Bath Races

Enjoy a day at Bath Races and let us take care of the driving. Tickets can be bought from the driver with contactless payment including Tap On Tap Off, or cash. The shuttle bus picks up at the Manvers Street bus stop & Avon Street bus stop before getting to Bath Racecourse. From Bath Racecourse, the shuttle bus drops off on Avon Street & Dorchester Street in the City Centre.

English National Concessionary Travel Scheme bus passes, standard First Bus, BathRider or AvonRider tickets are not valid on this service.

The following flat fares apply to all customers.

Single	Return
£5	£6

Wednesday 25th June
Hampton by Hilton, Avon Street	1640	1720	1800	1840
Manvers Street, City Centre	1645	1725	1805	1845
Racecourse	1700	1740	1820	1900


Racecourse	2100	2115	2140
Dorchester Street, City Centre	2115	2130	2155
Hampton by Hilton, Avon Street	2120	2135	2200

Emergency Road Closure, Shellards Road

Shellards Road Longwell Green will be closed from 03/07/2025 until 07/07/2025 (approx) for emergency water works.

Service 17 will Divert via Woodward Drive and Marsham Way and rejoin Bath Road.

Service 45 will use Watsons Road in Both Directions, No stops will be Missed.

Unfortunately Shellards Road stop will not be served by service 17 in both directions.

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

POSTPONED – Badminton Road (part), Frampton Cotterell, Closure – Services Y1, Y2 & Y6

UPDATE - 14:30 Friday 4th July - This closure has been postponed until further notice and services Y1, Y2 and &6 will be able to operate normal route.

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Services Y1, Y2 & Y6

Badminton Road from the junction of Church Road in Frampton Cotterell will be closed overnight to services Y1, Y2 and Y6 between 20:00 and 06:00 from Monday 7th through Friday 11th July (five nights) to facilitate carriageway works.

Services Y1 and Y2 heading towards Yate diverting via Beesmoor Road, Heather Avenue, Park Lane, Church Road, Bristol Road and Yate Road.

Services Y1 and Y2 heading towards Bristol are to operate the reverse of the above to Church Road then diverting via Park Lane, Heather Avenue, Beesmoor Lane, Badminton Road and Church Road.

Service Y6 heading towards Chipping Sodbury diverting via Church Road to its end, then operating as service Y1 and Y2 above.

Service Y6 heading towards Bristol are to operate the reverse of the above to Church Road then at the end of Church Road turn right to resume normal routes.

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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

Bus Stop Closures-Baldwin Street, Central Bristol-(3/4/8/24/72/47/48/48x/49/49x/50)

02nd June 2025 - 25th July 2025

Bristol

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Due to ongoing gas works at Baldwin Street the bus stop C13 (outside the ice cream parlour) will close and services will move up to use R11 (The Old Fish Market) between 02nd of June and the 11th July 2025

From The 14th July until the 25th of July, stop R11 (Old Fish Market) will close and buses will all use bus stop C13 (Ice Cream Parlour)

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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:	07/07/2025	18:20

