Clarence Road, Temple Meads - CLOSURE - (43) - Saturday 13th to Sunday 14th December

5th Dec 2025Bristol

Location

Clarence Road - Temple Meads
Cause

Carriageway Works
Responsibility

Local Authority
Effective

13/12/2025 - 14/12/2025

Clarence Road at Temple Meads will be closed to service 43 from 07:00 on Saturday 13th December until 18:00 on Sunday 14th December to facilitate carriageway works.

Service 43 heading towards Warmley only will be diverted via Redcliff Hill and will be unable to serve the Ship Lane and Somerset Street bus stops on Clarence Road and the Temple Meads Station (T4) and Redcliffe Way bus stops on Redcliffe Way and passengers are advised to board or alight at the R2 bus stop on Redcliff Hill instead.

Buses towards Imperial Park are not affected and will run normal route.

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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:	09/01/2026	17:21

	Major Disruptions:
	Bath and Somerset	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.	Services maybe affected in the region due to a severe weather warning for Ice and snow, Please use caution and allow extra time for journeys where possible.
	Bristol	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.	Services maybe affected in the region due to a severe weather warning for Ice and snow, Please use caution and allow extra time for journeys where possible.
	North Somerset	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.	Services maybe affected in the region due to a severe weather warning for Ice and snow, Please use caution and allow extra time for journeys where possible.

