Weston-super-Mare Carnival - CLOSURES - (various services) - Friday 7th November

6th Nov 2025North Somerset

Location

Weston-super-Mare
Cause

Carnival Event
Responsibility

Event Organisers/Local Authority
Effective

07/11/2025 - 07/11/2025

Various roads in Weston-Super-Mare will be closed between 15:00 and 23:00 on Friday 7th November to facilitate this year's Carnival.

Due to the additional road closures put in place this year the below will apply.

All Services (except listed below) will terminate and commence from the temporary bus stop on Locking Road by the traffic lights at the junction of Drove Road (picture attached) Please board on the opposite side of the road that you got off for your return journey.

Services 6, 9, 20,125, 611 and U2 will terminate and commence their journeys from Next in Winterstoke Road.

Services 20, U2, X1., X1s, X5, X18 and X21 will also observe the Recreation Ground bus stops on Drove Road in both directions.

Services 6 and 9 passengers are advised to board or alight at Winterstoke Road by Next or the Bus stops on Milton Road in between Ashcombe Road and Manor Road

There will be a Supervisor in the area to assist you with your journey.

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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

Locking Road Temporary Bus Stops.docx (1.22 MB)

Hengrove Way/Airport Road, Hengrove - (37, 74, m1) - OVERNIGHT CLOSURES - Monday 10th to Wednesday 12th November

The complete intersection of Airport Road and Hengrove Way will now be closed overnight to services 37, 74 and m1 between 20:00 and 06:00 from Monday 10th to Wednesday 12th November (three nights) to facilitate further 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:	09/11/2025	10:03

	Major Disruptions:
	Bath and Somerset	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.	Remembrance Sunday Events 9 November. Please see dedicated web-page for full details.
	Bristol	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information. -Bond Street bus stops S6/S8 City Centre closed until Friday 19 December. Services 41/43 Stopping on the metrobus bus stop (S2) approx 50 metres back from closed stops. All other services that drop off on their way to terminate at The Centre will use the S4 bus stop, outside of Fabric Land.	Remembrance Sunday Events 9 November. Please see dedicated web-page for full details.
	North Somerset	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.	Remembrance Sunday Events 9 November. Please see dedicated web-page for full details.

