Bristol Beacon

Transformation of Bristol Beacon

Over the last 5 years, Bristol Beacon has undergone a massive transformation, with extensive renovations across the entire building. The aim was to create a vibrant and welcoming space for all visitors to enjoy music, arts, and cultural events. The performance spaces have been modernized with upgrades to the acoustics and they've also been made more accessible. The building's cellars are in use for the first time and have been repurposed as education and performance spaces.

See what's on at the Beacon.

How To Get There

We have lots of bus services which stop in the City Centre, which is just a few minutes walk from the Beacon.

We recommend downloading the First Bus app, so you can plan your journey & find out the best way to get there by bus. You can find our route maps here.

Manvers Street / Bridge Street, Bath - Road Closures - Various services - starting 26.05.26

Manvers Street and Bridge Street in Bath city centre will be closed from Tuesday 26th May for three weeks. After this, Bridge Street will re-open, but Manvers Street will remain closed until November 2026 for major works to rebuild the road above historic vaults. Services 2, 3, 4, 6/6a/7, 13, 20, D1/D1x, U1, U1N and U3 will be affected.

Due to the long term nature of this closure, we are treating it as a service change rather than ad-hoc diversions. Timetables, app tracking and online Journey Planning data will be updated to reflect the changes.

Revised timetables are now available - please check the Forthcoming tab on the timetables section of the website. The timetables are headed as starting from 31st May, but will apply from 26th May (this is due to the mid-week start of the roadworks - apologies for any confusion).

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Bath City Centre bus stop map:

