Bristol Folk House — Local services in Bristol

This places runs a variety of courses and is one of the reasons why I go there. It is a cooperative and is not for profit and has a membership of £12, which gives you priority bookings on courses and programmes in advance too

They do day courses and term time courses and special courses over the summer holidays - book over the phone or by post.

A wide variety of courses are available and the days courses gives you a good insight into something without committing to a whole term and also the tutors are friendly and also participants are friendly too

Courses are relatively cheap and there are discounts for the unemployed and seniors

You do not have to be a member to go on the courses or use the cafe

There is a café there too which is open to the general public

The entrance is up an alleyway (next door to the Nomad clinic)

Places there for bikes

Parking is difficult and if you have an option then use the bus would be best - plenty of buses stop in the centre of go up and down Park Street

Most day courses you do get a lunch break - depending on time and mood you can either use the café or there are plenty of options up and...

My partner was given a voucher for use at the Folk House as a birthday present from a friend. Due to a very busy year, small children, etc she did not get around to redeeming it until a few days after the year cut-off point and was told in a rather curt way that this was not possible.

I understand that technically the Folk House are completely within their rights to refuse the voucher, but I'm a bit surprised that they've actually enforced this given it is a matter of days beyond the cut-off (and to be fair, she'd tried to contact the folk house in weeks prior to redeem it but was unable to do so).

We've visited the Folk House for courses and events a number of times previously and had built up an image of the place as being friendly and customer-focussed and are therefore particularly disappointed by refusal to accept the voucher and the unapologetic way it...

Love this place. They have different workshops going on whether its a day workshop or a course that goes on for a certain amount of weeks. You can learn and create different things for a great price.

I did two sewing courses and thoroughly enjoyed my time doing it and I always looked forward to it weekly. The cafe also serves some really nice...