Service		Current issues	Planned disruptions in the next week
1	Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre - Broomhill	Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound, buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until further notice. -Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queen's Road and St Paul's Road. No bus stops are missed however delays are anticipated as buses follow diversion route. Estimated completion mid February 2026.
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	-Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound, buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until further notice. -Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queen's Road and St Paul's Road. No bus stops are missed however delays are anticipated as buses follow diversion route. Estimated completion mid February 2026.
2	Bath City Centre - Foxhill	Normal Service.
3	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Bathford	Normal Service.
3/4	Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre	Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queen's Road and St Paul's Road. No bus stops are missed however delays are anticipated as buses follow diversion route. Estimated completion mid February 2026.
4	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Odd Down	Normal service.
5	St. Anne's - Bristol City Centre - Stoke Bishop	Normal service.
5/5a	Bath City Centre - Twerton - Whiteway	Normal service.
6	Bristol City Centre - Kingswood	Normal service.
6	Worle - Weston-super-Mare	Normal service.
6/6a/7	Bath City Centre - Fairfield Park/Larkhall	Normal service.
7	Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill	Due to a burst water main Morley Road has been closed. This service has been diverted via Soundwell Road/Church Road. Morley Road stops will not be served. Please use stops at Stanley Park Road or Soundwell Road.
7	Worle - Weston-super-Mare - Locking Parklands	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	Whitchurch - Bristol City Centre - Fishponds	-Glass Wharf bus stop on Avon Street at Temple Meads will not be served in both directions until April 2026. Buses are diverting via Midland Road and Silverthorne Lane in both directions. -Lodge Hill,Cossham closed 07:00 Wednesday 7 January and will remain fully closed until 17:00 Tuesday 17 February. The only bus stop missed is the Cossham Hospital heading towards Fishponds. Please use stop at Dalkieth Avenue on Ingleside Road.
17	Bristol - Kingswood - Keynsham	Normal service.
19	Bath - Bristol Parkway Station	Normal service.
20	Bath - Ralph Allen School	Runs on School Days Only. Normal service.
20	Weston-super-Mare - Burnham-on-Sea	Due to a burst water main at Wick Road this service is unable to serve Brean. Bus stops between Parsonage road,Berrow and Ham Farm,Brean will not be served. Please use Tarrs Farm, Lympsham or Church House Road,Berrow.
21	Newbridge Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
24	Southmead Hospital - Bristol City Centre - Ashton Vale	Broad Weir bus stop S12 in the City Centre is closed until further notice. Buses are using the temporary stop on Lower Castle Street (after the traffic lights) instead.
25	Bristol City Centre - Fishponds	Normal service.
31	Lansdown Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
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.	Due to works at The Fountains,St.George between 2200-0600 on 15 January this service has been diverted via Speedwell Road. Bus stops between Seneca Street and Rodney Road will not be served. Please use either Blackswarth Road or Two Mile Court bus stops
42	Bristol City Centre - Cherry Gardens	Normal service.	Due to works at The Fountains,St.George between 2200-0600 on 15 January this service has been diverted via Speedwell Road. Bus stops between Seneca Street and Rodney Road will not be served. Please use either Blackswarth Road or Two Mile Court bus stops
43	Imperial Park - Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath	Normal service.	Due to works at The Fountains,St.George between 2200-0600 on 15 January this service has been diverted via Speedwell Road. Bus stops between Seneca Street and Rodney Road will not be served. Please use either Blackswarth Road or Two Mile Court bus stops
44/45	Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath / Cherry Gardens	Normal service.	Due to works at The Fountains,St.George between 2200-0600 on 15 January this service has been diverted via Speedwell Road. Bus stops between Seneca Street and Harcourt Avenue will not be served. Please use either Blackswarth Road or Bryants Hill bus stops
46	Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	Broad Weir bus stop S12 in the City Centre is closed until further notice. Buses are using the temporary stop on Lower Castle Street (after the traffic lights) instead.
47/47x	Bristol City Centre - Oldbury Court	Broad Weir bus stop S12 in the City Centre is closed until further notice. Buses are using the temporary stop on Lower Castle Street (after the traffic lights) instead.
48/48x	Bristol City Centre - Downend / Emersons Green	Broad Weir bus stop S12 in the City Centre is closed until further notice. Buses are using the temporary stop on Lower Castle Street (after the traffic lights) instead.
49/49x	Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill / Emersons Green	Broad Weir bus stop S12 in the City Centre is closed until further notice. Buses are using the temporary stop on Lower Castle Street (after the traffic lights) instead.
50	Bristol City Centre - Frenchay	Broad Weir bus stop S12 in the City Centre is closed until further notice. Buses are using the temporary stop on Lower Castle Street (after the traffic lights) instead.
55	Wrantage - Strode College	Normal service. Runs on College Days Only.
58	Odd Down Park & Ride - Twerton Mill	Normal service.
70	Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	Normal service.
72	Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	Normal service.
73	Whitchurch - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	Normal service.
74	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Bradley Stoke	-Bowslands Way will be closed between the hours of 20:00 and 06:00 only from Friday 9 to Monday 12 January (four nights).Bus stops on Bowslands Way, Trench Lane and Woodlands Lane will not be served. Please use bus stops on Pear Tree Road. -Bradley Stoke Way between Webbs Wood roundabout and Patchway Brook roundabout closed overnight 20:00-06:00 Friday 9 until Monday 12 January (four nights). This service will be unable to serve The Willow Brook Centre. Please use Manor Farm roundabout bus stops on Brook Way.	Hatchet Road at Parkway Railway Bridge will be closed overnight between 22:00 and 06:00 from Monday 12 through to Thursday 15 January (four nights).Abbeywood School and Brierly Furlong bus stops will not be served. Please use either Fox Den Road bus stop or Parkway Station.
75/76	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Henbury / Cribbs Causeway	Normal service.
77	Stoke Bishop - Bristol City Centre - Muller Road Top	Normal service.
125	Weston-super-Mare - Wrington	Normal service.
125s	Winscombe - Churchill Academy	Normal service. Runs on School Days Only.
126	Weston-super-Mare - Wells	Normal service.
171	Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Northmead Road, Midsomer Norton closed 19:00 Friday 9 fully closed until 23:59 Sunday 11 January. Thicket Mead roundabout and Hayes Park Road bus stops on Northmead Road will not be served. Please use either the Phillis Hill Bottom or Orchard Avenue bus stops for either direction.
