Clifton Down Road, Clifton - Road closure - 5 & 8 - 13.10.2026

13th Sep 2026Bristol

Location

Clifton
Cause

Carriageway Works
Responsibility

Utilitys
Effective

13/10/2026 - 13/10/2026

Clifton Down Road will be closed between 09:30-15:30 on Tuesday 13th October for Pot hole repairs affecting services 5 & 8.

Service 8 will operate normal to The Promenade and then instead of turning into Clifton Park will continue onto Clifton Village and normal route back to Temple Meads.

Christchurch stop will not be served. Passengers should Board or alight at Clifton Village.

Service 5 towards St Annes will operate as normal to Alma Road then turn right onto Pembroke Road to Clifton Down, Past the former Zoo Site, then onto The Promenade and follow to Clifton Village to continue normal route to St Annes. Services to Stoke Bishop are unaffected.

Alma Road & Christchurch stops cannot be served. Passengers should board or alight at Clifton Village.

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:	12/10/2026	20:17

	Major Disruptions:
	Bath and Somerset	Update, 20:10. services are unable to pick up passengers at West Gate Buildings due to James Street road closure. Service 21 will teminate and commence at The Hilton Hotel. services 4, 39, X39 board or alight at Corn Street or Midland Road Bridge -No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.	Manvers Street in Bath city centre is closed until November 2026. Please see dedicated web-page for full details: https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/news-and-service-updat…
	Bristol	Due to multiple roadworks around the City Centre services are subject to severe delays and short notice cancellations at peak times, particularly routes 1,2,2a,3,4,5,8,72,77,U1,U2 and Y6. Please allow extra time for your journey.	Victoria Street closed Overnight 19:00 until 06:00 Tuesday 13 October until Saturday 17 October. Please see dedicated web-page for full details. https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/news-and-service-updat…
	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	Normal service.
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	Normal service.
2	Bath City Centre - Foxhill	While Manvers Street is closed, until November 2026, buses on route 2 into the City Centre will be diverted after Widcome Baptist Church via Rossiter Road and Churchill Bridge to Dorchester Street, missing out North Parade and Manvers Street.
3	~~Weston - RUH -~~ Bath City Centre - Bathford	Route 3 will only run between Bathford and Bath City Centre until November 2026, due to the Manvers Street closure.
3/4	Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre	Normal service.
4	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Odd Down	Route 3 will only run between Bathford and Bath City Centre until November 2026, due to the Manvers Street closure. Extra buses will run on the 4 between Weston and the Bus Station only, to maintain the frequency over this section of route.
5	St. Anne's - Bristol City Centre - Stoke Bishop	Clifton Down Road will be closed between 09:30-15:30 on Tuesday 13 October. Service to city centre will operate from Alma Road Pembroke Road Clifton Down to Clifton Village. Christchurch stop will be missed. Use instead Clifton Village.
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	Normal service.
7	Worle - Weston-super-Mare - Locking Parklands	Normal service.
8	Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - Clifton	Update services are operating along Avon street but the following stops are suspended Avon Street & Glass Wharf. Old Market M2 is open for services. -Clifton Down Road will be closed between 09:30-15:30 on Tuesday 13 October. services will operate as normal to The Promenade, then instead of turning into Clifton Park will continue onto Clifton Village missing Christchurch. -Works ongoing at Temple Meads. Please see dedicated web-page for full details. https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/news-and-service-updat…
8	Bath City Centre - Kingsway	Normal service.
9	Weston-super-Mare - Worle	Normal service.
13	Foxhill - Bath City Centre - Elmhurst	The 13 is affected by the closure of Manvers Street in Bath City Centre until November 2026. See full information at firstbus.co.uk/west