	Major Disruptions:
	Bath and Somerset	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.
	Bristol	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.
	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	-Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound, buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated late August 2025. - Bentry lane towards Cribbs Temporary bus stop in place outside number 189A Passage Road. On going works.	- 14 July - 4 August 2025 Diverted via Knole Lane Charlton Road towards Broomhill unable to serve Brentry Lane, The Ridgeway.
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	Normal service.
2	Bath City Centre - Foxhill	Normal service.
3	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Bathford	-Closure of Napier Road, Bath 1 July - 11 July 0700-1900 excluding weekends. Unable to serve Haviland Grove, Heathfiled Close, Leighton Road, Beresford Gardens, Napier Road, Falconer Road.
3/4	Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre	Normal service.
4	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Odd Down	-Closure Napier Road, Bath 1 July - 11 July 0700-1900 excluding weekends. Unable to serve Haviland Grove, Heathfield Close, Leighton Road, Beresford Gardens, Napier Road, Falconer Road.
5	St. Anne's - Bristol City Centre - Clifton	Normal service.
5	Bath City Centre - Whiteway	Normal service.
6	Bristol City Centre - Kingswood	Normal service.
6	Worle - Weston-super-Mare	-Chestnut Avenue and Verbena Way bus stops in Verbena Way will not be served until completion of the carriageway works on Friday 18 July. Passengers advised to board / alight Lark Road, Silverberry Road.
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	Normal service.
7B/7H	Weston-super-Mare - Bleadon Hill or Hutton	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	Bristol City Centre - Kingswood - Fishponds	-Silverthorne Way in St Phillips will be closed overnight between 19:00 and 06:00 on Monday 7 July and again on Tuesday 8 July.Granville Street, Feeder Road Footbridge and Silverthorne Lane bus stops will not be served. -The Glass Wharf bus stop on Avon Street will not be served in both directions from 2 June until April 2026. Buses are diverting via Midland Road and Silverthorne Lane in both directions. This service is suffering from delays, particularly at peak times.
17	Bristol - Keynsham	- Due to waterworks on Shellards Road Services will divert Via Woodward Drive and Marsham Way until Further notice, missing Shellards Road stop
19	Bath - Bristol Parkway Station	Normal service.
20	Ralph Allen School - Bath	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	Normal service
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	Avonmouth Road closure 09:30 - 15:30 Monday 07/07/2025 - Friday 11/07/2025. Farr Street bus stop not served. Passengers to board/alight McClaren Road.
42/43	Bristol City Centre - Cherry Gardens / Cadbury Heath	Normal service.
44/45	Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath / Cherry Gardens	'- Shellards Road is closed due to Waterworks, as a result service 45 will use Watsons Road in both Directions, no stops will be missed
46	Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	Normal service.
47/47x	Bristol City Centre - Oldbury Court	Normal service.
48/48x	Bristol - Downend / Emersons Green	Normal service.
49/49x	Bristol - Staple Hill / Emersons Green	Normal service.
50	Bristol - Frenchay	Normal service.
51s	Winscombe - Churchill Academy	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	-Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated late August 2025.
73	Whitchurch - Bristol City Centre - UWE Frenchay	Normal service.
74	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Bradley Stoke	Normal service.
75/76	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Henbury / Cribbs Causeway	'Normal service.
77	Clifton Down - Bristol City Centre - Muller Road Top	-Due to Alma road being closed service 77 will divert Via Pembroke Road, St pauls Road and whiteladies Road until approximatly 8 August 2025
125	Weston-super-Mare - Wrington	Normal Service.
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 estimated late August 2025.
173/174	Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Service 174 Silver Street in Midsomer Norton is not being served in both directions. Not serving Backhouse bus stop.
349	Bristol - Keynsham	-Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated late August 2025. -The Totterdown Bridge stop towards Keynsham is suspended until mid July. Please use the temporary stop that has been installed prior to the traffic lights. -Hicks Gate Bus stop by car showroom closed until approx 11 July.
