Bristol Pubs by Tube

Bristol now has its own ‘tube style’ map of its pubs and drinking holes.

Maths teacher John Coats and JJM Designs have recently published their ‘Pub Stops of Bristol’ design. The design displays over 450 pubs and bars set out in the distinctive style of the London underground map, each pub being marked on as a stop or interchange. The tube lines follow roads, so each ‘line’ really could be motivation for a pub crawl. The design covers the whole of Bristol and should provide plenty of inspiration. The poster has been produced in association with Butcombe Brewery. Their regular beers feature around the border of the design.

John produced a number of Pub Stops designs for other cities and regions of the UK. The first design was for John’s home city of Sheffield around 9 years ago-“I have to admit to being a bit taken aback at its success. These are obviously a great gift item, but I think there is something about the local pub and the way that pubs are such important landmarks in our cities that appeals to people.” Several other Pub Stops designs followed and there are now around forty designs in the series including a very popular design for Bath and now their latest offering for Bristol. Butcombe Brewery were very keen to be involved with the Bristol project– Guy Newell from the brewery commented “Great to see Pub Stops of Bristol putting the city's best pubs, and Butcombe Bitter on the map!”

John runs www.pubstops.co.uk as a hobby when not teaching Maths in a Sheffield high school. The Pub Stops of Bristol poster will be available from the website above, the Waterstones Galleries in the city centre, Stanfords map shop and the Tourist Information Centre.