16	Whitchurch - Bristol City Centre - Fishponds	Update services are operating along Avon street but the following stops are suspended Avon Street & Glass Wharf. Old Market M2 is open for services.
17	Southmead Hospital - Kingswood - Keynsham	Normal service.
18	Southmead Hospital - Kingswood - Bristol City Centre	Normal service.
19	Bath - Bristol Parkway Station	Normal service.
20	Bath - Ralph Allen School	Runs on School Days Only.
20	Weston-super-Mare - Burnham-on-Sea	Ellenborough Park North, Weston super Mare closed until Friday 30 October. Unable to be serve Ellenborough Park North. Please use stops at Weston Super mare Station or Clevedon Road.
21	Newbridge Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
24	Southmead Hospital - Bristol City Centre - Ashton Vale	Cannon Street closed Overnight Monday 12 October 20:00-06:00. Unable to serve East Street or Bedminster Parade Towards Southmead Hospital. Please use stops at Dean Lane or Catherine Mead Street. Towards Ashton normal route. -Risdale Road, Ashton closed Monday 5 October until Friday 30 October. Unable to serve Langley Crescent. Please use stop at Buttercup Walk.
25	Eastgate Centre - Bristol City Centre - Ashton Gate	Normal service.
31	Lansdown Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
36	Highridge - St Anne's	-Wills Way at Imperial Park Hengrove closed 09:00 Monday 12 October until 16:00 Friday 16 October. Services will turn at Lakeshore Roundabout. Temporary stop in place outside The Lakeshore on Lakeshore Drive.
37	Knowle West - Severn Beach Industrial Estate	The Portway closed Overnight Monday 27 July until Friday 16 October 21:00-05:30 (not weekends). Unable to serve Roman Way and Riverleaze stops. Please use stops at Park Road or Smyth Road.
39	*See X39 below*
41	Odd Down Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
41	Avonmouth - Bristol City Centre - Warmley/North Common	The Portway closed Overnight Monday 27 July until Friday 16 October 21:00-05:30 (not weekends). Unable to serve Hotwell Road, Merchants Road, Trinity Church, Roman Way and Riverleaze stops. Please use stops at Shirehampton Green or Gasworks Lane.
42	Bristol City Centre - Cherry Gardens - Keynsham	Normal service.
43/N43	Keynsham - Bristol City Centre - North Common	Normal service.
44	Imperial Park - Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath	Normal service.
45	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Cherry Gardens	Normal service.
46	Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	Normal service.
47/47x	Bristol City Centre - Oldbury Court	Normal service.
48/48x	Bristol City Centre - Downend / Emersons Green	'-Update, 1945 services are now starting to return to normal but we expect delays. Due to an Oil spill A4174 between The Rosary Roundabout and Siston Hill there are Long delays in and around Emmerson Green and Lyde Green at the moment. Please check before you Travel
49/49x	Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill / Lyde Green	-Update, 1945 services are now starting to return to normal but we expect delays. Due to an Oil spill A4174 between The Rosary Roundabout and Siston Hill there are Long delays in and around Emmerson Green and Lyde Green at the moment. Please check before you Travel
50	Bristol City Centre - Frenchay	Normal service.
55	Wrantage - Strode College	Wills Way at Imperial Park Hengrove closed 09:00 Monday 12 October until 16:00 Friday 16 October. Services will turn at Lakeshore Roundabout. Temporary stop in place outside The Lakeshore on Lakeshore Drive. -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.	'-Filton Avenue between Lockleaze Road & Toronto Road will be closed 09:30-15:30 on Friday 16th October. Lockleaze Road Toronto Road (to Bristol)and Dorchester Road stops will be missed use Horfield Health Centre as Alternative.
72	Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	Normal service.
74	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Bradley Stoke	Normal service.	'-Filton Avenue between Lockleaze Road & Toronto Road will be closed 09:30-15:30 on Friday 16th October. Lockleaze Road Toronto Road (to Bristol)and Dorchester Road stops will be missed use Horfield Health Centre as Alternative.
75/76	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Henbury / Cribbs Causeway	Normal service.
77	Stoke Bishop - Bristol City Centre - Lockleaze	Normal service.
