Wharnecliffe Gardens (part), Whitchurch - EMERGENCY CLOSURE - (73) - Friday 5th to Tuesday 9th December

5th Dec 2025Bristol

Location

Wharnecliffe Gardens - Whitchurch
Cause

Emergency Carriageway Works
Responsibility

Local Authority
Effective

05/12/2025 - 09/12/2025

Wharnecliffe Gardens (part) in Whitchurch is currently closed to service 73 and will remain fully closed until 18:00 Tuesday 9th December (estimated) to facilitate emergency carriageway works.

Service 73 will be diverted via Wells Road and New Fosseway Road in both directions.

Regretfully the Gilda Square West, Wharnecliffe Gardens, Oatlands Avenue and Fortfield Road bus stops will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either Loxton Square bus stops on New Fosseway Road or the Timberscombe Walk bus stops on Ridgeway Lane.

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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:	05/12/2025	16:32

	Major Disruptions:
	Bath and Somerset	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information. Bath Christmas Market is taking place until 14 December, we anticipate this is likely to cause delays to services at busy times.
	Bristol	-Due to heavy rain combined with roadworks around the city, we are experiencing significant delays to all Bristol services this afternoon, especially the 1, 2, 3, 4. -The A4174 between Willy Wicket and Coldharbour Lane closed overnight to services 19, m3, T1, Y1 & Y2 between 19:30-06:00 Tuesday 2 December - Sunday 7 December (six nights). Please see dedicated web-page for full details.	Bath Bridge Roundabout is closed towards the City Centre overnight 2100-0500 until Friday 5 December. No stops are being missed, but delays are anticipated during works.
	North Somerset	Services are subject to delay and/or short notice cancellation due to poor weather conditions and heavy traffic congestion.

