Northgate Street, Bath - Road Closure - 3, 6a, 7 & D1x - starting 11.10.2026

9th Oct 2026Bath & Somerset

Location

Bath
Cause

Road Works
Responsibility

Local Authority
Effective

11/10/2026 - 12/10/2026

Northgate Street Bath will be closed on Sunday 11th October at 09:00 until Monday 12th October at 07:00. This will affect services 3, 6a, 7 & D1x.

Services 3 & D1x normal route until Hilton Hotel where services will terminate and commence.

The following bus stops will not able to be served: Guildhall or Grand Parade.

Please use the stop at Hilton Hotel instead.

Service 6a & 7 normal route until Milsom Street where services will terminate and commence.

The following bus stops will not able to be served: Bath Abbey.

Please use the stop at Broad Street or Alfred Street instead.

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:	10/10/2026	09:57

	Major Disruptions:
	Bath and Somerset	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	Ongoing 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	Henleaze Road (part), Henleaze closed 07:30 Saturday 10 October until 05:00 Monday 12 October. Towards Southmead unable to serve Northumbria Drive until Lake Road. Please use the stops at White Tree Roundabout, Whiteleaze or stops on the diversion route. Towards City Centre normal route.
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.	Northgate Street Bath closed 09:00 Sunday 11 October until 07:00 Monday 12 October. Unable to serve Guildhall and Grand Parade. Please use stop at Hilton Hotel.
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	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.	Northgate Street Bath closed 09:00 Sunday 11 October until 07:00 Monday 12 October. Unable to serve Bath Abbey. Please use stops at Broad Street or Alfred Street.
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	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	Avon Street works on going scheduled to re-open Monday 12 October. Unable to serve Avon Street. Please use stops at Old Market or St Phillips Road. -Glass Wharf bus stop on Avon Street at Temple Meads will not be served in both directions until further notice. 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.
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	Risdale Road, Ashton closed Monday 5 October until Friday 30 October. Unable to serve Langley Crescent. Please use stop at Buttercup Walk.	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.
25	Eastgate Centre - Bristol City Centre - Ashton Gate	Normal service.
31	Lansdown Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
36	Highridge - St Anne's	Normal service.	Bishport Avenue, Hartcliffe closed Monday 12 October 09:00-15:30. Towards Highridge unable to serve Lampton Avenue until Newland Drive. Please use stops at Queens Road or Bridge Campus. Towards St Annes unable to serve Lampton Avenue until Queens Road. Please use stops at Sherrin Way or Bridge Campus. 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	Normal service.
49/49x	Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill / Lyde Green	Normal service.
50	Bristol City Centre - Frenchay	Normal service.
55	Wrantage - Strode College	Runs on College Days Only.	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.
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.
74	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Bradley Stoke	Normal service.
75/76	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Henbury / Cribbs Causeway	Normal service.	Service 75 Bishport Avenue, Hartcliffe closed Monday 12 October 09:00-15:30. Towards Cribbs Causeway able to serve Lampton Avenue until Newland Drive. Please use stops at Queens Road or Bridge Campus. Towards Hengrove unable to serve Lampton Avenue until Queens Road. Please use stops at Sherrin Way or Bridge Campus.
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	Midsomer Norton Food Fest 0700-1900 Saturday 10 October. Church Square and High Street in Midsomer Norton are closed. Unable to be serve Bath College until Orchard Avenue. Please use stops on the diversion or use service 174 to get to these stops, or stops at Hayes Park Road, King Arms and Victoria Hall.
173/174	Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Midsomer Norton Food Fest 0700-1900 Saturday 10 October. Church Square and High Street in Midsomer Norton are closed. Unable to be serve Bath College until Orchard Avenue. Please use stops on the diversion or use service 174 to get to these stops, or stops at Hayes Park Road, King Arms and Victoria Hall. -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	Normal service.
515	Imperial Park - Stockwood	Normal service.	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	Midsomer Norton Food Fest 0700-1900 Saturday 10 October. Church Square and High Street in Midsomer Norton are closed. Unable to be serve Bath College until Orchard Avenue. Please use stops on the diversion or use service 174 to get to these stops, or stops at Hayes Park Road, King Arms and Victoria Hall.
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.
A3	Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.
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.	'Northgate Street Bath closed 09:00 Sunday 11 October until 07:00 Monday 12 October. Unable to serve Guildhall or Grand Parade. Please use stop at Hilton Hotel. -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	Normal Service.
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	Services are unable to serve St Marys Garden bus top in Langford due to road works, passengers should use Langford Veterinary School stop.-A370 slip road at David Lloyd will be closed 17 August until 9 October will not be able to serve David Lloyd centre during this time.
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	Normal service.
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	Henleaze Road (part), Henleaze closed 07:30 Saturday 10 October until 05:00 Monday 12 October. Towards Southmead unable to serve Northumbria Drive until Lake Road. Please use the stops at White Tree Roundabout, Whiteleaze or stops on the diversion route. Towards City Centre normal route.