Bristol Old Vic

Bristol Old Vic is one of the city’s most iconic spots, full of history, creativity, and a friendly, welcoming vibe. The venue is known for its exciting mix of productions, from bold new writing to reimagined classics, as well as its commitment to supporting local talent and community projects.

Whether you’re catching a show, grabbing a drink in the bar, or just soaking up the atmosphere on King Street, Bristol Old Vic is a place that celebrates stories, people, and the spirit of Bristol.

How To Get There

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

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.

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Pulteney Bridge,Bath - Road Closure - U1 and U1N - starting 01.06.26

Pulteney Bridge,Bath will be closed between 19:00-06:00 from Monday 1st June to Saturday 13th June. This will affect services U1 and U1N.

Service U1 will commence/terminate at Bog Island (Ca) bus stop during this closure.

Service U1N heading towards Bath University will follow normal route to Widcombe then turn left into North Parade and serve “Bog Island”. It will then come back along North Parade and turn left resuming normal route route at the roundabout.

Service U1N towards Central Bath will follow the reverse of the above.

The Following Stops will not be served:- Edward Street, Laura Place,Grand Parade,Bath Abbey.

Please use stops at Bog Island or North Parade.

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 the timetables section of the website.

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	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:	05/06/2026	06:48

	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…	Union Street and Haymarket(southbound) will be closed between 2100-0600 from Monday 8 June until Thursday 11 June. Please see our dedicated web-page for full details. https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/news-and-service-updat…
	Bristol	No network-wide disruptions reported. Please see below for route-specific information.	Union Street and Haymarket(southbound) will be closed between 2100-0600 from Monday 8 June until Thursday 11 June. Please see our dedicated web-page for full details. https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/news-and-service-updat…
	North Somerset	Beach Road and Marine Parade in Weston-super-Mare will be closed from 20.00 on Friday 5 June until 23.59 on Sunday 7 June for Summer Festival.Please see our dedicated web-page for details.https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/news-and-service-updat… Worle Terminus date extension estimated completion 5 June. Please see dedicated web-page for full details. https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/news-and-service-updat…;	Union Street and Haymarket(southbound) will be closed between 2100-0600 from Monday 8 June until Thursday 11 June. Please see our dedicated web-page for full details. https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/news-and-service-updat…

