Dr Sarah Whittingham has led tours of buildings and architectural walks around Bristol since 2003. If you are involved with a local group or society and would like to organise such a tour, please get in touch.

Previous walks have included:

• ‘A Monument to Brotherly Love’: A Tour of Wills Hall of Residence, House and Chapel

"Dr Whittingham was so helpful and knowledgeable"

• A Hidden Gem: The Former Bristol Baptist College

• The Lantern of the West: The Wills Memorial Building Lecture and Tour

"It was everything a tour ought to be, a credit to the University of Bristol"

• By George!: George Oatley’s Work in the University Precinct

• ‘Country Air, Channel Breezes and Beautiful Views’: A Walk Around Sneyd Park I

• Surprising Suburbia: A Walk Around Stoke Bishop and Sneyd Park II

• A Domestic Suburb in Ancient Woodland: A Walk Around Leigh Woods

• Shire is Lush!: An Architectural Walk Around Shirehampton

• Down the ’mouth: An Architectural Walk Around Avonmouth

Exhibitions

In 2009 Sarah curated ‘The University of Bristol’s Buildings: Past, Present and Future’, as part of the University's centenary celebrations. This was held at the Architecture Centre, Bristol, from 1 July-31 August 2009. The exhibition included 27 exhibition panels, architectural models, and digitised archive films.

Some of the many complimentary comments from the visitors' book:

• Congratulations on an excellent exhibition!

• Very interesting exhibition - lovely pictures

• Very informative and well curated

• Amazing model and great video

• Impeccably researched and presented. I congratulate the curator

• Excellent exhibition, I especially like the combination of models and photographs. More please

• GREAT STUFF! THANK YOU

• Excellent. The Centre should do more exhibitions like this

• Interesting work and excellent panels

• Learnt a lot more about Bristol’s buildings. Very interesting! Thank you!

• Stunning. Lovely, beautiful buildings!

• Great information, beautiful buildings