126	Weston-super-Mare - Wells	Tuesday 1 September until approx. mid-October service 126 will be diverted due to engineering works in the village of Draycott. Services will be diverted via Wedmore. The following stops will be unable to be served:-Haybridge Villas to Church Street(Cheddar) Inc. We will serve all the stops along the diversion route.
171	Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Normal service.
172	Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Normal service.
173/174	Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Normal service. -Service 173 re-routed via Shepton Mallet and A37 due to long term road works at Whitnell Corner. All stops on diversion route will be observed. Unable to serve Gurney Slade until Market Place/The Liberty bus stops.
373, 374, 375, 376, 376a, 376x	Bristol - Wells - Street - Taunton / Bridgwater / Yeovil	Middle Leigh, Street Emergency Closure. Unable to serve Glaston Road until Brooks Road. Diverting via Street Bypass. Please use Temporary stop at Coffee#1 on Farm Road, Morlands Enterprise Park, Pearmain Road, Smithfield Road or Green Lane. Also when possible using safe drop off near Crispin Hall.
515	Imperial Park - Stockwood	Wills Way at Imperial Park Hengrove closed 09:00 Monday 12 October until 16:00 Friday 16 October. Services will turn at Lakeshore Roundabout. Temporary stop in place outside The Lakeshore on Lakeshore Drive.
522	Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Normal service.
A1	Bristol - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.
A2	Portishead - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Link Road Nailsea closed Monday 28 September until further notice. Temporary stop installed on Stock Way North. Or stops at Clevedon Road or Southfield Road.	Brockley Combe Road & Lulsgate Bottom closed Overnight 19:00-05:00 Thursday 15 October & Friday 16 October. Please see dedicated web-page for full details. https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/news-and-service-updat…
A3	Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.	Brockley Combe Road & Lulsgate Bottom closed Overnight 19:00-05:00 Thursday 15 October & Friday 16 October. Please see dedicated web-page for full details. https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/news-and-service-updat…
A4	Bath - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.
D1/D1x	Bath - Trowbridge - Warminster	The D1 and D1x are affected by the closure of Manvers Street in Bath City Centre, until November 2026. See full information at firstbus.co.uk/west
D2/D2x	Bath - Frome	D2x Normal service -D2 Church Lane, Rode closed Monday 5 October until Sunday 18 October. Unable to serve Rode Memorial Hall until Church Lane. Please use stops at The Leaze and Red Lion in Woolverton or Birchwood in Beckington.	Various roads in Frome closed 06:00-18:00 Sunday 1 March and every first Sunday of each month up to and including Sunday 6 December to facilitate Frome Market Days. Unable to serve Windsor Crescent, North Hill House and Market Place. Please use stops at Football Ground on Berkley Road or the lay-by outside of Waterloo Road car park.
m1	Cribbs Causeway - Hengrove Park metrobus	Normal service.
m2	Long Ashton P&R - Bristol City Centre metrobus	Normal service.	Long Ashton Guideway closed Friday 16 October 09:30-15:30. Unable to serve Ashton Vale until Wapping Wharf. Please use any Stops on the diversion route diverting via Coronation Road.
m3/m3x	Bristol City Centre - Emersons Green metrobus	'-Update, 1945 services are now starting to return to normal but we expect delays. Due to an Oil spill A4174 between The Rosary Roundabout and Siston Hill there are Long delays in and around Emmerson Green and Lyde Green at the moment. Please check before you Travel
m4	Bristol City Centre - Cribbs Causeway metrobus	Normal service.
OS1	Oldfield School - Hanham	Runs on School Days Only.
SB1	Soundwell - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only.
SB2	Bromley Heath - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only.
SB4	Westerleigh - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only.
SB5	Coalpit Heath - St Brendan's College	Normal service.