172	Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath	-Northmead Road, Midsomer Norton closed 19:00 Friday 9 fully closed until 23:59 Sunday 11 January. Thicket Mead roundabout and Hayes Park Road bus stops on Northmead Road will not be served. Please use either the Phillis Hill Bottom or Orchard Avenue bus stops for either direction. -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until further notice.
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 further notice.
373, 374, 375, 376, 376a, 376x	Bristol - Wells - Street - Taunton / Bridgwater / Yeovil	-Northmead Road, Midsomer Norton closed 19:00 Friday 9 fully closed until 23:59 Sunday 11 January. Thicket Mead roundabout and Hayes Park Road bus stops on Northmead Road will not be served. Please use either the Phillis Hill Bottom or Orchard Avenue bus stops for either direction. -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until further notice.
515	Imperial Park - Stockwood	Normal service.
522	Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath	-Northmead Road, Midsomer Norton will be closed from 19:00 on Friday 9 and will remain fully closed until 23:59 on Sunday 11 January. Thicket Mead roundabout and Hayes Park Road bus stops on Northmead Road will not be served. Please use either the Phillis Hill Bottom or Orchard Avenue bus stops for either direction. -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until further notice.
A1	Bristol - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.
A3	Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	B3440 Bristol Road in Worle will be closed towards Bristol between 21:00-05:00 for 3 nights 7 January to 9 January. The St Georges Turn Stop will be Missed and Passengers should use the Stop at Mc Donals Worle Terminus
A4	Bath - Bristol Airport AirDecker	Normal service. Check www.airdecker.com for on the day service information.
D1/D1x	Bath - Trowbridge - Warminster	Normal service.
D2/D2x	Bath - Frome	Normal service.
m1	Cribbs Causeway - Hengrove Park metrobus	Bradley Stoke Way between Webbs Wood roundabout and Patchway Brook roundabout closed overnight 20:00-06:00 Friday 9 January until Monday 12 January (four nights).Patchway Brook, Willow Brook Centre, Savages Wood Roundabout, The Bridge and Webbs Wood Road bus stops will not be served. Please use Aztec West or Great Meadow bus stops in both directions.
m2	Long Ashton P&R - Bristol City Centre metrobus	The Wapping Wharf stop towards the City Centre is closed. Buses are using a temporary stop situated around 250m before the usual stop, until October 2026.
m3/m3x	Bristol City Centre - Emersons Green metrobus	Normal service.
m4	Bristol City Centre - Cribbs Causeway metrobus	Normal service.
OS1	Oldfield School - Hanham	Runs on School Days Only. Normal service.
SB1	Soundwell - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only. Normal service.
SB2	Bromley Heath - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only. -Lodge Hill,Cossham closed 07:00 Wednesday 7 January and will remain fully closed until 17:00 Tuesday 17 February. The only bus stop missed is the Cossham Hospital heading towards Fishponds. Please use stop at Dalkieth Avenue on Ingleside Road.
SB4	Westerleigh - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only. Normal service.
SB5	Coalpit Heath - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only. -Lodge Hill,Cossham closed 07:00 Wednesday 7 January and will remain fully closed until 17:00 Tuesday 17 February. The only bus stop missed is the Cossham Hospital heading towards Fishponds. Please use stop at Dalkieth Avenue on Ingleside Road.
SB6	Yate - St Brendan's College	Normal service.
SB7	Bishopsworth - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only. Normal service.
T1	Bristol - Thornbury	-Bradley Stoke Way between Webbs Wood roundabout and Patchway Brook roundabout closed overnight 20:00-06:00 Friday 9 January until Monday 12 January (four nights).Patchway Brook, Willow Brook Centre, Savages Wood Roundabout, The Bridge and Webbs Wood Road bus stops will not be served. Please use Aztec West or Great Meadow bus stops in both directions. -Various sections of the A38 in Almondsbury will be closed between 2000-0600 from 6 January until Sunday 15 February (including Weekends).Bus stops between and including Almondsbury Depot and Davids Lane will not be served. Please use either the Aztec West Roundabout bus stops or the Streamleaze Court (to Thornbury) or Rock Street (to Bristol) bus stops. -Alveston Hill is closed 24/7 towards Thornbury until 13 February 2026. Buses are diverted via Grovesend Road Crossroads, and unable to serve Alveston The Ship/Thornbury Leisure Centre. This diversion will also apply to buses towards Bristol after 2000 each night Monday - Saturdays only.
U1/U1N	Stoke Bishop - University of Bristol - Bristol City Centre	Normal service.
U1/U1N	University of Bath - City Centre - Green Park / Oldfield Park	Normal service.
U2	University of Bath - Oldfield Park	Normal service. (Revision Timetable)	Langford Road at the junction of the A38 by the petrol station closed overnight 21:00-06:00 on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 January (two nights).St. Marys Garden bus stop will not be served. Please use either the Veterinary College or Churchill Inn bus stops.
U2	Bristol - Langford Campus - Weston-super-Mare	Normal service.
U3	Bath Spa University - Bath City Centre - University of Bath	Normal service.	.
U4	Bath Spa University - Odd Down - University of Bath	Normal service.
U5	Bath Spa University - Newbridge & Twerton	Normal service.
X1/X1s	Weston-super-Mare ASDA - Bristol	B3440 Bristol Road in Worle will be closed towards Bristol between 21:00-05:00 for 3 nights 7 January to 9 January. The St Georges Turn Stop will be Missed and Passengers should use the Stop at Mc Donals Worle Terminus
X39/39	Bath - Bristol	Normal service.
X4	Bristol - Portishead	Normal service.	The Heywood Road bus stop in Pill heading towards Bristol only closed Monday 12 January until further notice. Please use the temporary bus stop situated in the lay-by prior to the closed bus stop.
X5	Hutton - Weston-super-Mare - Portishead	Normal service.
X6/X7	Bristol - Clevedon	Normal service.
X9	Bristol - Nailsea	Normal service.
X11	Weston-super-Mare - Clevedon	Normal service.	Old Mill Way, Weston village in Weston-super-Mare will be closed from 19:00 on Thursday 15 and will remain fully closed until 05:00 on Saturday 17 January.Bus stops between and including Pennycress and the Health Centre will not be served. Please use either The Barrows bus stop in Clover Court or the temporary bus stop in Elmham Way.
X12	Weston-super-Mare - Filton	Runs on Weston College Days Only. Normal service.
X14	Bristol - Portishead - Weston-super-Mare Night Bus	Normal service.
X18	Nailsea - Weston-super-Mare & Loxton Campus	Normal service.
X21	Bridgwater - Weston-super-Mare & Puxton Park	Normal service.
Y1/Y2	Bristol - Yate / Ladden Garden Village	Normal service.
Y6	Bristol - Southmead Hospital - Yate & Chipping Sodbury	-Little Stoke Lane, Little Stoke closed overnight 20:00-06:00 from Thursday 8 to Saturday 10 January (three nights).We will be unable to serve Little Stoke School, Farley Close and Bourton Avenue bus stops. Please use the Bush Avenue (metrobus) bus stops on Gipsy Patch Lane or the Patchway Roundabout bus stops for both directions. -Park Lane Frampton Cotterell closed - diverted via Church Road - Unable to serve between/including Live and Let Live on Park Lane/Church Road on Badminton Road. Please use stops on Church Road. Estimated completion 16 January. -Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queen's Road and St Paul's Road. No Stops missed however Delays anticipated as buses follow diversion route. Estimated completion mid February 2026.