Sandford Road, Winscombe - CLOSURE - (125 & 126) - Monday 8th to Friday 12th December

1st Dec 2025North Somerset

Location

Sandford Road - Winscombe
Cause

Carriageway Works
Responsibility

Local Authority
Effective

08/12/2025 - 12/12/2025

Sandford Road in Winscombe will be closed to services 125 and 126 from 08:00 on Monday 1st and will remain fully closed until 18:00 on Friday 8th November to facilitate carriageway works.

Service 125 heading towards Wrington instead of turning left into Sandford Road will turn right and use the A38 to resume normal route at Churchill traffic lights.

Service 125 heading towards Weston will operate the reverse of the above.

Regretfully the bus stops between and including Woodborough Road in Winscombe and Mason Arms in Churchill will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at The Triangle on Woodborough Road or Churchill Gate in either direction.

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Service 126 heading towards Weston will be diverted via the A38 and A368 in both directions and regretfully be unable to serve the bus stops between and including Belmont road on Sidcot Lane and Church bus stop in Sandford in either direction and passengers are advised to board or alight at either The Playing Fields bus stops on the A38 or the Thatchers railway Inn bus stops in either direction.

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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:	01/12/2025	12:45

	Major Disruptions:
	Bath and Somerset	Milsom Street in Bath closed from Sunday 23 November and remain fully closed until 23:59 Monday 15 December to facilitate Bath Christmas Market. Services 6,6a,7 and 31 will be diverted. See dedicated web-page for full details.
	Bristol	'- Update works have over run Marsh Street in Central Bristol will be closed to services 24, 46, 47x, 48, 48x, 49 and 49x from 09:30 Saturday 29 fully closed Until Approx midday on 1 December. Baldwin Street /Wine Street stops will not be served. Passengers to board/alight Prince Street/Broad Weir.
	North Somerset	Emergency Closure Due Gas Works Service 126. See dedicated web-page for full details. Update 12:30 the M5 has reopend but expect residue Delays dut to Buses and Drivers displaced

