{"id":427752,"date":"2026-02-15T23:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T23:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/427752\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T23:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T23:17:13","slug":"large-crowd-involved-in-street-brawl-near-popular-bristol-pub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/427752\/","title":{"rendered":"Large crowd involved in street brawl near popular Bristol pub"},"content":{"rendered":"

People with face coverings and waving flags were seen involved in a brawl<\/p>\n

18:05, 15 Feb 2026Updated 19:16, 15 Feb 2026<\/p>\n

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Red Lion Pub on Whitehall Road(Image: Submitted )<\/p>\n

A group of around 50 people were involved in a brawl in the street outside of a pub in Bristol this afternoon (Sunday, February 15).<\/p>\n

Police officers were called to the scene outside the Red Lion Pub on Whitehall Road around 3.30pm as “two groups with differing views” were involved in an altercation.<\/p>\n

BristolLive has been told by a witness that the Red Lion Pub and its customers were “being hassled by a bunch of far-right people” waving flags and wearing face coverings.<\/p>\n

A picture taken at the scene shows a group of people dressed in dark clothing, and most with their hoods up, waving Saint George’s Cross flags outside the door and in front of the windows of the pub.<\/p>\n

A video sent to BristolLive also shows a large group of people, again with their faces covered, throwing punches and attempting to kick others as police officers attempt to disperse the crowd.<\/p>\n

A black van with a Union Jack on the front bonnet was also parked right outside of the pub.<\/p>\n

To prevent a breach of peace, police officers stepped in and the groups dispersed around 4.30pm.<\/p>\n

No one was arrested but police officers are going over CCTV and body-camera footage and any offences will be investigated.<\/p>\n

At the time of reporting, the crowds have left but a police van remains on the street.<\/p>\n

\"Police<\/p>\n

Police on Whitehall Road(Image: BristolLive )<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police said: “Police attended a disturbance involving about 50 people in Whitehall Road, Redfield, Bristol, at about 3.30pm on Sunday 15 February.<\/p>\n

“Two groups with differing views were involved in an altercation in the street, and officers stepped in to prevent a breach of the peace. The groups dispersed at about 4.30pm.<\/p>\n

“No arrests were made, but officers are reviewing CCTV and body-worn video footage.<\/p>\n

“Any offences identified will be fully investigated.<\/p>\n

“If you have information or footage which shows criminal offences, please call 101 and give the reference 5226031153.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"People with face coverings and waving flags were seen involved in a brawl 18:05, 15 Feb 2026Updated 19:16,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[32952,59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-427752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-avon-and-somerset-constabulary","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}