	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:	27/05/2026	19:21

	Major Disruptions:
	Bath and Somerset	Manvers Street and Bridge Street in Bath city centre will be closed from Tuesday 26 May for three weeks. After this, Bridge Street will re-open, however Manvers Street will remain closed until November 2026. Please see dedicated web-page for full details:- https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/news-and-service-updat…
	Bristol	Services 16,18,41,42,43,44,45 and N45 will be unable to serve Northcote Road bus stop in both directions due to the positioning of temporary traffic lights at The Fountains in St. George until 15.30 on Friday 29 May.	Marsh Street,Bristol will be closed to services 24,46,47,47x,48,48x,49 and 49x between 0800-1700 on Tuesday 2 June. See dedicated web-page for full details https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/news-and-service-updat…
	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 further notice. -Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queen's Road and St Paul's Road. No bus stops are missed however delays are anticipated as buses follow diversion route. Estimated completion 29 May 2026.	Allison Road, Broomhill will be closed between 0930-1930 on Monday 1 June. Buses will divert via School Road, Bath Road and Wick Road and be unable to serve the Sherwell Road and Wick Crescent bus stops. Please use the stops at Gurnsey Avenue/Broomhill Road or Winchester Road instead.
1	Bath City Centre - Southdown	Normal service.
1	Weston-super-Mare - Sand Bay	Update We have been advised we can now follow normal route through the road works, however this maybe subject to short notice cancellations during proposed times. (Kewstoke Road closed Daily 09:30-15:30 Tuesday 26 May until Thursday 28 May. Unable to serve Crookes Lane until Royal Parade, Victoria Place. Please use stops at Winter Gardens or Lower Norton Lane.)	Beach Road, Sand Bay at Weston-super-Mare will be closed from Wednesday 3rd June to Friday 5th June 2026, from 08.00 until 17.00 each day.Buses will be unable to serve Sand Bay at all during the closure. Kewstoke will be the nearest buses are able to get to Sand Bay.We will not be able to serve stops between and including Lower Norton Lane and Sand Bay, Sand Road terminus. Please use the stops at Crookes Lane or the stop on Lower Norton Lane.
1s	Kewstoke - Worle	Normal service.	Beach Road, Sand Bay at Weston-super-Mare will be closed from Wednesday 3rd June to Friday 5th June 2026, from 08.00 until 17.00 each day.Buses will be unable to serve Sand Bay at all during the closure. Kewstoke will be the nearest buses are able to get to Sand Bay.
2/2a	Cribbs Causeway/Brentry - Bristol City Centre - Stockwood	-Victoria Street in Bristol City Centre is closed northbound, buses are diverting via Temple Way and Counterslip until further notice. -Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queen's Road and St Paul's Road. No bus stops are missed however delays are anticipated as buses follow diversion route. Estimated completion 29 May 2026.
2	Bath City Centre - Foxhill	From 26 May 2026 until November 2026, buses on route 2 into the City Centre will be diverted after Widcome Baptist Church via Rossiter Road and Churchill Bridge to Dorchester Street, missing out North Parade and Manvers Street. See full information at firstbus.co.uk/west
3	~~Weston - RUH -~~ Bath City Centre - Bathford	From 26 May 2026 until November 2026, route 3 will only run between Bathford and Bath City Centre due to the Manvers Street closure. See full information at firstbus.co.uk/west
3/4	Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre	Whiteladies Road is closed northbound between Queen's Road and St Paul's Road. No bus stops are missed however delays are anticipated as buses follow diversion route. Estimated completion 29 May 2026.
4	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Odd Down	From 26 May 2026 until November 2026, route 3 will only run between Bathford and Bath City Centre due to the Manvers Street closure. Extra buses will run on the 4 between Weston and the Bus Station only, to maintain the frequency over this section of route. See full information at firstbus.co.uk/west
5	St. Anne's - Bristol City Centre - Stoke Bishop	Normal service.	Clifton Park, Clifton will be closed on 4th June, from 09:30 until 15:30.Towards Stoke Bishop this service will not be able to serve Lansdown Road bus stop. Please use either Clifton Village or Clifton Park instead.
5/5a	Bath City Centre - Twerton - Whiteway	Normal service.
6	Bristol City Centre - Kingswood	Whitefield Road/Berkley Road closed Monday 18 May until Friday 5 June. Stops between Whitewood Road and Worcester Close inclusive will NOT be served in both directions. Please use stops on the diversion route along Speedwell Road and Charlton Road.
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	Normal service.
8	Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - Clifton	Normal service.	Clifton Park, Clifton will be closed on 4th June, from 09:30 until 15:30. Towards Stoke Bishop this service will not be able to serve Lansdown Road bus stop. Please use either Clifton Village or Clifton Park instead.
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	Daventry Road Closed until Sunday 31 May. Unable to serve St Barnabas Close. Please use stops at Melvin Square or Broad Walk Square. -Glass Wharf bus stop on Avon Street at Temple Meads will not be served in both directions until further notice. Buses are diverting via Midland Road and Silverthorne Lane in both directions.
17	Southmead Hospital - Kingswood - Keynsham	Normal service.	Muller Road (Eastgate to Glenfrome Road) closed 10:00-12:00 28 May. Unable to serve Heath Road. Please use stops at Eastgate centre.
