church Temple Church Trinity Centre Tyndale Baptist Church Whitefield's Tabernacle, Kingswood Woodlands Christian Centre
Pubs	Black Castle The Crown The Coronation Tap The Famous Royal Naval Volunteer Hatchet Inn King William Ale House The Lido Llandoger Trow Mauretania, Bristol Nova Scotia The Old Duke Old Post Office Palace Hotel Printers Devil Pump House Seven Stars Shakespeare Inn The Shakespeare Stag and Hounds
Former attractions	Ashton Court Festival Bierkeller Theatre British Empire and Commonwealth Museum Bristol Industrial Museum Jacobs Well Theatre Redcliffe Hall

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