Fishponds Road - (part) - Road Closure, Services 16/17/18/46/48/48X/49/49X

8th Apr 2026Bristol/South Gloucestershire

Location

Bristol
Cause

Carriageway Works
Responsibility

Local Authority
Effective

09/04/2026 - 10/04/2026

16/17/18/47/48/48X/49/49X

Fishponds Road (part) will be closed between 20:00-06:00 on Thursday 9th April to facilitate carriageway works.

Unfortunately Hockeys Lane and New Station Road stops will be missed during this time.

Services towards Staple Hill, Downend, Kingswood and Emerson Green will divert via Channons Hill, and Manor Road to Resume normal route at Fishponds Road (Cross hands Stop) Passengers should board or alight at Channons Hill stop B or Cross Hands stop B

Services towards centre or Southmead Hospital will divert reverse of the above. Passengers should board or alight at Cross Hand stop A and Lodge Causeway.

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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

Service 20 | Rectory Way/Lympsham Closure - 08/04/2026

Service 20 Rectory Way/ Lympsham Closure Diversion All Day on 08/04/2026

Due to a road closure, 20 will be unable to service Lympsham all day on 08/04/2026.

20 will operate the following diversion;

20 Towards Burmham on Sea: Normal route on A370 until The Catherines Inn, onto Accommodation Road, Wick Road then resume normal service.

20 Towards Weston super Mare:

Operate the reverse of above.

Savage Wood Road / 74 / DIVERSION / 21st of June 2026

Savage Wood Road is closed until 23:59 on Sunday 21st June to for carriageway works.

As a result services will divert via Willowbrook and Savages Road (From Brook Way).

DATE EXTENSION - Daventry Road, Knowle - CLOSURE - (16 & 36) - Thursday 19th February to Sunday 31st May

*Now expected to open on 31st May - Road Works extended*

UPDATE 16:46 Thursday 26th February.

The full lengthof Daventry Road in Knowle is currently closed to services 16 and 36 and will remain fully closed until 18:00 on Sunday 31st May to facilitate carriageway works.

All services will be diverted from Melvin Square via Ilminster Avenue and Salcombe Road to resume normal route at Broad Walk Square in both directions.

Regretfully the St Barnabas Close bus stops for services 16 and 36 will not be served in either direction and passengers are advised to board or alight at either Melvin Square or Broad Walk Square. The bus stop on Broad Walk Square roundabout will be observed towards Melvin Square.

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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

	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:	08/04/2026	20:14

	Major Disruptions:
	Bath and Somerset	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.
	Bristol	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.	Plimsoll Bridge will be closed in both directions between 20:00-06:00 on Thursday 9 April. Services will be diverted and they may suffer delays due to traffic. No stops will be missed.
	North Somerset	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.	Plimsoll Bridge will be closed in both directions between 20:00-06:00 on Thursday 9 April. Services will be diverted and they may suffer delays due to traffic. No stops will be missed.

