Coldharbour Lane & A4174 (part) -ADDITIONAL CLOSURE - (19, m1, m3, m4 & T1) - Monday 15th and Friday 18th December

15th Dec 2025South Gloucestershire

Location

Coldharbour Lane & A4174 (part)
Cause

Emergency Carriageway Works
Responsibility

Local Authority
Effective

15/12/2025 - 18/12/2025

Coldharbour Lane and A4174 (part) will be closed overnight to services 19, m1, m3, m4 & T1 between 19:30 and 06:00 from Monday 15th to Thursday 18th December (four nights) to facilitate additional carriageway works.

Services will not be able to serve the bus stops on Coldharbour Lane and all bus stops between Parkway Station and UWE heading towards Centre except the T1.

Passengers are advised to board or alight at Parkway Station stops A, B or C, UWE or Great Meadow for service m1.

Services heading towards Parkway will serve the bus stops on the Stoke Gifford by-pass.

There is also additional closures on the A4174 for services 19 and 13, please see separate page for further details.

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For more information, please contact our Customer Services Department

Telephone: 0345 646 0707 (Calls cost 12p per minute plus network charges)

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Postal address: First Bus, Enterprise House, Easton Road, Bristol, BS5 0DZ

Bamfield, Whitchurch - (37, m1) - CLOSURE - Monday 15th to Wednesday 17th December

Bamfield in Whitchurch will be closed to services 37 and m1 between 09:30 and 17:00 on Monday 15th, Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th December to facilitate carriageway works.

Services 37 and m1 will divert via Hengrove Way and Whitchurch Lane in both directions..

Regretfully all bus stops on Bamfield will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at Hengrove Park/Skills Academy or Creswicke Road (service 37) or Hengrove Park or Filwood Broadway (service m1).

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For more information, please contact our Customer Services Department

Telephone: 0345 646 0707 (Calls cost 12p per minute plus network charges)

Customer service contact us

Postal address: First Bus, Enterprise House, Easton Road, Bristol, BS5 0DZ

	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:	16/12/2025	10:45

	Major Disruptions:
	Bath and Somerset	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.
	Bristol	St Augustines Parade,Bristol City Centre will be closed overnight between 20:00 and 05:30 on Monday 15 and 23:00-05:30 Tuesday 16 December (two nights).Services 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 41, 72 and U2 will not be able to serve City Centre (C7/C8) and College Green (P1/P2) stops in either direction. Please use stops at Union Street (to Clifton) or Broadmead (to Temple Meads) or the top of Park Street (to Clifton) or Queens Road (to Centre).
	North Somerset	St Augustines Parade,Bristol City Centre will be closed overnight between 20:00 and 05:30 on Monday 15 and 23:00-05:30 Tuesday 16 December (two nights).Services X1,X4,X6,X7 and X9 will not serve Bristol City Centre,Anchor Road and Gas Works Lane Stops.Please use stops at the Bus Station, top of Park Street (from Bristol) or Queens Road (to Bristol).

