Castle Park occupies one of the most historically layered parts of central Bristol, but its defining sight is the shell of St Peter's Church. The church was gutted during the Bristol Blitz in 1940 and preserved as a memorial, leaving medieval stonework standing in a riverside park.
It is a good place to pause between the shopping quarter, Old City, and floating harbour. The open lawns can feel ordinary at first glance, but the ruined church makes the wartime destruction of Bristol's centre very concrete.