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Bus Stop Closures-02.06.25-Baldwin Street, Central Bristol-(3/4/8/24/72/47/47x/48/48x/49/49x/50)
Bus Stop Closures-Baldwin Street, Central Bristol-(3/4/8/24/72/47/48/48x/49/49x/50)
02nd June 2025 - 25th July 2025
Bristol
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Due to ongoing gas works at Baldwin Street the bus stop C13 (outside the ice cream parlour) will close and services will move up to use R11 (The Old Fish Market) between 02nd of June and the 11th July 2025
From The 14th July until the 25th of July, stop R11 (Old Fish Market) will close and buses will all use bus stop C13 (Ice Cream Parlour)
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Daily Service Updates
| This is our Service Updates page. Information is listed by service number, and any major disruptions will be listed at the top of the page. For more detail of any planned diversions, please see the separate entries on the Current Issues page of our website. Individual journey cancellations are shown on our app. | |||
| Last Updated: | 19/07/2025 | 17:22 | |
| Major Disruptions: | |||
| Bath and Somerset | No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information. | ||
| Bristol | Bristol Harbour Festival Friday 18 July until Sunday 20 July. Various services diverted at various times over the weekend. Please see our dedicated web-page for full details. Delays anticipated. | Summer Holiday timetables on various Bristol services start from Monday 21 July. Please check firstbus.co.uk/servicechange for full details. | |
| North Somerset | No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information. | ||
| Service | Current issues | Planned disruptions in the next week | |
| 1 | Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre - Broomhill | -Passage Road at Henbury is closed southbound from 14 July to 3 August 2025. Buses towards Broomhill are diverting via Knole Lane and Charlton Road, and unable to serve Brentry Lane or The Ridgeway stops. Buses are serving the "Burghill Road" stop on the diversion. -Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queens Road and St Paul's Road until autumn 2025. Buses are not missing any stops on the diversion, but delays are anticipated. -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound, buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated late August 2025. -Due to these various diversions, and lane closures at Bath Bridges Roundabout as well, service 1 is subject to significant delays, particularly at peak times. -At Brentry Lane towards Cribbs Causeway, there is a temporary bus stop in place outside number 189A Passage Road. |
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| 1 | Bath City Centre - Southdown | Normal service. | |
| 1 | Weston-super-Mare - Sand Bay | Normal service | |
| 1s | Kewstoke - Worle | Normal service. | |
| 2/2a | Cribbs Causeway/Brentry - Bristol City Centre - Stockwood | Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queens Road and St Paul's Road until autumn 2025. Buses are not missing any stops on the diversion, but delays are anticipated. | |
| 2 | Bath City Centre - Foxhill | Normal service. | |
| 3 | Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Bathford | Normal service. |
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| 3/4 | Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre | Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queens Road and St Paul's Road until autumn 2025. Buses are not missing any stops on the diversion, but delays are anticipated. | |
| 4 | Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Odd Down | Normal service. | |
| 5 | St. Anne's - Bristol City Centre - Clifton | Normal service. | |
| 5 | Bath City Centre - Whiteway | Normal service. | |
| 6 | Bristol City Centre - Kingswood | Normal service. | |
| 6 | Worle - Weston-super-Mare | Update 19 July 2025 0900 works are still on going until further notice. Chestnut Avenue and Verbena Way bus stops in Verbena Way will not be served until completion of roadworks. Passengers are advised to board/alight at Lark Road or Silverberry Road. | |
| 6/6a/7 | Bath City Centre - Fairfield Park/Larkhall | - Summer Fayre Milsom Street Closed Thursday 17 July midday duration until 20 July. Divert Walcot Street normal route at bus gate. The 6A route will extend to Dorchester Street. |
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| 7 | Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill | Normal service. | |
| 7 | Worle - Weston-super-Mare - Locking Parklands | Normal service. | |
| 7B/7H | Weston-super-Mare - Bleadon Hill or Hutton | Normal service. | |
| 8 | Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - Clifton | Normal service. | |
| 8 | Bath City Centre - Kingsway | Normal service. | |
| 9 | Weston-super-Mare - Worle | Normal service. | |
| 13 | Foxhill - Bath City Centre - Elmhurst | Normal service. | |
| 16 | Bristol City Centre - Kingswood - Fishponds | The Glass Wharf bus stop on Avon Street at Temple Meads will not be served in both directions from 2 June until April 2026. Buses are diverting via Midland Road and Silverthorne Lane in both directions. This service is suffering from delays, particularly at peak times. | |