Service		Current issues	Planned disruptions in the next week
1	Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre - Broomhill	-Due to the below multiple road closures and diversions, as well as lane closures at Bath Bridge Roundabout, services are subject to significant delays, particularly at peak times. -Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queens Road and St Paul's Road until early 2026. Buses are not missing any stops on the diversion, however delays are anticipated. -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound, buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until further notice.
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	-Due to the below multiple road closures and diversions, as well as lane closures at Bath Bridge Roundabout, services are subject to significant delays, particularly at peak times. -Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queens Road and St Paul's Road until early 2026. Buses are not missing any stops on the diversion, however delays are anticipated. -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound, buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until further notice.
2	Bath City Centre - Foxhill	Normal service.
3	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Bathford	Normal service.
3/4	Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre	-Due to the below multiple road closures and diversions, services are subject to significant delays, particularly at peak times. -Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queens Road and St Paul's Road until early 2026. Buses are not missing any stops on the diversion, however delays are anticipated.
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	Normal service.
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.	-Due to severe traffic disruption at St John's Lane on the route from Whitchurch to the City Centre, buses between 07.25 and 09.10 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays only will divert via Broad Walk and Wells Road, missing out the following stops: Broad Walk Square (B), Stockwood Crescent, Park Avenue, Monmouth Street. Stops along the diversion will be used instead. This will be until Thursday 18 December.
17	Bristol - Kingswood - Keynsham	Normal service.
19	Bath - Bristol Parkway Station	Due to various Roadworks between 1930-0600 from Monday 15 to Thursday 18 December this service will be diverted. Stops between Parkway Station and UWE will not be served. Also, stops between Begbrook Lane and Cleeve Park Road will not be served. Please use stops at Downend, UWE Campus or buses towards Bath will depart from Parkway Station stops A, B and C.
20	Bath - Ralph Allen School	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	Normal service.
25	Bristol City Centre - Fishponds	Service 25 is suffering from delays, particularly in peak times due to congestion, especially around the Eastgate Centre.
31	Lansdown Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
36	Highridge - St Anne's	Normal service.
37	Knowle West - Severn Beach Industrial Estate	Bamfield, Whitchurch closed Daily 09:30-17:00 Monday 15, Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 December. Unable to serve Paddock Gardens/Briery Leaze Road/Thurlestone/Alverstoke. Please use stops at Hengrove Park/Skills Academy/Creswicke Road.	Bamfield, Whitchurch closed Daily 09:30-17:00 Monday 15, Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 December. Unable to serve Paddock Gardens/Briery Leaze Road/Thurlestone/Alverstoke. Please use stops at Hengrove Park/Skills Academy/Creswicke Road.
39	*See X39 below*
41	Odd Down Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
41	Avonmouth - Bristol City Centre - Kingswood	Normal service.
42	Bristol City Centre - Cherry Gardens	Normal service.
43	Imperial Park - Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath	Normal service.
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.
48/48x	Bristol City Centre - Downend / Emersons Green	Normal service.
49/49x	Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill / Emersons Green	Normal service.
50	Bristol City Centre - Frenchay	Normal service.
55	Wrantage - Strode College	Normal services
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	Normal service.
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.
126	Weston-super-Mare - Wells	Normal service.	Axbridge Village will be closed between 16:30 and 22:00 on Saturday 20 December. This service will be diverted via the A371.West Street,Axbridge, Town Hall,Parkfield Road and Cheddar Road stops will not be served. Please use either the Shipham Road Junction bus stop or Cross Lane bus stop on the A371 heading towards Weston-super-Mare, or the Shipham Road Junction bus stop heading towards Wells.
171	Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Normal service.
172	Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Normal service.
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	-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	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	Normal service.
A4	Bath - Bristol Airport AirDecker	Normal service. Check www.airdecker.com for on the day service information.
D1/D1x	Bath - Trowbridge - Warminster	Church Street,Trowbridge will be closed between 19:00 and 23:59 from Friday 12 to Friday 19 December (six nights excluding weekend).This will only affect the 1805 departure from Bath.We will be unable to serve Town Bridge stop. Please use Fore Street stop.
D2/D2x	Bath - Frome	-Bath Road in Beckington is closed Monday 6 October for an estimated two months. Buses diverting via Warminster Road and the A36 in both directions. Unable to serve Birchwood stop. Please use stops at Frome Road stops near the Woolpack pub instead.
m1	Cribbs Causeway - Hengrove Park metrobus	-Coldharbour Lane and A4174 (part) will be closed overnight between 19:30 and 06:00 from Monday 15 to Thursday 18 December (four nights).Great Stoke and Harry Stoke stops will not be served.Please use stops at Great Meadow or UWE. -Bamfield, Whitchurch closed Daily 09:30-17:00 Monday 15, Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 December. Unable to serve Paddock Gardens/Briery Leaze Road/Thurlestone/Alverstoke. Please use stops at Hengrove Park/Filwood Broadway. -Buses are on diversion northbound (24/7) at Bradley Stoke Way until Christmas. No stops are missed, however buses are subject to delays.
m2	Long Ashton P&R - Bristol City Centre metrobus	Normal service.
m3/m3x	Bristol City Centre - Emersons Green metrobus	The A4174 between Willy Wicket Roundabout and Coldharbour Lane will be closed overnight between 19:30 and 06:00 from Monday 15 to Friday 19 December (five nights).Hambrook bus stop will not be seved. Please use either the Willy Wicket bus stop or the bus stop at the bottom of Stoke Lane, or UWE. Services towards Emersons Green will not be affected and will run normal route.
m4	Bristol City Centre - Cribbs Causeway metrobus	Coldharbour Lane and A4174 (part) will be closed overnight between 19:30 and 06:00 from Monday 15 to Thursday 18 December (four nights).We will not serve Harry Stoke bus stop. Please use UWE or buses towards Bristol City Centre will depart from stops A, B and C at Parkway.
OS1	Oldfield School - Hanham	Normal service. Runs on school days only.
SB1	Soundwell - St Brendan's College	Normal service. Runs on college days only. On 18 December, the afternoon journey will run from the college at 12.30.
SB2	Bromley Heath - St Brendan's College	Normal service. Runs on college days only. On 18 December, the afternoon journey will run from the college at 12.30.
SB4	Westerleigh - St Brendan's College	Normal service. Runs on college days only. On 18 December, the afternoon journey will run from the college at 12.30.
SB5	Coalpit Heath - St Brendan's College	Normal service. Runs on college days only. On 18 December, the afternoon journey will run from the college at 12.30.
SB6	Yate - St Brendan's College	Normal service. Runs on college days only. On 18 December, the afternoon journey will run from the college at 12.30.
SB7	Bishopsworth - St Brendan's College	Normal service. Runs on college days only. On 18 December, the afternoon journey will run from the college at 12.30.
T1	Bristol - Thornbury	-Bradley Stoke Way is partially closed northbound until December 2025. Buses towards Thornbury are unable to serve The Bridge/Savages Wood Roundabout stops, and are diverting via Brook Way and serving the Braydon Avenue stop instead. -Alveston Hill is closed 24/7 towards Thornbury until February 2026. Buses are diverted via Grovesend Road Crossroads, 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. -This service is subject to significant delays due to the amount of diversions currently on route.
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.
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	-Stuart Road in Weston-super-Mare is closed until Friday 19 December. Unable to serve Holms Road/Buttermere Road/Yeo Close stops. Please use stops at Selworthy Road.
X39/39	Bath - Bristol	Normal service.
X4	Bristol - Portishead	Normal service.
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.
X12	Weston-super-Mare - Filton	Normal service. Runs on Weston College Days Only.
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	Update Park Lane will re-open on 19 December 04 January for Christmas. And commence works from 07:00 05 January until 17:00 16 January -Park Lane in Frampton Cotterell is closed until Wednesday 24 December. Unable to serve between/including Live and Let Live on Park Lane/Church Road on Badminton Road. Please use stops at Church Road. -Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queens Road and St Paul's Road until early 2026. Buses are not missing any stops on the diversion, however delays are anticipated.