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The Bristol Adblock group is the longest running Adblock group, and the campaign has been active in Bristol since 2017.
Join the discussion! Adblock Bristol have a private Facebook group for members to chat. Find them online here.
Follow the group in Instagram at instagram.com/adblockbristol.
Come to a meeting! Adblock Bristol meet on the second Tuesday of every month from 7pm – 8.30pm.
An application for a large digital billboard on Muller Road, Bristol, has been refused. (Bristol planning application number: 26/12005/A) A big thank you to everyone who objected via the council’s online portal and shared it around. There were at least 41 formal objections from residents. One less advertising hoarding is always a win for Adblock…Continue reading Billboard? More like nilboard! A win from Bristol
Adblock Bristol first started to input into the Bristol Local Plan back in 2018! We then responded to the Review Consultation in March 2019 and managed a petition which received 1,850 signatories supporting no new billboards. In 2022 we fed in how outdoor advertising impacts on health and wellbeing and the local economy, and in…Continue reading Remember the Bristol Local Plan?
📍Mina Road roundabout, St Werburgh’s, next to Chaya Veggies (maps)🗓️ Saturday 18th April, 1pm-4pm. Join Adblock Bristol at our community arts billboard on Saturday 18th April, 1-4pm, to paint the colours onto a beautiful new artwork by Bristol artist Matilda Smith. Featuring snails, woodlice, flowers, which we’ll fill in with bright colours, the piece is…Continue reading Family paint-a-billboard day in Bristol
Following a recent planning application for more digital advertising screens at Bristol Temple Meads train station, Adblock Bristol sent this open letter to Network Rail – who manage the premises. An open letter to Network Rail – 27th March 2026 Dear Network Rail, Firstly, congratulations on the completion of the recent roof renewal project at…Continue reading Let us travel in peace (without ad screens) – an open letter to Network Rail
Did you know that a digital advertising screen is an unusually powerful source of energy for time travel? We’ve found that Black Friday adverts are particularly ideal for harnessing energy to travel to the future. While these ads would normally be used to power a seasonal surge in consumerism, Adblock Bristol’s hardworking Time Travel Engineers…Continue reading Using a billboard to power a Time Machine
Since June 2025, three billboards in the borough of St Werburghs have been half demolished. One is now nothing more than a rusty frame, whilst the other still sport ads slowly peeling and fading. We never liked these billboards but this is a whole other level….Continue reading Adblock Bristol: reimagining ad space for the community