Bristol Bears Rugby

We have 3 dedicated services to get you to the game at Ashton Gate Stadium.

AG1 from Portway Park & Ride* - Station Road – Woodwell Road – Park Road – Riverleaze – Roman Way – Ashton Gate

AG2 from Brislington Park & Ride* - Ashton Gate (direct service)

AG3 from Temple Meads Station and Bristol City Centre - Temple Meads Stop T6 (Station Approach) - Haymarket Stop B10 (near Primark) – St Augustine’s Parade Stop C7 (opposite The Hippodrome) – Ashton Gate

*free parking at the Park & Ride sites, just pay for your bus fare!

From the start of the 2022/23 season, standard First tickets (e.g. FirstDay, FirstWeek etc) are no longer valid on AG services and customers will need to buy a special ticket. These are available from as little as £1. Concessionary pass holders and under 5's travel free.

Full details including the routes, ticket prices and timetables can be found on the Bristol Bears travel page - click here.

Bus Stop Closures-02.06.25-Baldwin Street, Central Bristol-(3/4/8/24/72/47/47x/48/48x/49/49x/50)

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:	14/07/2025	19:07

	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	- 14 July - 4 August 2025 Diverted via Knole Lane Charlton Road towards Broomhill unable to serve Brentry Lane, The Ridgeway. -14 July until mid November 2025 Whiteladies Road between Queens Road and St Pauls Road will be closed, No stops missed although aniticipate delays. -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.
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	14 July until mid November 2025 Whiteladies Road between Queens Road and St Pauls Road will be closed, No stops missed although Delays anticipated.
2	Bath City Centre - Foxhill	Normal service.
3	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Bathford	Normal service.
3/4	Cribbs Causeway - Bristol City Centre	14 July until mid November 2025 Whiteladies Road between Queens Road and St Pauls Road will be closed, No stops missed although Delays anticipated.
4	Weston - RUH - Bath City Centre - Odd Down	Normal service.
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		- Summer Fayre Milsom Street Closed Thursday 17 July 1200 duration until 20 July. Divert Walcot Street normal route at bus gate. The 6A route will extend to Dorchester Street.
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	-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	Normal service.
19	Bath - Bristol Parkway Station	Normal service.
20	Ralph Allen School - Bath	Normal service.
20	Weston-super-Mare - Burnham-on-Sea	Tuesday 15 July 0900-1500 Unable to serve Little Orchard, Uphill Road South and Old Church Road. Board/alight Broadoak Road or Hospital Grounds.
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		- Summer Fayre Milsom Street Closed Thursday 17 July 1200 duration until 20 July. Divert via George Street, Gay Street, Queen Square.
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.
42/43	Bristol City Centre - Cherry Gardens / 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 - Downend / Emersons Green	Normal service.
49/49x	Bristol - Staple Hill / Emersons Green	Jenner Boulevard between Feynman Way and Westerleigh Road, has been closed and will remain closed until approx 20 July, as a result Jenner Boulevard stop cannot be served, expect delays at peak times
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.	Overnight Parkway Railway Bridge Tuesday 15 July - 18 July Friday 4 nights 2000-0500. Towards Bradley Stoke unable to serve Abbeywood School, Brierly Furlong. Passengers board/alight Fox Den Road, Parkway Station. Towards Hengrove Unable to serve Brierly Furlong Passengers board/alight Fox Den Road/Parkway Station.
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	ALL LANES BLOCKED AT CHILCOMPTON OLD DOWN INN Route 173 is at a stand at the Old Down Inn unable to proceed due to the road being blocked ahead. Route 173 is on diversion. It will not be calling at Gurney Slade or Binegar. Short notice cancellations and delays of up to 30 minutes are possible. Disruption is expected until 18:30 today 14/7. -Service 173 Tuesday 15 July 0800-1530 Station Road in Binegar closed. Unable to serve Whitnell Lane, Bus Shelter, Station Road, The Granary ,Gurney Slade Passengers to board/alight Nook Cottage, Slabb House Inn.
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.
373, 374, 375, 376, 376a, 376x	Bristol - Wells - Street - Taunton / Bridgwater / Yeovil	AV376 14 July - 15 July All day Unable to serve Kingsdon Post Office Stop in both directions All day,Diverting via Rocky Hill. -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 board/alight Coppitts Hill bus stop on Ilchester Road (A37) or Yeovil Hospital bus stops.
522	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.
A1	Bristol - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.
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	Overnight works until 25 July between 20:00-06:00 on Bradley Stoke way Between Bailys Court Road and Savages Wood Road. Services to Cribbs Causeway Will Divert Via Bradley Court Road, Brook Way and Savages Wood Road, Unable to serve Webbs Wood Roundabout in Both directions
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. -Jenner Boulevard is closed between Feynman Way and Westerleigh Road until approx 20 July this will had extra time to journeys at Peak times -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	Normal service.
SB2	Bromley Heath - St Brendan's College	Normal service.
SB4	Westerleigh - St Brendan's College	-Jenner Blvd between Feynman Way and Westerleigh Road, has been closed and will remain closed until approx 20 July, as a result Jenner Blvd stop cannot be served, expect delays at peak times
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	-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 between Baileys Court Road and Webbs Wood Road will be closed to services m1 and T1 until 25 July. Services will be diverted, missing out the Webbs Wood stop. in Both directions
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	Normal service.
X4	Bristol - Portishead	Normal service.	-Weatherly Drive Portishead closed Friday 18 July 08:00 - 17:00. Unable to serve Gaunts Close, Police & Fire HQ , Nightingale Rise. Passengers board/alight Merlin Park bus stop.
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	Normal service.
Y6	Bristol - Southmead Hospital - Yate & Chipping Sodbury	14 July until mid November 2025 Whiteladies Road between Queens Road and St Pauls Road will be closed, No stops missed although Delays anticipated.

Station Road, Binegar- CLOSURE - (173) - Tuesday 15th July

Station Road in Binegar will be closed to service 173 between 08:00 and 15:30 on Tuesday 15th July to facilitate carriageway works.

Service 173 will be diverted via Roemead Road and the A37 up to Gurney Slade for normal route in both directions.

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Regrettably the Whitnell Lane, Bus Shelter, Station Road, The Granary and Gurney Slade bus stops will not be served during the closure period and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Nook Cottage bus stop on the A37 or the Slabb House inn bus stop on the b3139.

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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

Uphill Road South, Uphill - (20) - Tuesday 15th July

Uphill Road South in Uphill will be closed to service 20 between 09:00 and 15:00 on Tuesday 15th July to facilitate carriageway works.

Service 20 will divert via the main A370 in both directions from the Weston General Hospital and as such Uphill Road South will not be served during the closure period.

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Regrettably Little Orchard, Uphill Road South and Old Church Road bus stops will not be served during the closure and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Broadoak Road bus stops on Uphill Road North or the Hospital Grounds bus stops.

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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