EMERGENCY CLOSURE - Four Acres Road, Withywood - (36 & 75) - Friday 9th October until further notice
Bristol
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LocationFour Acres Road - Withywood
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CauseCarriageway Works
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ResponsibilityLocal Authority
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Effective09/10/2025 - 11/10/2025
Update, the road closure has now been lifted and services have returned to normal
Due to a burst water main services 36 & 75 are unable to serve Four Acres in Withywood and all bus stops between and including the Queens Road bus stops and Highridge Green bus stops on Four Acres and passengers are advised to board or alight at Newland Drive on Bishport Avenue or St Peters Church on Church Road in Bishopsworth for service 76 and Newlands Drive and Geoffrey Close bus stop on Highridge Green for service 36.
The Queens Road bus stop on Bishport Avenue heading towards Hengrove will also be observed.
We apologies for any inconvenience this will no doubt cause.
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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
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ADDITIONAL CLOSURE - Hengrove Way/Airport Road, Hengrove - (37, 74, m1) - OVERNIGHT CLOSURES - Wednesday 29th to Friday 31st October & Monday 3rd & Tuesday 4th November
UPDATE - 13:00 Wednesday 29th October. Additional Dates
The complete intersection of Airport Road and Hengrove Way will now be closed overnight to services 37, 74 and m1 between 20:00 and 07:00 on Wednesday 29th, Thursday 30th and Friday 31st October and Monday 3rd and Tuesday 4th November(five nights excluding weekend) to complete carriageway works.
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Service 37 towards Avonmouth will divert from the bottom of Leinster Avenue and resume normal route at Hengrove Park in both directions.
Regretfully the bus stops between and including Inns Court and Paddock Gardens on Bamfield will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Hurston Road bus stop on Leinster Avenue or the Hengrove Park bus stop.
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Service 74 heading towards Hengrove depot will operate as normal to the junction of Salcombe Road and Airport Road then divert to Hengrove Depot in both directions.
Regretfully the bus stops Creswicke Road and Filwood Green Business Park heading towards Hengrove will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at Bideford Crescent bus sop on Throgmorton Road.
Heading towards Bradley Stoke the bus stops Filwood Green Business Park, Creswicke Road and both Airport Road bus stops will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Hengrove Depot bus stop or any bus stops on Throgmorton Road.
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Service m1 heading towards Hengrove Park will serve the Novers Lane bus stop as normal then go around the roundabout and divert via Hartcliffe Way and Whitchurch Lane in both directions.
Regretfully the bus stops between and including Inns Court and Paddock Gardens on Bamfield will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Novers Lane bus stop or Hengrove Park.
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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
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: | 31/10/2025 | 20:00 | |
| Major Disruptions: | |||
| Bath and Somerset | No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information. | ||
| Bristol | -Christmas Street is closed and will remain fully closed until 1st November. Alternative stop B3 outside the old Police Station on Nelson Street. -Due to heavy congestion and roadworks across they City we are experiencing delays on all services.Allow extra time for your journey. |
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| North Somerset | -31 October Weston-super-Mare Firework Display 1900-2000 Delays anticipated during event. |
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| Service | Current issues | Planned disruptions in the next week | |
| 1 | Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre - Broomhill | --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. -Park Street Top Bus Stop suspended approximately until 31 October -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound, buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until further notice. -Due to various diversions, and lane closures at Bath Bridge Roundabout, services are 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, delays are anticipated. -Due to various diversions and lane closures at Bath Bridge Roundabout, services are subject to significant delays, particularly at peak times. -Bus Stop suspension Wyck Beck Road/ Lyppincourt Road until early November 2025. -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound, buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until further notice. |
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| 2 | Bath City Centre - Foxhill | -Combe Road in Combe Down, Bath will be closed from 07:00 Monday 27 October fully closed until 19:00 28 November. Bus stops Hadley Arms, Combe Down School and Combe Down Nursery will not be served. | |
| 3 | Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Bathford | Normal service. | |