| 17 | Bristol - Kingswood - Keynsham | Normal service. | |
| 19 | Bath - Bristol Parkway Station | Normal service. | At UWE, the left turn from the Ring Road into Coldharbour Lane will be closed from Monday 21 July for the summer holidays until 31 August. Buses will divert via the back entrance into UWE, and miss out the UWE The Gardens stop. Please use the stop at UWE Campus Bus Station. Buses travelling towards Parkway Station will not be affected. |
| 20 | Ralph Allen School - Bath | Normal service. | |
| 20 | Weston-super-Mare - Burnham-on-Sea | Normal service. | |
| 21 | Newbridge Park & Ride - Bath City Centre | Normal service. | |
| 24 | Southmead Hospital - Bristol City Centre - Ashton Vale | Due to Temporary Traffic Lights on the route, delays are being experienced. | |
| 31 | Lansdown Park & Ride - Bath City Centre | Due to the Summer Fayre, Milsom Street in Bath city centre is closed from Thursday 17 July until 20 July. Buses will drop off and pick up at Queen Square instead. | |
| 36 | Highridge - St Anne's | Normal service. | |
| 37 | Knowle West - Severn Beach Industrial Estate | Normal service. | |
| 39 | See X39 below | ||
| 41 | Odd Down Park & Ride - Bath City Centre | Normal service. | |
| 41 | Avonmouth - Bristol City Centre - Kingswood | Normal service. | |
| 42/43 | Bristol City Centre - Cherry Gardens / Cadbury Heath | Normal service. | Cock Road in Kingswood will be closed to the service 42 from 07:00 on Tuesday 22 July and will remain fully closed until 18:00 on Friday 1 August. This service will be diverted via Hanham. Regretfully the Kennmoor Close, Ashford Way, Westons Way, Cock Road Chapel and Hollyguest Road bus stops will not be served. |
| 44/45 | Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath / Cherry Gardens | Normal service. | |
| 46 | Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay | Normal service. | |
| 47/47x | Bristol City Centre - Oldbury Court | Normal service. | Downend Road in Fishponds between Cross Hands Public House and Downend village roundabout will be closed between 09:30 and 15:30 on Thursday 24 July. Services will be diverted in both directions. |
| 48/48x | Bristol - Downend / Emersons Green | Normal service. | Downend Road in Fishponds between Cross Hands Public House and Downend village roundabout will be closed between 09:30 and 15:30 on Thursday 24 July. Services will be diverted in both directions. |
| 49/49x | Bristol - Staple Hill / Emersons Green | Normal service. | |
| 50 | Bristol - Frenchay | Normal service. | |
| 51s | Winscombe - Churchill Academy | Normal service. | |
| 55 | Wrantage - Strode College | Normal service. | |
| 58 | Odd Down Park & Ride - Twerton Mill | Normal service. | |
| 70 | Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay | Long Mead between Wallshut Wood and UWE in Stoke Gifford will be closed from 00:01 on Saturday 19 and will remain fully closed until 23:59 on Sunday 20 July. Services will be diverted. Please board or alight at the UWE Bus Station. | |
| 72 | Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay | -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated late August 2025. -Long Mead between Wallshut Wood and the UWE in Stoke Gifford will be closed from 00:01 on Saturday 19 and will remain fully closed until 23:59 on Sunday 20 July. Services will be diverted. Please board or alight at the UWE Bus Station. |
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| 73 | Whitchurch - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay | Long Mead between Wallshut Wood and the UWE in Stoke Gifford will be closed from 00:01 on Saturday 19 and will remain fully closed until 23:59 on Sunday 20 July. Services will be diverted. Please board or alight at the UWE Bus Station. | |
| 74 | Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Bradley Stoke | Normal service. | |
| 75/76 | Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Henbury / Cribbs Causeway | Normal service. | |
| 77 | Clifton Down - Bristol City Centre - Muller Road Top | Due to Alma Road being closed, service 77 will divert via Pembroke Road, St Pauls Road and Whiteladies Road until approximatly 8 August 2025. | |
| 125 | Weston-super-Mare - Wrington | Normal service. | Langford Road in Langford between Stock Lane and the A38 will be closed to service 125 from 07:00 on Wednesday 23 July and will remain fully closed until Thursday 4 September. Services will be diverted in both directions. |
| 126 | Weston-super-Mare - Wells | Normal service. | |
| 171 | Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath | Normal service. | |
| 172 | Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath | Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated late August 2025. | |
| 173/174 | Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath | Normal service. | |
| 349 | Bristol - Keynsham | -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated late August 2025. -The Totterdown Bridge stop towards Keynsham is suspended until mid July. Please use the temporary stop that has been installed prior to the traffic lights. |
