POSTPONED - Manvers Street, Bath - CLOSURE - (2, 3, 6a & D1) -- Sunday 31st August

27th Aug 2025Bath & Somerset

Location

Manvers Street - Bath
Cause

Carriageway Works
Responsibility

Local Authority
Effective

31/08/2025 - 31/08/2025

UPDATE - 10:00 - Wednesday 27th August - These works have now been postponed to a later date, yet to be confirmed.

Manvers Street in Bath will be closed overnight to services 2, 3, 6a and D1 between 20:00 and 05:00 on Sunday 31st August to facilitate carriageway works.

Service 2 will be diverted and will be unable to serve the bus stops between and including Pulteney Court and Manvers Street and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Baptist Church on Pulteney Road or DST bus stop on Dorchester Street.

Services 3 and 6a will be diverted and will be unable to serve the Manvers Street bus stop and passengers are advised to board or alight the usual stop in Dorchester Street (bk).

Service D1 will be diverted and will be unable to serve the Manvers Street bus stop and passengers are advised to board or alight at the Bus Station.

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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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NEW DATES - Hengrove Way/Airport Road - (37, 74, m1) - OVERNIGHT CLOSURE - 22nd & 24th September

UPDATE - 12:00 Wednesday 17th September.

ROAD CLOSURE – Hengrove Way/Airport Road, Hengrove – Services 37, 74 & m1

The complete intersection of Airport Road and Hengrove Way will be closed overnight to the above services between 20:00 and 07:00 om Monday 22nd and Wednesday 24th September (two nights) to facilitate carriageway works.

Service 37 heading towards Avonmouth to divert via Novers Lane, Whitchurch Lane and Hengrove Park in both directions.

Service 74 heading towards Hengrove Depot will divert via Throgmorton Road, Creswick Road, Creswicke Road, Novers Lane and Hengrove Way.

Service 74 to Bradley Stoke will divert as above and via Throgmorton to resume normal route at the junction of Airport Road.

Service m1 heading toward Hengrove Park to divert via Hartcliffe Way, Novers Lane, Whitchurch Lane and 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

Bamfield, Whitchurch - (37, m1) - CLOSURE - Monday 22nd September - Thursday 25th September

ROAD CLOSURE – Bamfield, Whitchurch

Services 37 & m1

Bamfield in Whitchurch will be closed again to service 37 and m1 between 08:00 and 18:00 from Monday 22nd to Thursday 25th September to facilitate carriageway works.

Service 37 heading towards Avonmouth are diverting via Hengrove Way, Whitchurch Lane and left at the traffic lights.

Service 37 heading towards Knowle are to operate the reverse of the above.

Service m1 heading towards Cribbs Causeway are diverting via Whitchurch Lane, right at the roundabout and Creswicke Road.

Service m1 heading towards Hengrove are to operate the reverse of the above.

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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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	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.

	Industrial Action affecting services
	Industrial Action will affect some services in Bristol on Tuesday 16th, Wednesday 17th, Thursday 18th and Friday 19th September. Buses on Bath services 1, 2, 3, 4, 5/5a, 6/6a, 7, 8, 13, 19 (to and from Bristol Parkway), 20, 21, 31, 39/X39 (to and from Bristol), 41, 58, D1/D1x, D2/D2x, OS1, U1/U1N, U2, U3, U4 and U5 will run as normal. Buses on Weston-super-Mare and North Somerset services 1, 1s, 6, 7, 9, 20, 125, 125s, 126, 611, A3 (Weston Airport Flyer), U2, X1, X1s, X4, X5, X6, X7, X9, X11, X12, X14, X18 and X21 will run as normal. Buses on Wells services 55, 171, 172 (Bath - Bristol), 173, 174, 373, 374, 375, 376, 376a and 376x will run as normal. The following services in Bristol will run as normal: 16, 17, 19, 39, 349, 522, metrobus m1, m2, m3/m3x, m4, OS1, SB1, SB2, SB4, SB5, SB6, SB7, T1, U2, X1, X4, X6, X7, X9, X12, X14, X39, Y1, Y2 and Y6 will run as normal. Other Bristol services will operate a reduced or no service, as per below. Please note - short notice changes may occur. Real Time Information screens at bus stops will be updated with the revised timetables. The app and journey planner results will not reflect the revised timetables.