| 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, delays are anticipated. -Bus Stop suspension Wyck Beck Road/Lyppincourt Road until early November 2025. |
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| 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 | We are experiencing severe delays and short-notice cancellations due to temporary traffic lights on Whitehall Road. Please allow extra time for your journey. | |
| 6 | Worle - Weston-super-Mare | Normal service. | |
| 6/6a/7 | Bath City Centre - Fairfield Park/Larkhall | -Camden Road, Fairfield Road and Eastbourne Avenue in Bath closed from 07:00 Saturday 25 October fully closed until 19:00 Sunday 2 November. Passengers to board/alight Holland Road in Dowding Road or St Saviours Way, Road Street or Milsom Street in Central Bath. | |
| 7 | Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill | We are experiencing severe delays and short-notice cancellations due to temporary traffic lights on Whitehall Road. Please allow extra time for your journey. | |
| 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 | -Axbridge Road will be closed between 08:00 and 18:00 Thursday 30 October and Friday 31 October. Unable to serve Broad Walk Square B/Stockwood Crescent/Park Avenue/ Monmouth Street. -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. |
-Redcliffe Way heading towards Centre Closed between 07:00 and 13:00 Sunday 2 November. Services diverted. Unable to serve Redcliffe Way stops R4 and T4 board/alight at Redcliffe Hill. |
| 17 | Bristol - Kingswood - Keynsham | Normal service. | |
| 19 | Bath - Bristol Parkway Station | Normal service. | |
| 20 | Bath - Ralph Allen School | Normal service. | |
| 20 | Weston-super-Mare - Burnham-on-Sea | Normal service. | -Weston Road, Brean will be closed from 00:01 on Tuesday 4 fully closed until 23:59 on Thursday 6 November. Passengers to board/alight Tarrs Farm in Wick Road/Church House Road on Berrow Road. |
| 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, particularly 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 | -The complete intersection of Airport Road and Hengrove Way closed between 20:00-07:00 Monday 20 until Wednesday 5 November. Services will be diverted. See web-page for full details. - Whitchurch Lane from Skills Academy to Bamfield closed overnight 29 October 2000-0600. Unable to serve Paddock Gardens and Alverstoke on Bamfield. Passengers to board/alight Skills Academy/Creswicke Road. |
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| 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. | -Redcliffe Way heading towards Centre Closed between 07:00 and 13:00 Sunday 2 November. Services diverted. Unable to serve Redcliffe Way stops R4 and T4 board/alight at Redcliffe Hill. |
| 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 | ||
| 48/48x | Bristol City Centre - Downend / Emersons Green | ||
| 49/49x | Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill / Emersons Green | ||
| 50 | Bristol City Centre - Frenchay | 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 | Normal service. | -Redcliffe Way heading towards Centre Closed between 07:00 and 13:00 Sunday 2 November. Services diverted. Unable to serve Redcliffe Way stops R4 and T4 board/alight at Redcliffe Hill. |
| 72 | Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay | '- Midnight until 1800 Saturday 1 November. Woodland Road Tyndall Avenue in Cotham closed. Unable to serve Elton Road/ Tyndall Avenue/Myrtle Road. Passengers to board/alight Queens Avenue/Cotham Hill. | |
| 73 | Whitchurch - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay | Normal service. | -Redcliffe Way heading towards Centre Closed between 07:00 and 13:00 Sunday 2 November. Services diverted. Unable to serve Redcliffe Way stops R4 and T4 board/alight at Redcliffe Hill. |
| 74 | Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Bradley Stoke | -Wedmore Vale between St Johns Lane and Glynn Vale closed 20 October until approximately 19 December. Passengers to board/alight Atlas Road on St Johns Lane heading towards Bradley Stoke or the Wedmore Vale bus stop on Glyn Vale heading towards Hengrove. -The complete intersection of Airport Road and Hengrove Way will be closed between 20:00 and 07:00 from Monday 20 Wednesday 5 November. Services diverted. See web-page for full details. Passengers to board/alight Melvin Square/Atlas Road bus stop on St Johns Lane. |
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| 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 | |
| 171 | Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath | -Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton closed from 07:00 Saturday 25 October and will remain fully closed until 19:00 Sunday 2 November. All services except 173 will be diverted via North Road and Church Lane in both directions. | |
| 172 | Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath | -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 | -Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton will be closed from 07:00 on Saturday 25 October fully closed until 19:00 Sunday 2 November. All services except 173 will be diverted via North Road and Church Lane in both directions. | |
| 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. |
-Bridgewater Carnival Saturday 1 November 1600 until end on service. All services terminate/commence Bridgwater Community Hospital. |
