UPDATE - Paulton Road/Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton - CLOSURE - (171, 172, 173 & 522) - Monday 20th to Friday 24th October

20th Oct 2025All areas

Location

Paulton Road - Midsomer Norton
Cause

Carriageway Works
Responsibility

Local Authority
Effective

20/10/2025 - 24/10/2025

UPDATE - 10:00 Monday 20th October - We have just been advised that the junction of Paulton Road and Redfield Road has also been closed.

Paulton Road at the junction of Redfield Road in Midsomer Norton will be closed to services 171,172, 173 & 522 between 09:30 and 15:00 from Monday 20th to Friday 24th October to facilitate carriageway works.

Services except 173 will be diverted via North Road and Church Lane in both directions and will regretfully be unable to serve the bus stops between and including Somervale School bus stops on Redfield Road and the Orchard Avenue bus stops on Paulton Road and passengers are advised to board or alight at either The Hollies in the High Street or Hayes Park Road bus stops on Northmead Road.

Service 173 will be diverted via Riverside Gardens and The Withies in both directions and passengers are advised to board or alight at either Riverside Gardens bus stops or Somervale School bus stops. Service 173 will also observe all stops along the diversion route.

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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

07:20 374 Taunton to Glastonbury / SERVICE DISRUPTION / 18th of October 2025

The 07:20 374 service Taunton to Glastonbury and the return 08:47 374 service Glastonbury to Taunton is not running.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Hengrove Way/Airport Road, Hengrove - (37, 74, m1) - OVERNIGHT CLOSURES - Monday 20th to Tuesday 28th October

The complete intersection of Airport Road and Hengrove Way will be closed overnight to services 37, 74 and m1 between 20:00 and 07:00 from Monday 20th to Tuesday 28th October (seven nights excluding weekend) to facilitate carriageway works.

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Service 37 towards Avonmouth will divert from the bottom of Leinster Avenue and resume normal route at Hengrove Park in both directions.

Regretfully the bus stops between and including Inns Court and Paddock Gardens on Bamfield will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Hurston Road bus stop on Leinster Avenue or the Hengrove Park bus stop.

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Service 74 heading towards Hengrove depot will operate as normal to the junction of Salcombe Road and Airport Road then divert to Hengrove Depot in both directions.

Regretfully the bus stops Creswicke Road and Filwood Green Business Park heading towards Hengrove will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at Bideford Crescent bus sop on Throgmorton Road.

Heading towards Bradley Stoke the bus stops Filwood Green Business Park, Creswicke Road and both Airport Road bus stops will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Hengrove Depot bus stop or any bus stops on Throgmorton Road.

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Service m1 heading towards Hengrove Park will serve the Novers Lane bus stop as normal then go around the roundabout and divert via Hartcliffe Way and Whitchurch Lane in both directions.

Regretfully the bus stops between and including Inns Court and Paddock Gardens on Bamfield will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Novers Lane bus stop or 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