	Strike service level on affected Bristol services:
	Last Updated:	18/09/2025	06:15
Service	Hours of operation	Frequency of operation	Disruptions
Bristol 1	07.00-19.00	Every 30 minutes
Bristol 2/2a	07.00-19.00	Every 15 minutes on service 2 between Stockwood and Union Street/The Horsefair only (not serving The Centre). For Southmead and Cribbs Causeway please use service 76.
Bristol 3/4	07.00-19.00	Service 3 will operate every 60 minutes. Service 4 will not be operating.
Bristol 5	08.00-18.00	Every 75 minutes between St. Anne's and The Centre only. C3
Bristol 6/7	07.00-19.00	Service 7 will run approximately hourly. Service 6 will run, every half hour.
Bristol 8	07.30-19.00	Every 15 minutes
Bristol 24	07.00-19.00	Every 30 minutes
Bristol 25	Will not operate	Will not operate
Bristol 36	College-timed journeys only	The only journeys that will run will be the 07.44, 10.34 and 14.34 from Highridge to St. Anne's, and the 09.10, 13.00 and 16.10 from St Anne's to Highridge
Bristol 37	Will run as normal	Will run as normal
Bristol 41	Will not operate	41 will operate a reduced service
Bristol 42/43	07.00-19.00	The 43 will run every 30 minutes between the City Centre and Cadbury Heath only. The 42 is now operating, hourly.
Bristol 44/45	07.00-19.00	The 44 will run half hourly. The 45 will run half hourly
Bristol 46, 47, 47x, 48, 48x, 49, 49x	07.00-19.00	The 48x will run half-hourly-hourly. The 49x will run half hourly. Other services will not operate.
Bristol 50	No Service. The 19 and metrobus services will run as normal.	No Service. The 19 and metrobus services will run as normal.
Bristol 70	07.00-19.00	Every 30 minutes
Bristol 72	Will not operate	Will not operate
Bristol 73	07.00-19.00	Half hourly
Bristol 74	05.30-midnight	Half hourly between Hengrove and Bristol Parkway. No service between Bristol Parkway and Bradley Stoke. Please note - the m1 and T1 will be running as normal through Bradley Stoke. The 16 will be running as normal through Knowle West.
Bristol 75/76	07.00-22.00	Every 30 minutes on each service, every 15 minutes combined. All buses on the 76 will run to and from Cribbs Causeway.	Services are experiencing delays of up to 30 minutes at the moment due to the volume of traffic
Bristol 77	Will not operate	Will not operate
Bristol 515 (eves)	Will not operate	Will not operate
Bristol A1	24hr	Half hourly + some extra services
Bristol SB1-SB7	Will run as normal	Will run as normal
Bristol U1/U1N	08:00-01:30	U1 every 15 Minutes daytime. Evening buses are now running approx. every 30 minutes. Last trip will be at 01:15 from Queens Avenue


	Last Updated:	18/09/2025	06:15

	Major Disruptions:
	Bath and Somerset	Normal service.
	Bristol		-Colston Avenue,Bristol City Centre will be closed overnight between 2100-0500 on 18 September. Stops Centre C9,C7,C1 and Broad Quay C3 and C5 will not be served. See website for alternative Stops.
	North Somerset		-Colston Avenue,Bristol City Centre will be closed overnight between 2100-0500 on 18 September. Stops Centre C9,C7,C1 and Broad Quay C3 and C5 will not be served. See website for alternative Stops.