Service		Current issues	Planned disruptions in the next week
1	Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre - Broomhill	-College Green/Park Street Top Closed towards Clifton Only Monday 1 December-1800 12 December. Please see dedicated web-page for further information. -Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queens Road and St Paul's Road until Early 2026. Buses are not missing any stops on the diversion, however 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, 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.
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	-College Green/Park Street Top Closed towards Clifton Only Monday 1 December-1800 12 December. Please see dedicated web-page for further information. -Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queens Road and St Paul's Road until Early 2026. Buses are not missing any stops on the diversion, however delays are anticipated. -Due to various diversions and lane closures at Bath Bridge Roundabout, services are subject to significant delays, particularly at peak times. -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	-Combe Road in Combe Down, Bath closed 27 October until 19:00 28 November. Unable to serve Hadley Arms/Combe Down School/Combe Down Nursery. Passengers to use stops on North Road as alternatives.
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 Early 2026. Buses are not missing any stops on the diversion, however delays are anticipated. -College Green/Park Street Top Closed towards Clifton Only Monday 1 December-1800 12 December. Please see dedicated web-page for further information.
4	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Odd Down	Normal service.
5	St. Anne's - Bristol City Centre - Stoke Bishop	'College Green/Park Street Top Closed towards Clifton Only Monday 1 December-1800 12 December. Please see dedicated web-page for further information.
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 an Incident services are turning Left into Apprentice Way and continuing journey on Anson Road until further notice
8	Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - Clifton	'College Green/Park Street Top Closed towards Clifton Only Monday 1 December-1800 12 December. Please see dedicated web-page for further information.
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	-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. -Due to severe traffic disruption on the route to the Centre from Whitchurch Tuesday 25 November to Thursday 18 December diverting via Broad Walk/Wells Road between 0725 and 0910. Bus stops Broad Walk Square B, Stockwood Crescent, Park Avenue and Monmouth Street will not be served. Passengers to board/alight Broad Walk Square bus stop just after the roundabout/Bellevue Road bus stop (by church) on Wells Road.
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	-Weston Hospital Grounds bus stop closure until approx. 28 November. Passengers to board/alight Grange Road Outside Hospital.
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	Normal service.
39	*See X39 below*
41	Odd Down Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
41	Avonmouth - Bristol City Centre - Kingswood	'College Green/Park Street Top Closed towards Clifton Only Monday 1 December-1800 12 December. Please see dedicated web-page for further information.
42	Bristol City Centre - Cherry Gardens	Normal service.
43	Imperial Park - Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath	Normal service.
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	Normal service.
48/48x	Bristol City Centre - Downend / Emersons Green	Normal service.
49/49x	Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill / Emersons Green	Normal service.
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.
72	Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	'College Green/Park Street Top Closed towards Clifton Only Monday 1 December-1800 12 December. Please see dedicated web-page for further information.
73	Whitchurch - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	Normal service.
74	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Bradley Stoke	Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke will be closed to service 74 between 12:00 and 21:00 on Friday 28 November due to Christmas Lights switch on. Passengers to board/alight Bradley Stoke Way or on the opposite side of the road outside of the leisure centre.
75/76	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Henbury / Cribbs Causeway	Normal service.
77	Stoke Bishop - Bristol City Centre - Muller Road Top	'College Green/Park Street Top Closed towards Clifton Only Monday 1 December-1800 12 December. Please see dedicated web-page for further information.
125	Weston-super-Mare - Wrington	Normal Service	Woodborough Road,Winscombe will be closed between 17:00 and 21:00 on Tuesday 2 December to facilitate a Christmas Fayre.This service will be diverted. Belmont Road, The Chesnuts, Woodborough Drive, Moorham Road, Shipham Lane, Wimblestone Road and Quarry Road bus stops will not be served.
125s	Winscombe - Churchill Academy	Normal service.
126	Weston-super-Mare - Wells	UPDATE 0830 EMERGENCY CLOSURE Due to Gas Works. Service diverting via Wedmore and Wookey Hole. Unable to serve between/including Cheddar Union Street/Draycott Garden Centre/Henley Lane/Haybridge-Touring Park. See dedicated web-page for further information.	Woodborough Road,Winscombe will be closed between 17:00 and 21:00 on Tuesday 2 December to facilitate a Christmas Fayre.This service will be diverted. Belmont Road, The Chesnuts, Woodborough Drive, Moorham Road, Shipham Lane, Wimblestone Road and Quarry Road bus stops will not be served.
171	Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Normal service.
