(Performer: Gerard Cooke; pic: Zuleika Henry)

If you are familiar with the book, Treasure Island, you will know that Bristol plays a strong part in the famous tale of pirate adventure.

Bristol is where Squire Trelawney found and fitted out the good ship Hispaniola, where Long John Silver ran a pub called The Spyglass, and where young Jim Hawkins stepped off the coach from Devon to set sail on the biggest adventure of his life – the search for Captain Flint’s buried treasure.

This Summer families can enjoy a Treasure Island Story Walk on Bristol Docks and hear the story of where it all began 250 years ago!

Taking place from Monday 21 August to Sunday 3 September at 2pm and 4pm, the Treasure Island Story Walks are ideal for families with children aged 8+.

Created by Show of Strength Theatre Company and in association with the Long John Silver Trust, the story walks will be led by a professional actor in period costume and will be full of pirates and buccaneers, hidden spy holes, dark secrets, dirty deeds and lashings of doubloons.

(Performer: Nadia Williams; pic: Zuleika Henry)

Here’s Squire Trelawney’s letter from Bristol’s Old Anchor Inn:

“Dear Livesey,

The ship is bought and fitted. She lies at anchor, ready for sea. You never imagined a sweeter schooner—a child might sail her—two hundred tons; name, Hispaniola.

…only the crew troubled me until the most remarkable stroke of fortune brought me the very man that I required… an old sailor who keeps a public-house, knows all the seafaring men in Bristol, and had lost his health ashore. I engaged him on the spot to be ship’s cook. Long John Silver, he is called, and has lost a leg…’

And what happens next?

You’ll have to walk the Treasure Island Story Walk if you want to find out!

(Performer: Gerard Cooke; pic: Zuleika Henry)

• 21st August – 3rd September, 2pm & 4pm, duration 1 hour
• Adults £8, under 16 £5, family (2+2) £20 – cash only
• No booking required, meet at start of Treasure Island Story Walk by Merchant Venturers Almshouses, junction King St/Prince St, BS1 4DT
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