Rose on a Mousetrap, Bristol

In Bristol鈥檚 Cotham district, down the quiet stretch of Thomas Street North, there鈥檚 a Banksy that doesn't try too hard. Rose on a Mousetrap, painted in the early 2000s, pairs a delicate bloom with a steel-jawed trap, an image that can be read as love caught in a snare, beauty under siege, or simply a dark little joke in floral form. It鈥檚 a rare example of Banksy going for subtle over spectacle, drawing you in with its quiet sting rather than a billboard-sized blast of politics.

When it first appeared, the locals didn鈥檛 just admire it鈥攖hey mobilised. About twenty neighbours pooled funds to buy glass and a frame, turning this modest mural into Bristol鈥檚 only framed Banksy. The protective casing wasn鈥檛 just about preserving paint; it was a statement of ownership and affection. Here was a piece they weren鈥檛 going to let be scrawled over, chipped away, or whisked off to auction.

For visitors, finding Rose on a Mousetrap isn鈥檛 like stumbling across Banksy鈥檚 high-profile pieces in Stokes Croft or the city centre. It sits in a residential patch, far from the footfall of tourists chasing guidebook hotspots. That makes seeing it feel a bit like being let in on a secret, the kind of thing a local might point out on the way to the corner shop. Its survival鈥攖hanks to that communal act of preservation鈥攕ays as much about Bristol鈥檚 relationship with its street art as the image itself. Here, even the quietest works get to grow old in peace, frame and all.

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Sight Name: Rose on a Mousetrap
Sight Location: Bristol, England (See walking tours in Bristol)
Sight Type: Attraction/Landmark
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