M32- junc 1 to 3 - Southbound - Overnight Road Closure - Various services - starting 20.04.2026

20th Mar 2026Bristol/South Gloucestershire

Location

Bristol
Cause

Carriageway Works
Responsibility

Local Authority
Effective

20/04/2026 - 25/04/2026

M32 will be closed to services 48x, 49x, T1, Y1, Y2, M1, M3 & M4 between 20:00 and 06:00 From Monday 20th April until Friday 24th April to facilitate carriageway works.

services 48x & 49x will serve Eastville Park stop A on Fishponds Road then continue along Stapleton Road to Bristol.

services M1, M3, M4 will not be able to serve Begbrook but will stop at the bottom of Stoke Lane before continuing Via Stapleton to Bristol or Hengrove.

Service Y1 & Y2 will from Hambrook divert Via Frenchay Park Road to Bristol

T1 will use Coldharbour Road and Stoke Lane to Bristol

Avonvale Road (Part) - Barton Hill - Road Closure - 5 & 16 - 17.04.2026

Avonvale Road between Pile Marsh and Marsh Lane in Barton Hill area will be closed to service 5 and 16 between 07:00 and 17:00 on Friday 17th April to facilitate carriageway works.

Service 5 will be diverted via Feeder Road and Marsh Lane in both directions.

The Netham Road, Tyrell Gardens and Orchard Square bus stops will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Arlington Road or Beam Street bus stops,

Service 16 will be diverted via Blackswarth Road and Feeder Road in both directions. The bus stops Granville Street, Victoria Avenue and Orchard Square bus stops will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at Blackswarth Road on Church Road or the Feeder Road Footbridge bus stop.

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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	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:	17/04/2026	09:49