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, 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.	-Allison Road Broomhill Closed Daily 0800-1800 Monday 10 November until Wednesday 12 November. Unable to serve Sherwell Road/Wick Crescent. Passengers to board/alight Guernsey Avenue/Winchester 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. -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	Combe Road in Combe Down, Bath will be 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 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.
7	Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill	Normal service.
7	Worle - Weston-super-Mare - Locking Parklands	-Weston Hospital Grounds bus stop closure until approx 28 November. Passengers to board/alight Grange Road Outside Hospital.
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	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	Bristol - Kingswood - Keynsham	Due to a burst water main this service will not be servicing Whittucks Road and Memorial Road until further notice. Please board/alight High Street, Hanham.
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. -Pier Street, Burnham-on-Sea Closed Daily. 0700-1800 Tuesday 4 November until Wednesday 12 November. Unable to serve Channel Court/Holiday Village/Old Pier Tavern. Passengers to board/alight Cassis Close. (Excluding Weekends)
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.	Allison Road Broomhill Closed Daily 0800-1800 Monday 10 November until Wednesday 12 November. Unable to serve Church Parade/Jean Road/The Rock/Sherwell Road/Wick Crescent. Passengers to board/alight Brislington Square outside of the moto X shop/Allison Road bus stop on Wick Road. -William Jessop Way (part) closure 0930-1530 Wednesday 12 November. Diverted via Whitchurch Lane/Hawkfield Road. Unable to serve Bridge Campus. Passengers to board/alight Bishport Avenue.
37	Knowle West - Severn Beach Industrial Estate	Normal service.	The complete intersection of Airport Road and Hengrove Way will now be closed overnight between 20:00 and 06:00 from Monday 10 November until Wednesday 12 November (three nights). Unable to serve Inns Court until Paddock Gardens on Bamfield. Passengers board/alight Hurston Road on Leinster Avenue/ Hengrove Park. -William Jessop Way (part) closure 0930-1530 Wednesday 12 November. Diverted via Whitchurch Lane/Hawkfield Road. Unable to serve Bridge Campus. Passengers to board/alight Hareclive Road.
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.	Mill Lane, Cadbury Heath will be closed overnight between 19:00 - 06:00 from Monday 10 November until Friday 14 November (five nights). Unable to serve Hazelbury Drive/Millers Drive in either direction.
43	Imperial Park - Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath	Normal service.
44/45	Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath / Cherry Gardens	Service 44- Due to a burst water main. Unable to serve Whittucks Road/Memorial Road until further notice. Please board/alight High Street, Hanham.
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 approx 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 now be closed overnight between 20:00 - 06:00 Monday 10 November until Wednesday 12 November (three nights). Unable to serve Filwood Green Business Park/Creswicke Road/Airport Road (both stops). Passengers to board/alight Hengrove Depot /Throgmorton Road (any stop).
75/76	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Henbury / Cribbs Causeway	Normal service.	-Service 75 William Jessop Way (part) closure 0930-1530 Wednesday 12 November. Diverted via Whitchurch Lane/Hawkfield Road. Unable to serve Bridge Campus. Passengers to board/alight Bishport Avenue. -Service 76 William Jessop Way (part) closure 0930-1530 Wednesday 12 November. Diverted via Whitchurch Lane/Hawkfield Road. Unable to serve Bridge Campus. Passengers to board/alight Hareclive Road.
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	Normal service	Various roads in Midsomer Norton will be closed between 17:30 and 22:00 on Monday 10 November for this year’s carnival event. See dedicated web-page for roadclosures and amended timetable.
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.	Various roads in Midsomer Norton will be closed between 17:30 and 22:00 on Monday 10 November for this year’s carnival event. See dedicated web-page for roadclosures and amended timetable.
173/174	Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Normal service	Various roads in Midsomer Norton will be closed between 17:30 and 22:00 on Monday 10 November for this year’s carnival event. See dedicated web-page for roadclosures and amended timetable.
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	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.	Various roads in Midsomer Norton will be closed between 17:30 and 22:00 on Monday 10 November for this year’s carnival event. See dedicated web-page for roadclosures and amended timetable.
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	Bradley Stoke Way from Savages Wood roundabout to Webbs Wood roundabout (towards Bristol). Closed overnight 20:00-06:00 Monday 3 November until Sunday 16 November (including weekends). Unable to serve Savages Wood Roundabout/The Bridge/Webbs Wood Road.	The complete intersection of Airport Road and Hengrove Way will now be closed overnight between 20:00 - 06:00 Monday 10 November- Wednesday 12 November (three nights). Unable to serve Filwood Green Business Park/Creswicke Road/Airport Road (both). Passengers to board/alight Hengrove Depot/Throgmorton Road (any stop).
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 from Savages Wood roundabout to Webbs Wood roundabout (towards Bristol). Closed overnight 20:00 and 06:00 Monday 3 November until Sunday 16 November (including weekends). Unable to serve Savages Wood Roundabout/The Bridge/Webbs Wood Road. -Thornbury Road, Thornbury will be closing from 27 October until mid February 2026 on multiple dates in different directions. For full details of closures/bus stop information see our dedicated web-page. -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.
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	Weston Hospital Grounds bus stop closure until approx 28 November. Passengers to board/alight Grange Road Outside Hospital.
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	Stuart Road, W-s-M closed 08:00 on 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 and 1230 towards WsM and from WsM towards Nailsea at 1100 and 1400. Please check the timetable before travelling.
X21	Bridgwater - Weston-super-Mare & Puxton Park	Normal service.
Y1/Y2	Bristol - Yate / Ladden Garden Village	2000-0600 Saturday 8 November - Tuesday 11 November (four nights). Slip road from A4174 into Bristol Road in Hambrook closed. Unable to serve The Stream/The Church/Whiteshill Church/Quarry Barton. Passenger to board/alight High Street Winterbourne/George and Dragon.	2000-0600 Saturday 8 November - Tuesday 11 November (four nights). Slip road from A4174 into Bristol Road in Hambrook closed. Unable to serve The Stream/The Church/Whiteshill Church/Quarry Barton. Passenger to board/alight High Street Winterbourne/George and Dragon.
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.

William Jessop Way (part) , Hengrove - (36, 37, 75 & 76) - Wednesday 12th November

William Jessop Way in Hengrove will be closed to services 36, 37, 75 & 76 heading from Hengrove only between 09:30 and 15:30 on Wednesday 12th November to facilitate carriageway works.

Services will be diverted via Whitchurch Lane and Hawkfield Road.

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Regrettably Bridge Campus bus stop will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at the bus stops on Bishport Avenue (36 & 75) or Hareclive Road (37 & 76).

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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