Service		Current issues	Planned disruptions in the next week
1	Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre - Broomhill	-Due to the above multiple road closures and diversions, as well as lane closures at Bath Bridge Roundabout, services are subject to significant delays, particularly at peak times. -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. -Whiteladies Road is additionally closed southbound between St Paul's Road and Queens Road until 12 December. Buses are diverting via Elmdale Road, with delays. -College Green is closed from the City Centre towards Clifton from 1 December to 18.00 on 12 December. Buses are diverting via Anchor Road and Jacob's Wells Road, with delays, and missing College Green and Park Street Top stops. Please use stops at The Centre/The Triangle. -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound, buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until further notice.	Sandy Park Road in Brislington closed 12.00-19.00 Saturday 6 December for a Christmas Fayre. Unable to serve Belmont Road/Repton Road/Winchester Road. Please use stops at Wick Crescent/Arnos Court.
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	-Due to the above multiple road closures and diversions, as well as lane closures at Bath Bridge Roundabout, services are subject to significant delays, particularly at peak times. -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. -Whiteladies Road is additionally closed southbound between St Paul's Road and Queens Road until 12 December. Buses are diverting via Elmdale Road, with delays. -College Green is closed from the City Centre towards Clifton 1 December until 18.00 12 December. Buses are diverting via Anchor Road/Jacob's Wells Road, with delays, and missing College Green/Park Street Top stops. Please use stops at The Centre/The Triangle. -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.
3	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Bathford	Towards Weston, at Westgate Buildings stop, buses are using the next bus shelter along to normal (the stop usually used by the Park & Ride) Until 14 December due to Christmas Market.
3/4	Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre	-Due to the above multiple road closures and diversions, services are subject to significant delays, particularly at peak times. -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. -Whiteladies Road is additionally closed southbound between St Paul's Road and Queens Road until 12 December. Buses are diverting via Elmdale Road, with delays. -College Green is closed from the City Centre towards Clifton 1 December until 18.00 12 December. Buses are diverting via Anchor Road/Jacob's Wells Road, with delays, and missing College Green/Park Street Top stops. Please use stops at The Centre/The Triangle.
4	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Odd Down	Towards Weston, at Westgate Buildings stop, buses are using the next bus shelter along to normal (the stop usually used by the Park & Ride) Until 14 December due to Christmas Market.
5	St. Anne's - Bristol City Centre - Stoke Bishop	College Green closed from City Centre towards Clifton from 1 December until 18.00 12 December. Buses are diverting via Anchor Road/Jacob's Wells Road, with delays, and missing College Green/Park Street Top stops. Please use stops at The Centre/The Triangle.
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	During the Christmas Market (until 14 December inclusive), Buses into the city centre will not serve the Milsom Street stop, and will divert instead via The Paragon and Walcot Street.
7	Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill	Normal service.	Broad Street and Hill House Road (part) in Staple Hill closed 09:30-15:30 Monday 8 December and Tuesday 9 December. Unable to serve The Hawthorns and Haythorn Court. Please use stops at Hill House road on South View.
7	Worle - Weston-super-Mare - Locking Parklands	Normal service.
8	Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - Clifton	College Green is closed from the City Centre towards Clifton 1 December until 18.00 12 December. Buses are diverting via Anchor Road/Jacob's Wells Road, with delays, and missing College Green/Park Street Top stops. Please use stops at The Centre/The Triangle.
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	-Due to severe traffic disruption at St John's Lane on the route from Whitchurch to the City Centre, buses between 07.25 and 09.10 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays only will divert via Broad Walk and Wells Road, missing out the following stops: Broad Walk Square (B), Stockwood Crescent, Park Avenue, Monmouth Street. Stops along the diversion will be used instead. This will be until Thursday 18 December. -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	Normal service.	The High Street, Hanham closed 13:00 -17:30 Saturday 6 December to facilitate Hanham Christmas Fayre. Unable to serve between/including Martins Road in the High Street/Abbots Avenue in Whittucks Road. Please use stops at Victoria Road/Blue Bowl.
19	Bath - Bristol Parkway Station	Towards Bristol Parkway, at Westgate Buildings stop in Bath City Centre, buses are using the next bus shelter along to normal (the stop usually used by the Park & Ride) Until 14 December due to Christmas Market.
20	Bath - Ralph Allen School	Normal service.
20	Weston-super-Mare - Burnham-on-Sea	Normal service.
21	Newbridge Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	At Westgate Buildings in the City Centre, for the duration of the Christmas Market. Buses are stopping further back than usual, beside the Travelodge.