18	Southmead Hospital - Kingswood - Bristol City Centre	Normal service.	Muller Road (Eastgate to Glenfrome Road) closed 10:00-12:00 28 May. Unable to serve Heath Road. Please use stops at Eastgate centre.
19	Bath - Bristol Parkway Station	Normal Service.
20	Bath - Ralph Allen School	Runs on School Days Only. 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.	Muller Road (Eastgate to Glenfrome Road) closed 10:00-12:00 28 May. Unable to serve Heath Road. Please use stops at Eastgate centre.
31	Lansdown Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
36	Highridge - St Anne's	Daventry Road Closed until Sunday 31 May. Unable to serve St Barnabas Close. Please use stops at Melvin Square or Broad Walk Square.	-Bishport Avenue will be closed between 0800-2000 on Monday 1 June.Services to St. Annes will not serve Queens Road, Newland Drive, Fair Furlong and Crosscombe Drive bus stops. Please use either Bishport Avenue Lay-by or Sherrin Way bus stops. Services to Highridge will not serve Crosscombe Drive,Newland Drive and Fair furlong bus stops. Please use either Bishport Avenue Lay-by or Queens Road bus stops. -Allison Road,Broomhill will be closed between 0930-1930 on Monday 1 June. This service will be diverted via Bath Road and Wick Road in both directions and will be unable to serve the Sherwell Road and Wick Crescent bus stops and passengers are advised to board or alight at either The Rock on School Road or Allison Road bus stop on Wick Road.
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 - Warmley/North Common	Normal service.
42	Bristol City Centre - Cherry Gardens - Keynsham	Court Road will be closed until 1st June. This service will divert via Mount Hill Road and Hanham Road in both directions.Please use stops on Mount Hill Road or any stop on Hanham Road.
43/N43	Keynsham - Bristol City Centre - North Common	Normal service
44	Imperial Park - Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath	Normal service.
45	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - 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.	Service 48 Stapleton Road (part) Sunday 07 June 08:00-18:00. Unable to serve Villiers Road and Warwick Road. Please use stops at Armoury Square or Robertson Road. Service towards Bristol unaffected.
49/49x	Bristol City Centre - Staple Hill / Lyde Green	Normal Service.	Service 49 Stapleton Road (part) Sunday 07 June 08:00-18:00. Unable to serve Villiers Road and Warwick Road. Please use stops at Armoury Square or Robertson Road. Service towards Bristol unaffected.
50	Bristol City Centre - Frenchay	Normal service.	Muller Road (Eastgate to Glenfrome Road) closed 10:00-12:00 28 May. Unable to serve Heath Road. Please use stops at Eastgate centre.
55	Wrantage - Strode College	Normal service. Runs on College Days Only.
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.	Woodland Road, Tyndall's Park closed 12 June until 18:00 13 June. Unable to serve Tyndall Avenue, Myrtle Road, Elton Road. Please use stops at Queens Road, Queens Avenue or Cotham Hill.
74	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Bradley Stoke	Unable to serve Willow Brook stop (on the main road) until 21 June. Please use the stop inside the Willow Brook Centre.
75/76	Hengrove - Bristol City Centre - Henbury / Cribbs Causeway	Normal service.	Bishport Avenue will be closed between 0800-2000 on Monday 1 June.Services to Hengrove will not serve Queens Road, Newland Drive, Fair Furlong and Crosscombe Drive bus stops. Please use either Bishport Avenue Lay-by or Sherrin Way bus stops. Services to Cribbs Causeway will not serve Crosscombe Drive,Newland Drive and Fair furlong bus stops. Please use either Bishport Avenue Lay-by or Queens Road bus stops.
77	Stoke Bishop - Bristol City Centre - Muller Road Top	Towards Hengrove unable to serve Church Road, Highridge Green, Shuter Road, Turtlegate Avenue and Sherrin Way. Please use stops at St Peter's Church stop on Church Road or the Queen's Road stop on Bishport Avenue.	Clifton Park, Clifton will be closed on 4th June, from 09:30 until 15:30. Towards Stoke Bishop this service will not be able to serve Lansdown Road bus stop. Please use either Clifton Village or Clifton Park instead.
125	Weston-super-Mare - Wrington	Normal service.
125s	Winscombe - Churchill Academy	Normal service. Runs on School Days Only.
126	Weston-super-Mare - Wells	Normal service.
171	Wells - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Normal service.
172	Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Cameley Road, Temple Cloud, Bus Stop suspension 27 May and 28 May. https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/news-and-service-updat… -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.
373, 374, 375, 376, 376a, 376x	Bristol - Wells - Street - Taunton / Bridgwater / Yeovil	Cameley Road, Temple Cloud, Bus Stop suspension 27 May and 28 May. https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/news-and-service-updat… -Brooks Road, Street will be closed between 0930-1530 from Tuesday 26 May to Monday 1 June. Stops missed on 373 are Brooks Road, Smithfield Road, Green Lane Avenue & Pearmain Road. on 374/375 Brooks Road, Fox Road and on 376 Brooks Road, Brookside School, Pine Close, Goss Drive & Slugg Hill. -Service 375 Woolavington Road Closed 20 May until 30 May. Unable to serve Knowle End until West Approach. Please use stops at South Field Close or Polden Orchards. -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	Normal service.