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| 373, 374, 375, 376, 376a, 376x | Bristol - Wells - Street - Taunton / Bridgwater / Yeovil | -The road between Woolavington and Puriton is closed until September 2025. Buses on the 375 will serve Old Mill Road in Woolavington and then divert via the A39 and Enterprise Way into Puriton - please expect delays. Stops between Woolavington Green and ROF Factory inclusive will not be served. -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated late August 2025. -Update Saturday 19 July works still on going until further notice.Mudford Road in Yeovil will be closed to service 376 from 07:00 on Monday 30 June and will remain fully closed until Friday 18 July. Bus stops between Coombe Street Lane and Mudford Road/Sparrow Road will not be served. Passengers board/alight Coppitts Hill bus stop on Ilchester Road (A37) or Yeovil Hospital bus stops. |
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| 522 | Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath | -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated late August 2025. | |
| A1 | Bristol - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer | -Normal service. -From Wednesday 16 July, buses on the A1 will move into the new Public Transport Interchange at Bristol Airport, and no longer stop at the terminal forecourt. We'll be using stands 4 and 5. |
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| A3 | Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer | -Normal service. -From Wednesday 16 July, buses on the A3 will move into the new Public Transport Interchange at Bristol Airport, and no longer stop in the bus station. We'll be using stands 2. |
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| D1/D1x | Bath - Trowbridge - Warminster | Cradle Bridge on Castle Street in Trowbridge town centre heading towards Warminster will be closed from 7 July and will remain fully closed until 17.00 on Friday 29 August. Services heading towards Warminster will be diverted via after the Town Hall bus stop on Market Street via Castle Street, Fore Street, Wicker Hill, Wicker Hill and Bythesea Road. | Winsley Hill in Limpley Stoke will be closed from Monday 21 July until Sunday 31 August for repairs to the railway bridge. The D1 will divert between Bath and Bradford on Avon via the London Road, A46 and Sally in the Wood. Some journeys in the early mornings, evenings, and all day on Sundays, will run to/from Winsley and then double back on themselves. At other times, buses will not serve Winsley. A shuttle bus has been arranged by Wiltshire Council. No buses will be able to serve Bathampton, Claverton or Limpley Stoke. Please see our separate web page for full information. |
| D2/D2x | Bath - Frome | The High Street on the B3110 in Norton St Phillip will be closed from first bus on Saturday 19 and will remain closed until last bus on Sunday 20 July. All of the normal route between Bath Bus Station and Rode will be missed out. This is a change to the original diversion due to buses being unable to safely negotiate the originally planned diversion. Apologies for the inconvenicence caused. Services will be diverted via the A366 Farleigh Road and the A36 in both directions. Unable to serve bus stops between St Marys Building until Chatley House inclusive. | Marston Lane in Frome will be closed to service D2 between 09:30 and 15:30 on Tuesday 22 July. This service will be diverted via The Butts direct to Sainsbury's in both directions. |
| m1 | Cribbs Causeway - Hengrove Park metrobus | Overnight works until 25 July between 20:00-06:00 on Bradley Stoke way Between Bailys Court Road and Savages Wood Road. Services to Cribbs Causeway Will Divert Via Bradley Court Road, Brook Way and Savages Wood Road, Unable to serve Webbs Wood Roundabout in Both directions. -The A4174 between the M32 and Coldharbour Lane will be closed overnight to services between 20:00 and 06:00 on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 July (two nights). The only stop missed will be UWE Gardens bus stop. |
-The left turn from the Ring Road into Coldharbour Lane will be closed from Monday 21 July for the summer holidays until 31 August. Buses will divert via the back entrance into UWE, and miss out the UWE The Gardens stop. Please use the stop at UWE Campus Bus Station. Buses travelling towards Cribbs Causeway will not be affected. -The northbound Bradley Stoke Way closure affecting buses towards Cribbs Causeway will move to Phase 3 from 21 July until December 2025. The m1 will serve all its usual bus stops, but will divert via Brook Way between Webbs Wood and Willow Brook which will cause delays. |
| m2 | Long Ashton P&R - Bristol City Centre metrobus | Normal service. | |
| m3/m3x | Bristol City Centre - Emersons Green metrobus | -Feynmann Way is closed due to a defective road surface until further notice. Buses are diverting via Jenner Boulevard. No stops are missed out, but journey times will be extended. -The A4174 between the M32 and Coldharbour Lane will be closed overnight to services between 20:00 and 06:00 on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 July (two nights). The only stop missed will be UWE Gardens bus stop. |