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.
1	Bath City Centre - Southdown	Normal service.
1	Weston-super-Mare - Sand Bay	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	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.
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	Normal service.	Union Street will be closed between 20:00-06:00 from 8 June until 11 June for road works. Services will terminate and commence from Baldwin Street C13. Union Street will not be served Passengers should board or alight on Baldwin Street.
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.
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.	Weston General Hospital Grounds, Weston-super-Mare will be closed on 7th June, from 08:00-15:00.The bus stop within the hospital grounds will be closed, and buses will stop outside the Hospital on the stops sited on Grange Road.
8	Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol City Centre - Clifton	Normal service.
8	Bath City Centre - Kingsway	Normal service.
9	Weston-super-Mare - Worle	Madiera Road will be closed between 0730-1830 from Monday 1 June until Friday 26 June. Services will be diverted. Paragon Road bus stop will not be served. Please use either Upper Church Road or Highbury Road bus stops instead.
13	Foxhill - Bath City Centre - Elmhurst	Normal service.
16	Whitchurch - Bristol City Centre - Fishponds	-Daventry Road Closed until Friday 10 July. 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.
18	Southmead Hospital - Kingswood - Bristol City Centre	Normal service.
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.	-Weston General Hospital Grounds, Weston-super-Mare will be closed on 7th June, from 08:00-15:00.The bus stop within the hospital grounds will be closed, and buses will stop outside the Hospital on the stops sited on Grange Road. -Rectory Way,Lympsham will be closed between 0930-1530 from Tuesday 9 June to Tuesday 16 June(excl.Weekends). This service will not be able to serve Bleadon rd, Bridge Garage, Hobbs Boat, Copse Corner, Worthy Cresent and Lympsham school stops.Please use either Wick Turn or Anchor Inn bus stops.
21	Newbridge Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
24	Southmead Hospital - Bristol City Centre - Ashton Vale	Update, 06:30 services towards Ashton Vale are unable to serve St Johns Road, Catherine Mead Street & Dean Lane due to Roadworks. 24 will divert via East Street, Dalby Avenue, the Malago and Sheene Road onto North Street. All stops on Diversion will be observed. Southville Place, Catherine Mead Street & Dean Lane Bus stops will be missed.
31	Lansdown Park & Ride - Bath City Centre	Normal service.
36	Highridge - St Anne's	-Daventry Road Closed until Friday 10 July. Unable to serve St Barnabas Close. Please use stops at Melvin Square or Broad Walk Square.
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	Normal service.
43/N43	Keynsham - Bristol City Centre - North Common	Normal service
44	Imperial Park - Bristol City Centre - Cadbury Heath	Due to roadworks on Whittucks Road Blue Bowl and Abbotts Avenue bus stops heading towards the City Centre have been suspended until end of day on Friday 5 June.
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	-Northcote Road Closed to 49x until 16 June for road works. Park Road, Hill House Road, Gerrish Avenue, Peache Road, Northcote Road and The Lamb cannot be served. Use the stops at The Laurals or The Hawthornes.	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.
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.
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	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	Service 174 Emergency closure in Oakhill. Unable to serve Oakhill Primary School until Killings Knap Farm. Please use stops at Back House or The Beacons Crossroads or Chilcompton Coop bus stop. Diverted via A37 Lynch Hill. Normal service 173.
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. -Update 09:00 due to a road closure at Edington service 375 towards Bridgewater are diverted between Lippets Way and Park Crescent (Cossington). Services towards Wells/Bristol are diverted between Chaple Close and Lippets Way (Catcott)until 5th June,
515	Imperial Park - Stockwood	Normal service.
522	Bristol - Midsomer Norton - Bath	Normal service.
A1	Bristol - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.
A2	Portishead - Bristol Airport Airport Flyer	Normal service.	Tickenham Road,Clevedon will be closed overnight between 2000-0500 from Monday 8th June to Friday 19th June. Services will be diverted.Clapton Lane to Stone Edge Batch stops incl. will not be served. Please use Sheepfields Gardens(to Airport) or Gordano School(to Portishead) or Tickenham Hill bus stops.
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.
D1/D1x	Bath - Trowbridge - Warminster	-Pulteney Bridge will be closed between 1900-0600 from Monday 1 June to Saturday 13 June. This service will be diverted. Please use stops on North Parade and Bog Island. -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	Critchill Road,Frome will be closed between 0700-1900 from Saturday 30 May to Monday 1 June. Services will not be able to serve Critchill Road, Critchill Close and Westover bus stops. Please use either Marston Close or The Acorns bus stops instead.
m1	Cribbs Causeway - Hengrove Park metrobus	Normal service.
m2	Long Ashton P&R - Bristol City Centre metrobus	Cumberland Road will be closed between 0930-1530 on Friday 5 June. This service will divert via Coronation Road.We will not be able to serve stops between and including Ashton Vale and Whapping Wharf. All stops on Coronation Road will be served and the stop on Winterstoke Road also. -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	-Pulteney Bridge will be closed between 1900-0600 from Monday 1 June to Saturday 13 June. This service will be diverted. Please use stops on North Parade and Bog Island. -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.	-Tickenham Road,Clevedon will be closed overnight between 2200-0500 from Monday 8th June to Friday 19th June. This service will be diverted. Clevedon Court-The Ashton(To Bristol) and David LLoyd (to Clevedon) bus stops will not be served.Please use Winterstoke Road or Castlewood bus stops in both directions. -Update: Closure due from 1 June now postponed to 22 June. Quays Road and Harbour Road in Portishead will have a temporary one way system from 1 June until further notice, into 2027. Buses to Bristol will operate as normal via the Marina. Buses to Portishead will divert after Sainsbury's stop via Wyndham Way to the High Street, missing out stops from Galingale Way to Parish Wharf inclusive. Please use the stops at Sainsbury's or The Precinct instead.
X5/X5x	Hutton - Weston-super-Mare - Portishead	Normal service.	-Update: This closure due to start on 1 June is now postponed to 22 June. Quays Road and Harbour Road in Portishead will have a temporary one way system from 1 June until further notice, into 2027. Buses into Portishead will operate as normal via the Marina. Buses to Weston-super-Mare will divert after Sainsbury's via Wyndham Way to the High Street, missing out stops from Galingale Way to Parish Wharf inclusive. Please use the stops at Sainsbury's or The Precinct 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.	Update: This closure due to start on 1 June, is now postponed to 22 June. Quays Road and Harbour Road in Portishead will have a temporary one way system from 1 June until further notice, into 2027. The X14 will additionally serve the Serbert Way stop and the stop in Sainsbury's car park after The Vale, then divert via Wyndham Way to the High Street, missing out stops from Galingale Way to Parish Wharf inclusive. Please use the stops at Sainsbury's or The Precinct instead.
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.	-Badminton Road will be closed between 2000-0600 from Sunday 7 June to Sunday 14 June. Services will be diverted along Bristol Road and Yate Road. We are unable to serve stops between and including Yate Park and Ride(b&c) and Western Avenue. -The Haymarket Bristol will be closed into Bristol 8 June until 11 June betweeen 21:00-06:00 fro road works. Services will not be able to serve Rupert Street during these times. Passengers should board or alight at Cabot Circus or City Centre.Services leaving Bristol are unaffected
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.	Badminton Road will be closed between 2000-0600 from Sunday 7 June to Sunday 14 June. Services will be diverted along Bristol Road and Yate Road. We are unable to serve stops between and including Yate Park and Ride(b&c) and Western Avenue.