A1	Bristol - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	A38, Bridgewater Road closed 20:00-06:00 Tuesday 26 May until Wednesday 3 June. Services diverted via A370 and Brinsea Road. Unable to serve between and including Yanley lane and Airport Tavern. Please allow extra time for your journey due to the length of the diversion.
A2	Portishead - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.	Clevedon Road, Walton Road will be closed Overnight on 1st June to 3rd June from 20:00-06:00 each night. This service will divert in both directions from Harbour Road on to Wyndham Way, Portbury Hundred to continue via M5 to resume normal route at Clevedon interchange, Ettlingen Way.We will be unable to serve All Saints Lane until The Precinct (d/c) bus stops. please use stops at Castlewood, Aldi, Sainsbury's or Parish Wharf instead.
A3	Weston-super-Mare - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.
A4	Bath - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Due to heavy congestion on the A4 in Salford and the A38 At Bristol Airport our services are suffering delays of up to 40 minutes. Please allow extra time for your journey. -A38, Bridgewater Road closed 20:00-06:00 Tuesday 26 May until Wednesday 3 June. Services diverted via A370 and Brinsea Road. Unable to serve between and including Yanley lane and Airport Tavern. Please allow extra time for your journey due to the length of the diversion.
D1/D1x	Bath - Trowbridge - Warminster	From 26 May until November 2026, the D1 and D1x will be affected by the closure of Manvers Street in Bath City Centre. See full information at firstbus.co.uk/west
D2/D2x	Bath - Frome	Normal service.
m1	Cribbs Causeway - Hengrove Park metrobus	Normal service.
m2	Long Ashton P&R - Bristol City Centre metrobus	The Wapping Wharf stop towards the City Centre is closed. Buses are using a temporary stop situated around 250m before the usual stop, until October 2026.
m3/m3x	Bristol City Centre - Emersons Green metrobus	Normal service.
m4	Bristol City Centre - Cribbs Causeway metrobus	Normal service.
OS1	Oldfield School - Hanham	Runs on School Days Only. Normal service.
SB1	Soundwell - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only. Normal service.
SB2	Bromley Heath - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only. Normal service.
SB4	Westerleigh - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only. Normal service.
SB5	Coalpit Heath - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only. Normal service.
SB6	Yate - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only. Normal service.
SB7	Bishopsworth - St Brendan's College	Runs on College Days Only. Normal service.
T1	Bristol - Thornbury	Normal service.
U1/U1N	Stoke Bishop - University of Bristol - Bristol City Centre	Normal service.
U1/U1N	University of Bath - City Centre - Green Park / Oldfield Park	From 26 May until November 2026, the D1 and D1x will be affected by the closure of Manvers Street in Bath City Centre. See full information at firstbus.co.uk/west
U2	University of Bath - Oldfield Park	Normal service.
U2	Bristol - Langford Campus - Weston-super-Mare	Lime Kiln Roundabout A4174 closed Overnight 20:00-06:00 Tuesday 26 May until Wednesday 3rd June. Unable to serve Brookgate until Yew Tree Close. Please use stops at Langford Veterinary College, St Mary's Gardens, Winterstoke Road, Daivd Lloyd Leisure Centre or The Ashton.
U3	Bath Spa University - Bath City Centre - University of Bath	From 26 May until November 2026, the D1 and D1x will be affected by the closure of Manvers Street in Bath City Centre. See full information at firstbus.co.uk/west
U4	Bath Spa University - Odd Down - University of Bath	Normal service.
U5	Bath Spa University - Newbridge & Twerton	Normal service.
X1/X1a	Weston-super-Mare ASDA - Bristol	Normal service.
X4	Bristol - Portishead	Normal service.
X5/X5x	Hutton - Weston-super-Mare - Portishead	Normal service.	Clevedon Road, Walton Road will be closed Overnight on 1st June to 3rd June from 20:00-06:00 each night. The last service (20.00) to Weston-Super-Mare will divert from Harbour Road on to Wyndham Way, Portbury Hundred to continue via M5 to resume normal route at Clevedon interchange, Ettlingen Way.We will be unable to serve All Saints Lane until The Precinct (d) inclusive. Please use the stops at Clevedon Health Centre or Parish Wharf instead.
X6/X6a	Bristol - Clevedon	Normal service.
X9	Bristol - Nailsea	Normal service.
X11/X11x	Weston-super-Mare - Clevedon	Normal service.
X12	Weston-super-Mare - Filton	Runs on Weston College Days Only. Normal service.
X14	Bristol - Portishead - Weston-super-Mare Night Bus	Normal service.
X21	Bridgwater - Weston-super-Mare & Puxton Park	Normal service.
X39/39	Bath - Bristol	Significant delays being experienced due to Road works in Saltford. Please allow extra time for journey where possible. We anticipate delays will occur daily 09:00 until 19:00 for duration of works.X39 Service is Running at up to 55mins to an hour late this is due to Road works and Temp Traffic lights by Pixash Lane both directions. Due to the roadworks and placement of the temporary traffic light we will NOT be serving Pixash Lane bus stop.
Y1/Y2	Bristol - Yate / Ladden Garden Village	The change to the Y2 to run via Coalpit Heath has been postponed until 21 June, and buses will carry on running via Winterbourne the same as the Y1. Please bear with us while we update online tracking and journey planning data to reflect this change.
Y6	Bristol - Southmead Hospital - Yate & Chipping Sodbury	Long Term Closure - Beesmoor Road, Coalpit Heath closed until Sunday 21 June (estimated). Unable to serve all stops between the Live and Let Live and Heathcote Drive inclusive, and also miss out the Church Road stop towards Bristol. Buses will divert via the full length of Church Road instead, and serve all bus stops on diversion.