172	Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath	-The Wells Road between New Fosseway Road and Hengrove Lane heading towards Bristol only will be closed from 06:00 Monday 24 closed until 18:00 Friday 28 November. Unable to serve New Fosseway Road/Clive Road. Passengers to board/alight Whitecross Avenue/Wootton Park bus stops. -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.	The A37 in Gurney Slade will be closed overnight to service 173 between 19:00 and 06:00 from Monday 1 through to Thursday 4 December (four nights).Kings Lane,Gurney Slade,Nevilles Batch,Station Road and Turners Court Lane stops will not be served.Please board/alight at either the Whitnell Lane stop on B3139 or the Old Down Inn bus stop.
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. -The Wells Road between New Fosseway Road and Hengrove Lane heading towards Bristol only will be closed from 06:00 Monday 24 closed until 18:00 Friday 28 November. Unable to serve New Fosseway Road/Clive Road. Passengers to board/alight Whitecross Avenue/Wootton Park.	-The Wells Road between New Fosseway Road and West Town Lane will be closed between 0700-1300 on Sunday 30 November. Unable to serve New Fosseway Road/Clive Road. Passengers to board/alight Wotton Park or New Fosseway Road (to Wells) or Whitecross Avenue (to Centre).
515	Imperial Park - Stockwood	-The Wells Road between New Fosseway Road and Hengrove Lane heading towards Bristol only will be closed from 06:00 Monday 24 closed until 18:00 Friday 28 November. Unable to serve New Fosseway Road/Clive Road. Passengers to board/alight Whitecross Avenue/Wootton Park.
522	Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Normal service.	Winterfield Road, Paulton will be closed between 09:30 and 15:30 on Sunday 30 November. Bus stops between and including the War Memorial and Phillis Hill Bottom will not be served. Please board/alight at either the Paper Lane bus stops or the Thicket Mead Roundabout bus stops.
A1	Bristol - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.
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 diverting via Warminster Road and the A36 in both directions. Unable to serve Birchwood stop. Passengers to board/alight Frome Road stops near the Woolpack pub instead.
m1	Cribbs Causeway - Hengrove Park metrobus	Normal service.
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	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	-Bradley Stoke Way is partially closed northbound until December 2025. Buses towards Thornbury. Unable to serve The Bridge/Savages Wood Roundabout, Diverting via Brook Way and serve the Braydon Avenue stop instead. -Alveston Hill is closed 24/7 towards Thornbury until February 2026. Buses diverted via Grovesend Road Crossroads, Unable to serve Alveston The Ship/Thornbury Leisure Centre. This diversion will also apply to buses towards Bristol after 2000 each night Monday - Saturdays only.
U1/U1N	Stoke Bishop - University of Bristol - Bristol City Centre	'College Green/Park Street Top Closed towards Clifton Only Monday 1 December-1800 12 December. Please see dedicated web-page for further information.
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	Weston Hospital Grounds bus stop closure until approx. 28 November. Passengers to board/alight Grange Road Outside Hospital. ''College Green/Park Street Top Closed towards Clifton Only Monday 1 December-1800 12 December. Please see dedicated web-page for further information.
U3	Bath Spa University - Bath City Centre - University of Bath	Normal service.	.
U4	Bath Spa University - Odd Down - University of Bath	Services are unable to serve Newton Road due to Badley parked vehicles at the present Time.
U5	Bath Spa University - Newbridge & Twerton	Normal service.
X1/X1s	Weston-super-Mare ASDA - Bristol	Stuart Road, W-s-M closed 08:00 Friday 24 October until Friday 19 December. Unable to serve Holms Road/Buttermere Road/Yeo Close. Passengers to board/alight Selworthy Road.
X39/39	Bath - Bristol	Normal service.
X4	Bristol - Portishead	Normal service.
X5	Hutton - Weston-super-Mare - Portishead	-Weston Hospital Grounds bus stop closure until approx. 28 November. Passengers to board/alight Grange Road Outside Hospital. Timetable adjustments were made on 2 November to accommodate student requirements. Please check timetable for amendments. Please see services X12 and X18 for additional capacity at busy college times.
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	-Weston Hospital Grounds bus stop closure until approx. 28 November. Passengers to board/alight Grange Road Outside Hospital. Timetable adjustments were made from 2 November to accommodate student requirements. This service now runs between Nailsea and Congresbury via Clevedon and Yatton. There are additional journeys from Nailsea Engine Lane at 0930-1230 towards WsM and from WsM towards Nailsea at 1100-1400. Please check the timetable before travelling.
X21	Bridgwater - Weston-super-Mare & Puxton Park	Normal service.
Y1/Y2	Bristol - Yate / Ladden Garden Village	Overnight Closure 1930-0600 Monday 24 November (seven nights) until 30 November. Unable to serve Quarry Barton/Whiteshill Church/The Crown/The Stream. Passengers to board/alight George and Dragon.
Y6	Bristol - Southmead Hospital - Yate & Chipping Sodbury	-Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queens Road and St Paul's Road until Early 2026. Buses are not missing any stops on the diversion, however delays are anticipated. -Park Lane - Frampton Cotterell closed until Friday 12 December. Unable to serve Live and Let Live on Park Lane until Church Road on Badminton Road. Passengers to board/alight Church Road. ''College Green/Park Street Top Closed towards Clifton Only Monday 1 December-1800 12 December. Please see dedicated web-page for further information.