SB6	Yate - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only. -From 1 Sep until the end of Christmas term, buses towards Yate will after Westerleigh Road turn right onto Shire Way and rejoin Rodford Way from the Dovecote stop, due to a long term road closure. Buses towards St Brendan's won't be affected. -High Street, Chipping Sodbury will be closed from 0700 on Friday 25th until 0400 on Monday 27th September. The following bus stops will not able to be served: The Ridge, Bowling Hill, The Clock, Wickwar Road and The Boot. Please use the stops at Shopping Centre, Caroline Close or Wickham Close instead.
SB7	Bishopsworth - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only.
T1	Bristol - Thornbury	Alveston Church and The Masons Arms in both directions Bus Stop closed from Monday 3 August until December 2026 (estimated). Please use stops at Church Road or Davids Lane.
U1/U1N	Stoke Bishop - University of Bristol - Bristol City Centre	Runs during University term times only.
U1	University of Bath - City Centre ~~- Green Park~~	The U1 is affected by the closure of Manvers Street in Bath City Centre until November 2026. See full information at firstbus.co.uk/west
U2	University of Bath - Oldfield Park	Runs during University term times only.
U2	Bristol - Langford Campus - Weston-super-Mare	Normal service.
U3	Bath Spa University - Bath City Centre - University of Bath	The U3 is affected by the closure of Manvers Street in Bath City Centre until November 2026. See full information at firstbus.co.uk/west
U4	Bath Spa University - Odd Down - University of Bath	Normal service.
U5	Bath Spa University - Newbridge & Twerton	Runs during University term times only.
U6	University of Bath - London Road	Runs during University term times only.
X1/X1a	Weston-super-Mare ASDA - Bristol	Normal service.
X4	Bristol - Portishead	Sheepway, Portishead closed Monday 29 June until further notice. Unable to serve Conference Close, Shipway Farm, Elm Tree Farm & Station Road stops. For the Portishead end, please use temporary stops on Wyndham Way. For the Portbury end, Bristol-bound buses will serve the Portbury Hundred stop. Portishead-bound buses will drop off at Sainsbury's for a shuttle or return bus back to Sheepway. -Quays Road and Harbour Road in Portishead will have a temporary one way system from 22 June until further notice, into 2027. Buses to Bristol will operate as normal via the Marina. Buses to Portishead will divert after Sainsbury's stop via Wyndham Way to the High Street. Unable to serve Galingale Way to Parish Wharf inclusive. Please use the stops Sainsbury's or The Precinct.
X5/X5x	Hutton - Weston-super-Mare - Portishead	Burnham Drive, Bleadon closed until Friday 30 October. Unable to be serve Burnham Close until Broadway Lodge. Please use stops at Totterdown Lane or Uphill Hospital Grounds. -Quays Road and Harbour Road in Portishead will have a temporary one way system from 22 June until further notice, into 2027. Buses into Portishead will operate as normal via the Marina. Buses to Weston-super-Mare will divert after Sainsbury's via Wyndham Way to the High Street. Unable to serve Galingale Way to Parish Wharf inclusive. Please use stops at Sainsbury's or The Precinct.
X6/X6a	Bristol - Clevedon	Hallam Road Clevedon closed unil end of service on 14th October. Services will terminate and commence at Elton Road. Six Ways stop D will be missed.
X9	Bristol - Nailsea	Link Road Nailsea closed Monday 28 September until further notice. Temporary stop installed on Stock Way North. Or stops at Christ Church or Southfield Road.
X11/X11x	Weston-super-Mare - Clevedon	Link Road Nailsea closed Monday 28 September until further notice. Temporary stop installed on Stock Way North. Or stops at Christ Church or Southfield Road.
X14	Bristol - Portishead - Weston-super-Mare Night Bus	Quays Road and Harbour Road in Portishead will have a temporary one way system from 22 June until further notice, into 2027. The X14 will additionally serve the Serbert Way stop and the stop in Sainsbury's car park after The Vale, then divert via Wyndham Way to the High Street. Unable to serve Galingale Way to Parish Wharf inclusive. Please use the stops at Sainsbury's or The Precinct.
X21	Bridgwater - Weston-super-Mare & Puxton Park	Runs on College Days Only.
X39/39	Bath - Bristol	Normal service.
Y1/Y2	Bristol - Yate / Ladden Garden Village	Normal service.
Y6	Bristol - Southmead Hospital - Yate & Chipping Sodbury	Normal service.