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. -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. -This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
1	Bath City Centre - Southdown	Southdown Road, Bath will be closed to service 1 from 07:00 on Tuesday 26 August and will remain fully closed until 18:00 on Friday 17 October. This service will be diverted. The Southdown Avenue, Oriel Grove, Langdon Road and Lytton Gardens bus stops will not be served.
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. -This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
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 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. -These routes are is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
4	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Odd Down	Due to an emergency road closure of Odd Down Road until 18 September this service has been diverted via Upper Bloomfield Road.The Red Lion and Post Office stops will not be served. Alternative stops are Noads Corner or Odd Down Park and Ride.
5	St. Anne's - Bristol City Centre - Stoke Bishop	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above. Stop C3
5/5a	Bath City Centre - Twerton - Whiteway	Normal service.
6	Bristol City Centre - Kingswood	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
6	Worle - Weston-super-Mare	Normal service.
6/6a/7	Bath City Centre - Fairfield Park/Larkhall	Normal service.
7	Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
7	Worle - Weston-super-Mare - Locking Parklands	Normal service.
8	Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - Clifton	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
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	-The Glass Wharf bus stop on Avon Street at Temple Meads will not be served in both directions from until April 2026. Buses are diverting via Midland Road and Silverthorne Lane in both directions. -Hengrove Promenade will be closed between 0600-1200 on 18 September. Please use Skills Academy Bus stop.
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.
21	Newbridge Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service
24	Southmead Hospital - Bristol City Centre - Ashton Vale	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
25	Bristol City Centre - Fishponds	-Service 25 is suffering from delays, particularly in peak times due to congestion, especially around Ashley Road and the Eastgate Centre. -This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.	Glenfrome Road/James Street, Eastville will be closed between 0800-1600 on Sunday 21 September. Please board/ alight at Brook Road or Eastgate Centre bus stops.
31	Lansdown Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
36	Highridge - St Anne's	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.	Hengrove Promenade will be closed between 0600-1200 on 18 September. Please use Skills Academy Bus stop.
37	Knowle West - Severn Beach Industrial Estate	Hengrove Promenade will be closed between 0600-1200 on 18 September. Please use Skills Academy Bus stop.
39	*See X39 below*
41	Odd Down Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
41	Avonmouth - Bristol City Centre - Kingswood	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
42	Bristol City Centre - Cherry Gardens	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
43	Imperial Park - Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
44/45	Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath / Cherry Gardens	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
46	Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
47/47x	Bristol City Centre - Oldbury Court	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
48/48x	Bristol City Centre - Downend / Emersons Green	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
49/49x	Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill / Emersons Green	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
50	Bristol City Centre - Frenchay	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
55	Wrantage - Strode College	Service not operating - College Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September.
58	Odd Down Park & Ride - Twerton Mill	Normal service.
70	Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
72	Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
73	Whitchurch - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	-This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
74	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Bradley Stoke	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
75/76	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Henbury / Cribbs Causeway	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.	Hengrove Promenade will be closed between 0600-1200 on 18 September. Please use Skills Academy Bus stop.
77	Stoke Bishop - Bristol City Centre - Muller Road Top	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
125	Weston-super-Mare - Wrington	Normal service.
125s	Winscombe - Churchill Academy	Service not operating - school holidays. Will resume at start of term in September.
126	Weston-super-Mare - Wells	Normal service.
171	Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Normal service
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	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	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
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	This route is affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
A3	Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.
D1/D1x	Bath - Trowbridge - Warminster	Normal service.
D2/D2x	Bath - Frome	Normal service.
m1	Cribbs Causeway - Hengrove Park metrobus	Hengrove Promenade will be closed between 0600-1200 on 18 September. Please use Skills Academy Bus stop.
m2	Long Ashton P&R - Bristol City Centre metrobus	Normal service.
m3/m3x	Bristol City Centre - Emersons Green metrobus	-Feynmann Way is closed due to a defective road surface until further notice. Buses are diverting via Jenner Boulevard. No stops are missed out, but journey times will be extended.
m4	Bristol City Centre - Cribbs Causeway metrobus	Normal service.
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	-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. -Webbs Wood stop is currently suspended due to a northbound closure of Bradley Stoke Way. Please use the Webbs Wood Roundabout stop instead.
U1/U1N	Stoke Bishop - University of Bristol - Bristol City Centre	These routes are affected by Industrial Action on 16, 17, 18 and 19 September - please see above.
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	Due to an emergency road closure of Odd Down Road until 18 September this service has been diverted via Upper Bloomfield Road.The Red Lion and Post Office stops will not be served. Alternative stops are Noads Corner or Odd Down Park and Ride.
U5	Bath Spa University - Newbridge & Twerton	Normal service.
X1/X1s	Weston-super-Mare ASDA - Bristol	Normal service.
X39/39	Bath - Bristol	Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until further notice.
X4	Bristol - Portishead	Normal service.
X5	Hutton - Weston-super-Mare - Portishead	-Walton Road, Clevedon will be closed from 28 July until 26 September. This service will divert via Tickenham Road, Northern Way, Ettingen Way and M5 to resume normal route at the bus stop by Gordano School. Passengers are advised to board or alight at either Clevedon Health Centre bus stops or Gordano School or Sheepfield Gardens for both directions of travel.
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. Runs on Weston College Days Only.
X21	Bridgwater - Weston-super-Mare & Puxton Park	Normal service. Runs on Weston College Days Only.
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.