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, especially around the Eastgate Centre.
31	Lansdown Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	During the Christmas Market (until 14 December inclusive), buses will stop at Queen Square in Bath city centre, rather than Milsom Street.
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	Normal service.	Avonmouth Road, Shirehampton heading towards Avonmouth only closed 08:00-16:00 Sunday 7 December. Unable to serve Barracks Lane/Akeman Way. Please use stops at Bean Acre on Kings Weston Avenue/Farr Street in Avonmouth.
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.	The High Street, Hanham closed 13:00-17:30 Saturday 6 December to facilitate Hanham Christmas Fayre. Service 45 diverted via Memorial Road/Whittucks Road. Unable to serve Maypole/Victoria Road/Blue Bowl. Please use stops at Abbots Avenue on Whittucks Road/Church Road on Memorial Road.
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.	Service 49 Broad Street and Hill House Road (part) in Staple Hill closed 09:30-15:30 Monday 8 December and Tuesday 9 December. Unable to serve The Hawthorns and Haythorn Court. Please use stops at Hill House road on South View
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 is closed from the City Centre towards Clifton 1 December until 18.00 12 December. Buses are diverting via Anchor Road/Jacob's Wells Road, with delays, and missing College Green/Park Street Top stops. Please use stops at The Centre/The Triangle.
73	Whitchurch - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	-Emergency Closure Wharnecliffe Gardens Diverting Via Wells Road resuming normal route New Fosseway Road in both Directions. Unable to serve Gilda Square/Wharnecliffe Gardens/Oatlands Avenue/Fortfield Road. Please use stops at Loxton Square/Timberscombe Walk. Until Tuesday 9 December. -Overnight 2100-0500 Wednesday 3 December-Friday 5 December (3 nights). Unable to serve Redcliffe Way towards Centre. Please use stops at Bellevue Road in Totterdown/Centre.
74	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Bradley Stoke	Normal service.
75/76	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Henbury / Cribbs Causeway	Normal service.
77	Stoke Bishop - Bristol City Centre - Muller Road Top	College Green is closed from the City Centre towards Clifton 1 December until 18.00 12 December. Buses are diverting via Anchor Road/Jacob's Wells Road, with delays, missing College Green/Park Street Top stops. Please use stops at The Centre/The Triangle.
125	Weston-super-Mare - Wrington	Normal service.	-Sandford Road, Winscombe closed 08:00 Monday 8 fully closed until 18:00 Friday 12 December. Unable to serve between/including Woodborough Road in Winscombe/Mason Arms in Churchill. Please use stops at The Triangle on Woodborough Road/Churchill Gate in either direction.
125s	Winscombe - Churchill Academy	Normal service.
126	Weston-super-Mare - Wells	Normal service.	-Sandford Road, Winscombe closed 08:00 Monday 8 until 18:00 Friday 12 December. Unable to serve between/including Belmont road on Sidcot Lane/Church in Sandford. Please use stops at The Playing Fields on the A38/Thatchers Railway Inn. -The A371 Wells Road in Draycott will be closed overnight 18:00-06:00 Monday 8 December. Diversion will only apply to 17:40 departure from Weston and 17:50 departure from Wells. Unable to serve between/including Cheddar Union Street /Haybridge opposite Touring Park.
171	Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Normal service.
172	Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Normal service.
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	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.
A1	Bristol - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.
A3	Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	The B3440 Bristol Road between the A370 and the Queens Way towards Weston only 19:00-06:00 Monday 1 until Friday 5 December (five nights). Unable to serve between/including St Georges Turn/South West Skills Academy on Locking Road. Please use stops at Wellsea Grove on Locking Road.	B3440 Bristol Road from Weston only in Worle closed Overnight 19:00-05:00 Monday 8 December until Friday 12 December (five nights). Unable to serve St Georges Turn. Please use stops at Worle terminus by McDonalds.
D1/D1x	Bath - Trowbridge - Warminster	Winsley Hill, Winsley closed overnight 19:00-06:00 Monday 1 until Friday 12 December (ten nights excluding weekend). Unable to serve between/including Laura Place in Great Pulteney Street in Bath/Conkwell Turn, Winsley. Passengers to board/alight Guildhall bus stop in Bath/Wheatsheaf Junction on Limpley Stoke Road in Winsley.
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. Please use stops at Frome Road stops near the Woolpack pub instead.
m1	Cribbs Causeway - Hengrove Park metrobus	-Buses are on diversion northbound (24/7) at Bradley Stoke Way until Christmas. No stops are missed, however buses are subject to delays. -Additionally, between 20:00 and 06:00 (overnight only) from Monday 1 through to Sunday 14 December, Baileys Court Road Roundabout on Bradley Stoke Way will be closed affecting both directions more significantly. Please see the dedicated web-page for full details of diversions and stops not served if you are travelling during these times.
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. Runs on school days only.