	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:	20/10/2025	17:23

	Major Disruptions:
	Bath and Somerset	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.
	Bristol	-Update Christmas Street is closed and will remain fully closed until 24th October. Alternative stop B3 outside the old Police Station on Nelson Street.
	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	-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. -Park Street Top Bus Stop suspended approximately until 31 October -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.
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	-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. -Park Street Top Bus Stop suspended approximately until 31 October. -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.
2	Bath City Centre - Foxhill	Normal service.	-Combe Road in Combe Down, Bath will be closed from 07:00 on Monday 27th October and will remain fully closed until 19:00 on Sunday 2nd November.Bus stops Hadley Arms, Combe Down School and Combe Down Nursery will not be served.
3	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Bathford	Normal service.
3/4	Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre	-Park Street Top Bus Stop suspended approximately until 31 October. -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.
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	Normal service.
6/6a/7	Bath City Centre - Fairfield Park/Larkhall	Normal service.	-Camden Road, Fairfield Road and Eastbourne Avenue in Bath will be closed from 07:00 Saturday 25th October and will remain fully closed until 19:00 on Sunday 2nd November.Passengers are advised to board or alight at ether Holland Road in Dowding Road or St Saviours Way, Broad Street or Milsom Street in Central Bath.
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	-The 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.	-Daventry Road (part) in Knowle will be closed between 08:00 and 17:00 on Thursday 23rd, Friday 24th, Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th October.St Barnabas Close bus stops will not be served in either direction.
17	Bristol - Kingswood - Keynsham	Normal service.
19	Bath - Bristol Parkway Station	Normal service.	-Bromley Heath Road between the A4174 and Cleeve Hill will be closed overnight between 20:00 and 06:00 from Monday 27th October to Friday 28th November (excluding weekends).Bus stops Quakers Road, Bromley Heath Avenue, Heath Walk and Cleeve Park Road will not be served.
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	-Wordsworth Road, Lockleaze closed 09:30 and 15:30 Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 October. Passengers to board/alight Gainsborough Square/Turville Drive.	-Duckmoor Road,Ashton will be closed between 08:00 and 17:00 from Monday 27th to Wednesday 29th October.Dunford Street, Breach Road, Luckwell Road, Winterstoke Road and Marsh Lane bus stops will not be served.
25	Bristol City Centre - Fishponds	-Service 25 is suffering from delays, particularly in peak times due to congestion, particulary around the Eastgate Centre.
31	Lansdown Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
36	Highridge - St Anne's	Normal service.	-Daventry Road (part) in Knowle will be closed between 08:00 and 17:00 on Thursday 23rd, Friday 24th, Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th October.St Barnabas Close bus stops will not be served in either direction.
37	Knowle West - Severn Beach Industrial Estate	-The complete intersection of Airport Road and Hengrove Way will be closed between 20:00 and 07:00 from Monday 20 to Tuesday 28 October.Services will be diverted.See web-page for full details.
39	*See X39 below*
41	Odd Down Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
41	Avonmouth - Bristol City Centre - Kingswood	Normal service.
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	Normal service.
73	Whitchurch - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	Normal service.
74	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Bradley Stoke	-Wedmore Vale between St Johns Lane and Glynn Vale closed 20 October until approximately 19 December. Passengers to board/alight Atlas Road on St Johns Lane heading towards Bradley Stoke or the Wedmore Vale bus stop on Glyn Vale heading towards Hengrove. --The complete intersection of Airport Road and Hengrove Way will be closed between 20:00 and 07:00 from Monday 20 to Tuesday 28 October. Services will be diverted. See web-page for full details.	-Daventry Road (part) in Knowle will be closed between 08:00 and 17:00 on Thursday 23rd, Friday 24th, Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th October.St Barnabas Close bus stops will not be served in either direction.
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.
126	Weston-super-Mare - Wells	Normal service
171	Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath	-Winterfield Road, Paulton will be closed overnight to services between 19:00 and 06:00 from Monday 20 to Thursday 23 October. Services will be diverted. Bus stops between and including the War Memorial and Phillis Hill Bottom will not be served.	-Redfield Road,Midsomer Norton will be closed from 07:00 on Saturday 25th October and will remain fully closed until 19:00 on Sunday 2nd November.All services except 173 will be diverted via North Road and Church Lane in both directions.
