Timetables

X51 and X53 - A3052 Lyme Regis will be closed for water works.

From 16th October to 18th October between 19:00 and 07:00, A3052 Lyme Regis will be closed. The following services are impacted each night: 

X53 - 05:59 from Bridport Bus Station

X51 - 17:22 from the King’s Statue.

X51 - 19:00 from Dorchester South

These services will be diverted via A35, Hunter’s Lodge, Lyme Road, through Uplyme, Woodroffe School 2nd exit, Silver Street and Pound Street.

The following stops will be missed: Fernhill Hotel, Golf Club, Frosts Corner, Football Ground, Anning Road and Lyme Regis Square.

And:

X53 - 06:39 from Talbot Arms

X53 - 19:15 from Axminster

These services will be diverted via Langmoor Gardens, Pound Road, Silver Street, Lyme Road, Hunter’s Lodge, A35 and 3rd exit off of Charmouth roundabout to commence the route. 

The following stops will be missed: Lyme Regis Post Office, Anning Road, Football Ground, Frosts Corner, Golf Club and Fernhill Hotel. 

Outbound

At Portesham, bses to turn right onto Front Street and follow road until junction, left on the B3159, left onto the A35 follow X51 route until East Road Roundabout, 1st exit Sea Road South, 2nd exit West Bay Road, after West Bay return to normal route.

Inbound

After West Bay, left at junction West Bay Road and down to the crown roundabout, 3rd exit A35 Sea Road South at East Road roundabout, 3rd exit A35 East Road. Will follow X51 route to Winterbourne Abbas, right onto B3159, 1st right onto Coombe Road. To continue into Portesham, left at junction onto B3157 Bramdon Lane and continue normal route.

Roadworks at B3157 Goose Hill, Portesham will mean that the X53 will divert via Winterbourne Abbas from 30 September until 8 November 2024. A special temporary route – the T53 – will be introduced to operate a shuttle service from Abbotsbury - Bridport only. This T53 service will be FREE to use.

The timetable of the X53 will change between Weymouth and Bridport to account for the diversion via Winterbourne Abbas. Route T53 will operate to connect with services to/from Weymouth, however some passengers may need to travel on the X51 to Bridport to make the connection in some instances.

The timetable between Bridport and Axminster remains unchanged. Further details can be found here: Wessex, Dorset & South Somerset | First Bus.