Bristol is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States.

The town was chartered on June 26, 1762, by the colonial governor of New Hampshire, Benning Wentworth.

The charter was granted to Samuel Averill and sixty-three associates in the name of Pocock—in honor of a distinguished English admiral of that name.

[4] Bristol is in northeastern Addison County, at the western foot of the Green Mountains.

The New Haven River, a tributary of Otter Creek, flows out of the mountains through the town center.

[9] The feature film 'The Wizard of Loneliness (1988)[10],' a period piece set during World War II starring Lukas Haas, Lea Thompson and Dylan Baker, was filmed in Bristol.