1 centre · South West England
Fine needles at specific points, used for pain and wellbeing. Bristol leans towards holistic and alternative wellness more than any other English city, and the range shows it.
One centre currently offers acupuncture in Bristol, verified by our team. Listed prices run from £40 to £62, with an hour typically around £62. Visits are priced for 45 minutes or 60 minutes. It welcomes guests on its own premises. It is in Clifton. Besides English, the team also speaks Swedish.
Acupuncture involves inserting very fine, single-use needles into specific points on the body, leaving them in place for 20 to 30 minutes. It comes from traditional Chinese medicine; Western medical acupuncture, practised by physiotherapists and some GPs, uses the same technique based on modern understanding of anatomy and pain. Most people feel a brief tingle or dull ache rather than pain.
NICE recommends acupuncture as an option for chronic primary pain and for preventing tension-type headaches and migraines, and it is available on the NHS in some areas, mainly through GP practices and pain clinics. Evidence for many other uses claimed for it is weak. Wellness centres usually offer it alongside massage and other therapies, and some run lower-cost community acupuncture in a shared room.
A first appointment with a full consultation costs about £50 to £90 and follow-ups £40 to £70; community clinics charge £20 to £35. Choose a practitioner registered with the British Acupuncture Council or a regulated health professional, and tell them if you are pregnant, have a bleeding disorder, take blood thinners or have a pacemaker.
Read the full guide to acupuncture — what it involves, who it suits and what it costs. Also known as acupuncture treatment, Chinese acupuncture and medical acupuncture.
Alongside conventional day spas, the city has dozens of yoga and movement studios, sound healers, breathwork teachers and complementary therapy collectives, and a share of centres that run on a sliding scale or donation basis. Clifton is the polished end, with townhouse spas and clinics around Whiteladies Road offering facials, acupuncture and Pilates. Harbourside has the waterfront saunas and cold plunges, used year-round by the city's sizeable open-water swimming community.
More on spas and wellness in Bristol as a whole — areas, pricing and how booking works locally.
For acupuncture specifically, the centres listed here are in Clifton . You can also browse everything in Bristol .
Listed prices run from £40 to £62, depending on the length of the visit and what is included. An hour typically costs around £62.
Not at the moment. The one centre offering acupuncture in Bristol welcomes guests on their own premises only.
The one centre here is in Clifton.
