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Cabot Circus could get its first bowling alley

By Martin Booth  Sunday Jan 14, 2024

A bowling alley with two locations in Manchester could be opening in Bristol.

King Pins hope to open a “family orientated bowling alley, arcade and party orientated gaming venue” in Cabot Circus.

King Pins’ current locations are at the Trafford Palazzo shopping centre in Stretford and the Arndale, in Manchester city centre.

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The business promises “a brand new bowling experience for all the family” with “state-of-the-art ten pin bowling, as well as duck pin lanes, ice-free curling, shuffleboards, batting cages, air hockey, arcade games, karaoke booths and more”.

King Pins’ hopeful location in Bristol is unit SU49A in Cabot Circus – previously DW Sports Store .next to TGI Friday’s – with opening hours of 10am to 11.30pm applied for.

If permission is granted, it will follow hot on the heels of other new bowling alleys in Bristol including Lane 7 in the Harbourside and Roxy Lanes on Union Street.

King Pins could open in the former DW Sport Store – photo: Martin Booth

Main photo: King Pins

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