373, 374, 375, 376, 376a, 376x	Bristol - Wells - Street - Taunton / Bridgwater / Yeovil	-The road between Woolavington and Puriton is closed until September 2025. Buses on the 375 will serve Old Mill Road in Woolavington and then divert via the A39 and Enterprise Way into -Puriton - please expect delays. Stops between Woolavington Green and ROF Factory inclusive will not be served. -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated late August 2025. -Mudford Road in Yeovil will be closed to service 376 from 07:00 on Monday 30 June and will remain fully closed until Friday 18 July. Bus stops between Coombe Street Lane and Mudford Road/Sparrow Road will not be served. Passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Coppitts Hill bus stop on Ilchester Road (A37) or Yeovil Hospital bus stops.
522	Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath	-Hicks Gate Bus stop by car showroom closed until approx 11 July. -Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound - buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until estimated late August 2025. -The Totterdown Bridge stop towards Keynsham/Bath is suspended until Mid July. Please use the temporary stop that has been installed prior to the traffic lights.
A1	Bristol - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	The earlier delays have now cleared and services are returning to normal
A3	Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.
D1/D1x	Bath - Trowbridge - Warminster	-Cradle Bridge on Castle Street heading towards Warminster will be closed from 09:00 on Monday 7 July and will remain fully closed until 17:00 on Friday 29 August. Service heading towards Warminster will be diverted via Town Hall Bus Stop on Market Street, Castle Street, Fore Street, Wicker Hill, Wicker Hill, Bythesea Road. -Overnight closure Service D1 1900-0600 2 July - 16 July (excluding weekends) Hawkeridge Road. unable to serve Hawkeridge Road, Heywood Turn, Court Farm, Hawke Ridge Business Park during closure.
D2/D2x	Bath - Frome	Normal service.
m1	Cribbs Causeway - Hengrove Park metrobus	-Bradley Stoke Way (northbound) between Baileys Court Road and Webbs Wood Road will be closed to services m1 and T1 until 20 July. Services will be diverted, missing the Webbs Wood stop, but temporarily serving the Webbs Wood Roundabout stop instead. Services towards Bristol can follow normal route.
m2	Long Ashton P&R - Bristol City Centre metrobus	Normal service.
m3/m3x	Bristol City Centre - Emersons Green metrobus	-Feynmann Way is closed until May 2026 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. -From 26 May for approximately 8 weeks, the m3 will not be able to serve the Hambrook stop towards Bristol City Centre after 8pm each evening.
m4	Bristol City Centre - Cribbs Causeway metrobus	Normal service.
OS1	Oldfield School - Hanham	Normal service.
SB1	Soundwell - St Brendan's College	Hicks Gate Bus stop by car showroom closed until approx 11 July.
SB2	Bromley Heath - St Brendan's College	Hicks Gate Bus stop by car showroom closed until approx 11 July.
SB4	Westerleigh - St Brendan's College	Hicks Gate Bus stop by car showroom closed until approx 11 July.
SB5	Coalpit Heath - St Brendan's College	Hicks Gate Bus stop by car showroom closed until approx 11 July.
SB6	Yate - St Brendan's College	Hicks Gate Bus stop by car showroom closed until approx 11 July.
SB7	Bishopsworth - St Brendan's College	Normal service.
T1	Bristol - Thornbury	-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. -Bradley Stoke Way (northbound) between Baileys Court Road and Webbs Wood Road will be closed to services m1 and T1 until 21 July. Services will be diverted, missing out the Webbs Wood stop. Services towards Bristol can follow normal route.
U1	Stoke Bishop - University of Bristol - Bristol City Centre	Service not operating - University Holidays. Will resume at start of term in September.
U1/U2	University of Bath - Oldfield Park	Normal service.
U2	Bristol - Langford Campus	Normal service.
U3	Bristol - UWE Frenchay Night Bus	Normal service.
U5	Bath - Bath Spa University	Normal service.
X1/X1s	Weston-super-Mare ASDA - Bristol	Normal service.
X39/39	Bath - Bristol	-The Totterdown Bridge stop towards Bath is suspended until mid July. Please use the temporary stop that has been installed prior to the traffic lights.
X4	Bristol - Portishead	Normal Service.	- Sunday 13 July 0800 - 1500 Diverting via A369 Matcombe Road. Unable to serve Blackmore Lodge until St Georges Hall.
X5	Weston-super-Mare - Portishead	-Diversion in place until approx 26 July. Brampton Way, Church Road South, Victoria Square, Royal Mail Office and The Precinct bus stops
X6/X7/X7a	Bristol - Clevedon	Normal service.
X9	Bristol - Nailsea	Normal service.
X11	Weston-super-Mare - Clevedon	Normal service.
X14	Bristol - Portishead - Weston-super-Mare Night Bus	Normal service.
Y1/Y2	Bristol - Yate / Ladden Garden Village	-Bristol Road between Old Gloucester Road and Winterbourne Road will be closed overnight between 22:00 and 06:00 on Monday 7 July. Services will be diverted in both directions.
Y6	Bristol - Southmead Hospital - Yate & Chipping Sodbury