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. -Paulton Road, Midsomer Norton will be closed between 09:30 and 15:00 from Monday 20 to Friday 24 October. Services will be diverted via North Road and Church Lane. Bus stops between and including Somervale School on Redfield Road and the Orchard Avenue on Paulton Road will not be served. -Winterfield Road, Paulton will be closed overnight to services between 19:00 and 06:00 from Monday 20 to Thursday 23 October. Services will be diverted. Bus stops between and including the War Memorial and Phillis Hill Bottom will not be served.	-Redfield Road,Midsomer Norton will be closed from 07:00 on Saturday 25th October and will remain fully closed until 19:00 on Sunday 2nd November.All services except 173 will be diverted via North Road and Church Lane in both directions.
173/174	Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Normal service.	-Redfield Road,Midsomer Norton will be closed from 07:00 on Saturday 25th October and will remain fully closed until 19:00 on Sunday 2nd November.All services except 173 will be diverted via North Road and Church Lane in both directions.
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	'-Winterfield Road, Paulton will be closed overnight to services between 19:00 and 06:00 from Monday 20 to Thursday 23 October. Services will be diverted. Bus stops between and including the War Memorial and Phillis Hill Bottom will not be served. -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	-Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until further notice. '-Paulton Road, Midsomer Norton will be closed between 09:30 and 15:00 from Monday 20 to Friday 24 October. Services will be diverted via North Road and Church Lane. Bus stops between and including Somervale School on Redfield Road and the Orchard Avenue on Paulton Road will not be served. -Winterfield Road, Paulton will be closed overnight to services between 19:00 and 06:00 from Monday 20 to Thursday 23 October. Services will be diverted. Bus stops between and including the War Memorial and Phillis Hill Bottom will not be served.	-Redfield Road,Midsomer Norton will be closed from 07:00 on Saturday 25th October and will remain fully closed until 19:00 on Sunday 2nd November.All services except 173 will be diverted via North Road and Church Lane in both directions.
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.	-Various Roads in Warminster will be closed to service D1 between 16:00 and 22:00 on Saturday 25th October due to this years Carnival. See dedicated web-page for full details.
D2/D2x	Bath - Frome	-Bath Road in Beckington is closed from Monday 6 October for an estimated two months. Buses are diverting via Warminster Road and the A36 in both directions, and missing out the Birchwood stop. Please use the Frome Road stops near the Woolpack pub instead. -Critchill Road,Frome will be closed between 09:30 and 15:30 on Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd October.Critchill Rd, Critchill Close and Westover bus stops will not be served.
m1	Cribbs Causeway - Hengrove Park metrobus	-Between 20:00 and 06:00 (overnight only) from Monday 20 October through to Sunday 2nd November, Bradley Stoke Way from Savages Wood Road to Baileys Court Road will also be closed in both directions. We will be unable to serve the Webbs Wood and Great Meadow bus stops. -The complete intersection of Airport Road and Hengrove Way will be closed between 20:00 and 07:00 from Monday 20 to Tuesday 28 October. Services will be diverted. See web-page for full details.
m2	Long Ashton P&R - Bristol City Centre metrobus	Normal service.
m3/m3x	Bristol City Centre - Emersons Green metrobus	-Feynman Way in Lyde Green is closed until further notice due to a defective road surface. Buses are diverting via Jenner Boulevard. No stops are missed, however journey times anticipated to 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. '-Between 20:00 and 06:00 (overnight only) from Monday 20 October through to Sunday 2 November, Bradley Stoke Way from Savages Wood Road to Baileys Court Road will also be closed in both directions. Savages Wood Roundabout, The Bridge, Webbs Wood, Great Meadow bus stops will not be served in both directions.	-Thornbury Road,Thornbury will be closing from 27th October until mid February 2026 on multiple dates in different directions. For full details of closures/bus stop information see our dedicated web-page.
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	Normal service.
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/X1s	Weston-super-Mare ASDA - Bristol	Normal service.
X39/39	Bath - Bristol	Normal service.West.
X4	Bristol - Portishead	Normal service.
X5	Hutton - Weston-super-Mare - Portishead	-Old Church Road closed, 08:00-17:00 from 13 until 24 October. Service diverted Kenn Road missing all stops from Great Western Road and Tesco. Use The Triangle for WSM or Old Street for Portishead.
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
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. -Park Street Top Bus Stop suspended approximately until 31 October. -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.