	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.
	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	-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	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 29 May 2026.
4	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Odd Down	Normal service.
5	St. Anne's - Bristol City Centre - Stoke Bishop	'Avonvale Road closed from 07:00 until 17.00 to facilitate carriageway works. Netham Road, Tyrell Gardens and Orchard Square Bus stops cannot be served, passengers should board or alight at Arlington Road or Beam Stret stops.
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	Due to works services will not be able to enter Uphill Hospital Grounds between 08:00 and 17:00 0n 17 April. Passengers are advised to Board or alight on the Road outside the Hospital on Grange Road
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	Avonvale Road closed from 07:00 until 17.00 to facilitate carriageway works. Granville Street and Victoria Avenue cannot be served, passengers should board or alight at Blackswarth Road or Feeder road foot Bridge. -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	Normal service.
21	Newbridge Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
24	Southmead Hospital - Bristol City Centre - Ashton Vale	Normal service.
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.	Creswicke Road, Knowle closed Daily 08:00-17:00 Monday 20 April and Tuesday 21 April. Unable to serve Inns Court until Creswicke Road. Please use stops at Alverstoke or Hurston Road.
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	Service 48x M32 Junction 3 to 1 Northbound closed Overnight 20:00-06:00 Monday 13 April until Friday 17 April.
49/49x	Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill / Lyde Green	Service 49x M32 Junction 3 to 1 Northbound closed Overnight 20:00-06:00 Monday 13 April until Friday 17 April.
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	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	Service 174 A37 Marchants Hill closed 09:30-15:00 Unable to serve Bishops Palace -Shaftgate Avenue Old market -Bishop Palace. Please use stops at The Liberty, Cenotaph, Great Ostry or St Peters Road. 173 Normal service.
373, 374, 375, 376, 376a, 376x	Bristol - Wells - Street - Taunton / Bridgwater / Yeovil	Service 376 Ilchester, Yeovil Road closed Daily 09:30-15:00 Friday 17 April until Thursday 23 April. Unable to serve Taranto Hill, St. Andrews Church, Northover Hotel, Lyster Close. Please use stops at Red Post Cross or Halfway House. -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.	Service 376 Ilchester, Church Street closed Daily 09:30-15:00 Tuesday 28 April until Saturday 28 May. Unable to serve Taranto Hill, St. Andrews Church, Northover Hotel, Lyster Close. Please use stops at Red Post Cross or Halfway House. -Services 374,375,376,376x The Causeway, Street Glastonbury closed Overnight 18:00-07:30 Thursday 30 April to Wednesday 13 May. Unable to serve Glaston Road until Drill Hall, Morrisons Superstore. Please use stops at Town Hall or Crispin Hall.
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	A370 Backwell closed Daily 07:00-19:00 Monday 13 April until Saturday 18 April. Please see dedicated web-page for full details. https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/news-and-service-updat… -Tickenham Road Clevedon closed. Tuesday 7 April until Monday 20 April. Unable to serve Castlewood. Please use stops at All Saints Lane or Clevedon Court.	Brockley Combe and Downside Road closed Daily 09:30-15:30 Monday 27 April until Friday 1 May. Unable to serve Telephone Box. Please use stops at Chelvey Batch or Bristol Airport.
A3	Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.	Brockley Combe and Downside Road closed Daily 09:30-15:30 Monday 27 April until Friday 1 May. Unable to serve Brockley Stores, Miller Road, Congresbury Bridge. Please use stops at St Georges Turn, Station Road or Bristol Airport.
A4	Bath - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.
D1/D1x	Bath - Trowbridge - Warminster	Normal service.
D2/D2x	Bath - Frome	Oldford Road Closure until Friday 17 April. Unable to serve Grange Road, Frome College and Lullington Lane. Please use stops at Red Lion or Rodden Road.	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	M32 Junction 3 to 1 Northbound closed Overnight 20:00-06:00 Monday 13 April until Friday 17 April. Unable to serve Begbrook. Please use stop at Stoke Lane. -Bradley Stoke way, Bradley Stoke closed Overnight 20:00-06:00 Friday 10 April until Sunday 19 April. Unable to serve Webbs wood until Patchway Brook. Please use stops at Great Stoke or Aztec West Roundabout.	Creswicke Road, Knowle closed Daily 08:00-17:00 Monday 20 April and Tuesday 21 April. Unable to serve Inns Court and Filwood Broadway. Please use stops at Alverstoke or Novers Lane. M32 Junctions 1 to 3 southbound Closed Overnight 20:00-06:00 Monday 20 April until Friday 24 April. Unable to serve Begbrook. Please use stop at Stoke Lane for Bristol
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	Service M3 M32 Junction 3 to 1 Northbound closed Overnight 20:00-06:00 Monday 13 April until Friday 17 April. Unable to serve Begbrook. Please use stop at Stoke Lane.	'M32 Junctions 1 to 3 southbound Closed Overnight 20:00-06:00 Monday 20 April until Friday 24 April. Unable to serve Begbrook. Please use stop at Stoke Lane for Bristol
m4	Bristol City Centre - Cribbs Causeway metrobus	-M32 Junction 3 to 1 Northbound closed Overnight 20:00-06:00. Monday 13 April until Friday 17 April. Unable to serve Begbrook. Please use stop at Stoke Lane. -Following the earlier postponement, buses are now serving the Runway Avenue East and Brabazon Park stops in Brabazon.	'M32 Junctions 1 to 3 southbound Closed Overnight 20:00-06:00 Monday 20 April until Friday 24 April. Unable to serve Begbrook. Please use stop at Stoke Lane for Bristol.
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. Normal service.
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. Normal service.
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	M32 Junction 3 to 1 Northbound Closed Overnight 20:00-06:00 Monday 13 April until Friday 17 April. No stops missed, delays anticipated -Bradley Stoke way, Bradley Stoke Closed Overnight 20:00-06:00 Friday 10 April until Sunday 19 April. Unable to serve Webbs wood/Great Meadow until Patchway Brook. Please use stops at Great Stoke or Aztec West Roundabout.	'M32 Junction 1 to 3 southbound Closed Overnight 20:00-06:00 Monday 20 April until Friday 24 April. No stops missed, Minimal delays expected
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	Due to works services will not be able to enter Uphill Hospital Grounds between 08:00 and 17:00 0n 17 April. Passengers are advised to Board or alight on the Road outside the Hospital on Grange Road.
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	A370 Backwell closed Daily 07:00-19:00 Monday 13 April until Saturday 18 April. Please see dedicated web-page for full details. https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/news-and-service-updat…
X39/39	Bath - Bristol	Normal service.
X4	Bristol - Portishead	Normal service
X5/X5x	Hutton - Weston-super-Mare - Portishead	Due to works services will not be able to enter Uphill Hospital Grounds between 08:00 and 17:00 0n 17 April. Passengers are advised to Board or alight on the Road outside the Hospital on Grange Road.
X6/X6a	Bristol - Clevedon	Update 0830 Unable to serve Sixways, Clevedon Road. Please use stops at Elton Road. We anticipate this will be in place until 19:00. Tickenham Road Clevedon closed. Tuesday 7 April until Monday 20 April. Unable to serve Castlewood. Please use stops at All Saints Lane or Clevedon Court.
X9	Bristol - Nailsea	Normal service.
X11/X11x	Weston-super-Mare - Clevedon	Tickenham Road Clevedon closed. Tuesday 7 April until Monday 20 April. Unable to serve Castlewood, Clevedon Triangle, Old Street. Please use stops at Great Western Road or Clevedon Court.
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	Service Y2 M32 Junction 3 to 1 Northbound Closed Overnight 20:00-06:00 Monday 13 April until Friday 17 April. No stops missed, delays anticipated -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.	Service Y1/Y2 M32 Junction 1 to 3 southbound Closed Overnight 20:00-06:00 Monday 20 April until Friday 24 April. No stops missed, minimal delays Expected
Y6	Bristol - Southmead Hospital - Yate & Chipping Sodbury	Long Term Closure - Beesmoor Road, Coalpit Heath closed until Sunday 21 June (estimated). Buses will miss out all stops between the Live and Let Live and Heathcote Drive inclusive, and also miss out the Church Road stop towards Bristol. Buses will divert via the full length of Church Road instead, and serve all bus stops on diversion.