Service		Current issues	Planned disruptions in the next week
1	Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre - Broomhill	-R8 bus stop on Bristol Bridge heading towards Broadmead closed Tuesday 17 February for a estimated 2 months. Please use the Wine Street bus stop at the top of Union Street -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	R8 bus stop on Bristol Bridge heading towards Broadmead will be closed from Tuesday 17 February for an estimated 2 months. Please use the Wine Street bus stop at the top of Union Street. -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	Rossiter Road Bath will be closed for 1 night on 8 April between 20:00-07:00. unfortunately Rossiter Road or Widcombe cannot be served. Passengers should Board or Alight at Widcombe Baptist Church on St Mathews Place
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 29 May 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	On Going unable to serve Verbena Way and Chestnut Avenue diverting via Silverberry Road.
6/6a/7	Bath City Centre - Fairfield Park/Larkhall	Due to Hill House Road closure services are being diverted via Brooklyn Road in both directions. Linen Walk, Valley View Road and Charlcombe Lane bus stops will not be served. Please use Otago Terrace or Eldon Place stops.
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	Daventry Road Closed until Sunday 31 May. Unable to serve St Barnabas Close. Please use stops at Melvin Square, Broad Walk Square. -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.
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. Normal service.
20	Weston-super-Mare - Burnham-on-Sea	UPDATE 0810 Emergency Closure Rectory Way, Lympsham Closure. Unable to serve Lympsham School until Anchor Inn. Please use stops at Bleadon Hill, Millfield Cottages.
21	Newbridge Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
24	Southmead Hospital - Bristol City Centre - Ashton Vale	Shaldon Road has been closed due to a RTC. Services are continuing up Muller Road the Right into Filton Avenue then Lockleaze Road to Gainsborough Square. Services toward Ashton are unaffected
31	Lansdown Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
36	Highridge - St Anne's	Daventry Road Closed until Sunday 31 May. Unable to serve St Barnabas Close. Please use stops at Melvin Square or Broad Walk Square.
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 - Warmley/North Common	Normal service.
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	Normal service.
49/49x	Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill / Lyde Green	Normal service.
50	Bristol City Centre - Frenchay	Normal service.
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	R8 bus stop on Bristol Bridge heading towards Broadmead will be closed from Tuesday 17 February for a estimated 2 months. Please use stop at Wine Street at the top of Union Street.
74	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Bradley Stoke	On Going unable to serve Willow Brook Way. Please use stop at Willow Brook Centre Until 21 June. -Sunday 1 March until Sunday 26 April, Bowslands Way closed heading towards Bristol only. Unable to serve Chessel close until Eagles wood. Please use stops on Pear tree Road or Terminus.
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	Normal service.
172	Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath	-R8 bus stop on Bristol Bridge heading towards Broadmead will be closed from Tuesday 17 February for a estimated 2 months. Please use the Wine Street bus stop at the top of Union Street. -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.
373, 374, 375, 376, 376a, 376x	Bristol - Wells - Street - Taunton / Bridgwater / Yeovil	-R8 bus stop on Bristol Bridge heading towards Broadmead will be closed from Tuesday 17 February for a estimated 2 months. Please use the Wine Street bus stop at the top of Union Street. -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	Normal service.
A1	Bristol - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.
A2	Portishead - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service
A3	Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.
A4	Bath - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.
D1/D1x	Bath - Trowbridge - Warminster	Normal service.
D2/D2x	Bath - Frome	Due to Oldford Road closure until Friday 17 April these services will Not be able to serve Grange Road, Frome College and Lullington Lane stops.	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	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	The change to the route at Brabazon has been postponed - buses will now start serving the Runway Avenue East and Brabazon Park stops from Sunday 12 April.
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.
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.
SB6	Yate - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only. Normal service.
SB7	Bishopsworth - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only. Normal service.
T1	Bristol - Thornbury	Normal service.
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	- Colliters Way will be closed from 7 April until 11 April 2026, no stops will be missed but due to the Diversion there could be significant delays to services,
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/X1a	Weston-super-Mare ASDA - Bristol	Normal service.
X39/39	Bath - Bristol	Normal service.
X4	Bristol - Portishead	Normal service.
X5/X5x	Hutton - Weston-super-Mare - Portishead	Normal service.
X6/X6a	Bristol - Clevedon	Normal service.
X9	Bristol - Nailsea	Normal service.
X11/X11x	Weston-super-Mare - Clevedon	Normal service.
X12	Weston-super-Mare - Filton	Runs on Weston College Days Only. Normal service.
X14	Bristol - Portishead - Weston-super-Mare Night Bus	Normal service.
X21	Bridgwater - Weston-super-Mare & Puxton Park	Normal service.
Y1/Y2	Bristol - Yate / Ladden Garden Village	On Going Emergency Bridge Repair Badminton Road Closed from Willy Wicket Roundabout to Church Road until further notice. Unable to serve Willy Wicket until Heathcote Drive and Cuckoo Lane until Church Road. Please use stops at The New Inn, Hambrook, Church Road. -The change to the Y2 to run via Coalpit Heath has been postponed until further notice, and buses will carry on running via Winterbourne the same as the Y1. Please bear with us while we update online tracking and journey planning data to reflect this change.
Y6	Bristol - Southmead Hospital - Yate & Chipping Sodbury	Long Term Closure. Beesmoor Road in Frampton Cotterell closed 07:00 Monday 2 March until Sunday 21 June (estimated). Unable to serve between/including Live and Let Live on Park Lane and Heathcote Drive on Badminton Road heading towards Chipping Sodbury. Please use stops at St Peters Church on Church Road or the Church Road bus on Badminton Road. Unable to serve Church Road on Badminton Road and the Live and Live bus stop on Park Lane heading to Bristol. Please use stops at Church Road on Church Road or the St Peters Church on Church Road. All other stops on Church Road will be served.