The left turn from the Ring Road into Coldharbour Lane will be closed from Monday 21 July for the summer holidays until 31 August. Buses will divert via the back entrance into UWE, and miss out the UWE The Gardens stop. Please use the stop at UWE Campus Bus Station. Buses travelling towards Emersons Green will not be affected. |
| m4 | Bristol City Centre - Cribbs Causeway metrobus | -The A4174 between the M32 and Coldharbour Lane will be closed overnight to services between 20:00 and 06:00 on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 July (two nights). The only stop missed will be UWE Gardens bus stop. | The left turn from the Ring Road into Coldharbour Lane will be closed from Monday 21 July for the summer holidays until 31 August. Buses will divert via the back entrance into UWE, and miss out the UWE The Gardens stop. Please use the stop at UWE Campus Bus Station. Buses travelling towards Cribbs Causeway will not be affected. |
| OS1 | Oldfield School - Hanham | Normal service. | |
| SB1 | Soundwell - St Brendan's College | Service not operating - College Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September. |
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| SB2 | Bromley Heath - St Brendan's College | Service not operating - College Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September. |
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| SB4 | Westerleigh - St Brendan's College | Service not operating - College Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September. |
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| SB5 | Coalpit Heath - St Brendan's College | Service not operating - College Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September. |
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| SB6 | Yate - St Brendan's College | Service not operating - College Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September. |
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| SB7 | Bishopsworth - St Brendan's College | Service not operating - College Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September. |
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| T1 | Bristol - Thornbury | -Thornbury Road in Alveston is closed towards Thornbury until winter 2025, buses are diverting via Greenhill Lane and missing The Ship bus stop, serving Beanhill Crescent stop instead. -Webbs Wood stop is currently suspended due to a northbound closure of Bradley Stoke Way. Please use the Webbs Wood Roundabout stop instead. |
-Monday 21 July - Friday 25 July 0930-1530 Gloucester Road in Thornbury will have a part closure between Butts Lane and The Plain. Buses will be unable to serve Collester Way on Morton Way, Stafford Crescent. Passengers should board/alight at Cheviot Drive or Rock Street. -The northbound Bradley Stoke Way closure affecting buses towards Thornbury will move to Phase 3 from Monday 21 July until December 2025. Buses will run normal route to Webbs Wood, then divert via Brook Way to Willow Brook, missing out Webbs Wood Roundabout, The Bridge and Savages Wood Roundabout stops. The only stop they will serve on diversion will be the Braydon Avenue stop on Brook Way. |
| U1 | Stoke Bishop - University of Bristol - Bristol City Centre | Service not operating - University Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September. |
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| U1/U2 | University of Bath - Oldfield Park | U1 - reduced summer timetable in operation. U2 - service not operating - University Holidays. |
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| U2 | Bristol - Langford Campus | Normal service. | |
| U3 | Bristol - UWE Frenchay Night Bus | Service not operating - University Holidays. | |
| U5 | Bath - Bath Spa University | Normal service. | |
| X1/X1s | Weston-super-Mare ASDA - Bristol | Normal service. | |
| X39/39 | Bath - Bristol | Normal service. | |
| X4 | Bristol - Portishead | On Sunday 20 July the road through Pill will closed from 0800-1500. Buses will divert via the main A369, and miss out all stops between Blackmore Road and St Georges Hall inclusive. Buses will not be able to serve the St Katherine's School Grounds as has happened on previous closures at Pill. | |
| X5 | Weston-super-Mare - Portishead | Portishead High Street is closed until approximately 26 July. Brampton Way, Church Road South, Victoria Square, Royal Mail Office and The Precinct bus stops aren't being served, and buses are diverting via Bristol Road and Wyndham Way. | |
| X6/X7/X7a | Bristol - Clevedon | Normal service. | |
| X9 | Bristol - Nailsea | Normal service. | |
| X11 | Weston-super-Mare - Clevedon | Normal service. | |
| X14 | Bristol - Portishead - Weston-super-Mare Night Bus | Normal service. | |
| Y1/Y2 | Bristol - Yate / Ladden Garden Village | Normal service. | |
| Y6 | Bristol - Southmead Hospital - Yate & Chipping Sodbury | Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queens Road and St Paul's Road until autumn 2025. Buses are not missing any stops on the diversion, but delays are anticipated. | |