SB1	Soundwell - St Brendan's College	Normal service. Runs on college days only.
SB2	Bromley Heath - St Brendan's College	Normal service. Runs on college days only.
SB4	Westerleigh - St Brendan's College	Due to a breakdown, this service will be very delayed this afternoon, but will operate. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
SB5	Coalpit Heath - St Brendan's College	Normal service. Runs on college days only.
SB6	Yate - St Brendan's College	Normal service. Runs on college days only.
SB7	Bishopsworth - St Brendan's College	Normal service. Runs on college days only.
T1	Bristol - Thornbury	-Bradley Stoke Way is partially closed northbound until December 2025. Buses towards Thornbury are unable to serve The Bridge/Savages Wood Roundabout stops, and are diverting via Brook Way and serving the Braydon Avenue stop instead. -Additionally, between 20:00 and 06:00 (overnight only) from Monday 1 through to Sunday 14 December, Baileys Court Road Roundabout on Bradley Stoke Way will be closed affecting both directions more significantly. Please see the dedicated web-page for full details of diversions and stops not served if you are travelling during these times. -Alveston Hill is closed 24/7 towards Thornbury until February 2026. Buses are 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. -This service is subject to significant delays due to the amount of diversions currently on route.
U1/U1N	Stoke Bishop - University of Bristol - Bristol City Centre	College Green is closed from the City Centre towards Clifton 1 December to 18.00 12 December. The U1 is diverting via Anchor Road/Jacob's Wells Road, with delays, Unable to serve College Green/Park Street Top stops. Please use stops at The Centre/The Triangle.
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	Update, Banwell High street has been closed and services are using A38 and A371 to Hospital at this time. College Green is closed from the City Centre towards Clifton from 1 December to 18.00 on 12 December. The U2 is diverting via Anchor Road. Unable to serve College Green/Park Street Top /Jacobs Wells Road. Please use stops at The Centre/Hotwell Road.
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 in Weston-super-Mare is closed until Friday 19 December. Unable to serve Holms Road/Buttermere Road/Yeo Close stops. Passengers to board/alight Selworthy Road. -The B3440 Bristol Road between the A370 and the Queens Way towards Weston only closed overnight between 19:00-06:00 Monday 1 to Friday 5 December (five nights). Unable to serve between/including St Georges Turn/South West Skills Academy on Locking Road. Please use stops at Wellsea Grove on Locking Road.	B3440 Bristol Road from Weston only in Worle closed Overnight 19:00-05:00 Monday 8 December until Friday 12 December (five nights). Unable to serve St Georges Turn. Please use stops at Worle terminus by McDonalds.
X39/39	Bath - Bristol	Towards Bristol, at Westgate Buildings stop in Bath City Centre, buses are using the next bus shelter along to normal (the stop usually used by the Park & Ride) during the Christmas Market.
X4	Bristol - Portishead	Closure West Hill unable to serve West hill Gardens/ Stoney Steep. Please use stops at Avon Way/Dental Practice. Until further notice.	Various roads in Portishead will be closed between 12:00 and 20:00 on Sunday 7 December to facilitate Portishead Christmas Fayre. Unable to serve stops on Avon Way/Combe Road/Precinct. Please use stops at Waitrose/Bus stops on West Hill.
X5	Hutton - Weston-super-Mare - Portishead	-The B3440 Bristol Road between the A370 and the Queens Way towards Weston only will be closed overnight between 19:00 and 06:00 from Monday 1 to Friday 5 December (five nights).Unable to serve between/including St Georges Turn/South West Skills Academy on Locking Road. Please use stops at Wellsea Grove bus on Locking Road.	B3440 Bristol Road from Weston only in Worle closed Overnight 19:00-05:00 Monday 8 December until Friday 12 December (five nights). Unable to serve St Georges Turn. Please use stops at Worle terminus by McDonalds.
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	The B3440 Bristol Road between the A370 and the Queens Way towards Weston closed overnight 19:00-06:00 Monday 1 to Friday 5 December (five nights). Unable to serve between/including St Georges Turn/South West Skills Academy on Locking Road. Please use stops at Wellsea Grove on Locking Road.	B3440 Bristol Road from Weston only in Worle closed Overnight 19:00-05:00 Monday 8 December until Friday 12 December (five nights). Unable to serve St Georges Turn. Please use stops at Worle terminus by McDonalds.
X18	Nailsea - Weston-super-Mare & Loxton Campus	Normal service.
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	-Park Lane in Frampton Cotterell is closed until Friday 12 December. Unable to serve between/including Live and Let Live on Park Lane/Church Road on Badminton Road. Please use stops at Church Road. -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. -Buses are additionally diverted southbound in this location until 12 December. -College Green is closed from the City Centre towards Clifton from 1 December to 18.00 on 12 December. Buses are diverting via Anchor Road and Jacob's Wells Road, with delays. Unable to serve College Green and Park Street Top stops. Please use stops at The Centre/The Triangle.	-Various roads in Chipping Sodbury closed 07:00-20:00 Sunday 7 December. Unable to serve The Ridge/Bowling Hill/ The Clock/Wickwar Road. Please use stops at Caroline Close on St Johns Way/Yate Bus Station.