| 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. -Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton closed 07:00 Saturday 25 October fully closed until 19:00 Sunday 2 November. All services except 173 will be diverted via North Road and Church Lane in both directions. |
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| A1 | Bristol - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer | Normal service. | -Redcliffe Way heading towards Centre Closed between 07:00 and 13:00 Sunday 2 November. Services diverted. Unable to serve Redcliffe Way stops R4 and T4 board/alight at Redcliffe Hill. |
| A3 | Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer |
Normal service. | |
| D1/D1x | Bath - Trowbridge - Warminster | Normal service. | |
| D2/D2x | Bath - Frome | -Bath Road in Beckington is closed Monday 6 October for an estimated two months. Buses are diverting via Warminster Road and the A36 in both directions, and missing out the Birchwood stop. Please use the Frome Road stops near the Woolpack pub instead. |
-Sunday 2 November Service D2 0600-1800. Frome Market Day. Unable to serve Windsor Crescent/Masons Way. Passengers to board/alight Football Ground on Berkley Road/Sainburys. |
| m1 | Cribbs Causeway - Hengrove Park metrobus | -Monday 20 October until Sunday 2 November 20:00 - 06:00 (overnight only). Bradley Stoke Way from Savages Wood Road to Baileys Court Road will also be closed in both directions. We will be unable to serve the Webbs Wood and Great Meadow bus stops. -The complete intersection of Airport Road and Hengrove Way will be closed between 20:00 - 07:00 Monday 20 - Wednesday 5 November. Services will be diverted. See dedicated web-page for full details. -The A4174 ring road between the M32 and Coldharbour Lane will be closed overnight between 19:00 and 06:00 on Thursday 30 and Friday 31 October. Services towards Bristol only will be diverted and unable to serve the UWE Gardens bus stop. |
-Bradley Stoke Way from Savages Wood roundabout to Webbs Wood roundabout (towards Bristol). Closed overnight 20:00 and 06:00 Monday 3 until Sunday 16 November (including weekends). Unable to serve Savages Wood Roundabout/The Bridge/Webbs Wood Road. |
| m2 | Long Ashton P&R - Bristol City Centre metrobus | Normal service. | |
| m3/m3x | Bristol City Centre - Emersons Green metrobus | 'Normal service | |
| m4 | Bristol City Centre - Cribbs Causeway metrobus | -The A4174 ring road between the M32 and Coldharbour Lane will be closed overnight between 19:00 and 06:00 on Thursday 30 and Friday 31 October. Services towards Bristol only will be diverted and unable to serve the UWE Gardens bus stop. | |
| OS1 | Oldfield School - Hanham | Normal service. | |
| SB1 | Soundwell - St Brendan's College | Normal service. | |
| SB2 | Bromley Heath - St Brendan's College | Normal service. | |
| SB4 | Westerleigh - St Brendan's College | Normal service. | |
| SB5 | Coalpit Heath - St Brendan's College | Normal service. | |
| SB6 | Yate - St Brendan's College | Normal service. | |
| SB7 | Bishopsworth - St Brendan's College | Normal service. | |
| T1 | Bristol - Thornbury | -Thornbury Road, Thornbury will be closing from 27 October until mid February 2026 on multiple dates in different directions. For full details of closures/bus stop information see our dedicated web-page. -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. -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. -Between 20:00 and 06:00 (overnight only) from Monday 20 October until Sunday 2 November, Bradley Stoke Way from Savages Wood Road to Baileys Court Road will also be closed in both directions. Savages Wood Roundabout, The Bridge, Webbs Wood, Great Meadow bus stops will not be served in both directions. |
-Bradley Stoke Way from Savages Wood roundabout to Webbs Wood roundabout (towards Bristol). Closed overnight 20:00 and 06:00 Monday 3 until Sunday 16 November (including weekends). Unable to serve Savages Wood Roundabout/The Bridge/Webbs Wood Road. |
| 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 | -31 October Weston-super-Mare Firework Display 1900-2000 Royal Parade and Marine Parade Closed during event. -Stuart Road, W-s-M closed 08:00 on Friday 24 October fully closed until Friday 19 December. Bus stops Holms Road/Buttermere Road/Yeo Close will not be served. |
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| X39/39 | Bath - Bristol | Normal service. | |
| X4 | Bristol - Portishead | Normal service. | |
| X5 | Hutton - Weston-super-Mare - Portishead | Normal service. | -Monday 3 Novbember 0930-1530 Walton Road in Clevedon. Unable to sereve All Saints Lane (Clevedon end) on Walton Road/ The Precinct in Portishead High Street. Passengers to board/alight Clevedon Health Centre/ Parish Wharf on Harbour Road in Portishead for each direction. |
| 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. |
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| X14 | Bristol - Portishead - Weston-super-Mare Night Bus | Normal service | |
| X18 | Nailsea - Weston-super-Mare & Loxton Campus | Normal service. Runs on Weston College Days Only. |
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| 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 | -Monday 8 September Until (estimated) 14 November. Unable to serve Live and Let Live until Church Road on Badminton Road. Passengers to board/alight St Peters Church/Church Road. -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. |
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