A37, Whitchurch - CLOSURE - (172, 376 & 376a)

The B3151 in Kingsdon between Kingsdon Hill and Horse Mill Lane in Somerton will be closed to service 77 between 09:30 and 15:30 from Monday 15th through to Friday 19th July to facilitate carriageway works.

Service 77 heading towards Wells will operate as normal to serve the Post Office bus stop in Kingsdon them divert to resume normal route at Somerton Village. Regretfully the Dower House and White Hart bus stops will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at the Post Office bus stop in Kingsdon or the Opp Half Moon bus stop in Somerton.

Service 77 heading towards Yeovil after serving the White Hart bus stop in Market Place, Somerton will divert to serve Kingsdon village in the same direction as if you were heading to Wells and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the White Hart bus stop in Market Place, Somerton or the Post Office bus stop on the opposite side of the road that you would normally board. (please note the Market Place will be the only bus stop that will be served in this direction).

Service 77a will divert and not serve the Dower House bus stop in either direction.

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Windmill Hill, Glastonbury - 374, 375

Due to overhanging low trees, services 374 and 375 are unable to serve Windmill Hill in Glastonbury until further notice. 

Buses will stay on the Wells Road the same as the 376 instead.

The following bus stops are affected and won't be served:

Towards Bristol:

-Chinnock Road Spa Shop

-Selwood Road

-Leg of Mutton Road

-Rowley Road

-Wells Road

Towards Taunton or Bridgwater:

-Wells Road

-Hamlyn Road

-Monington Road

-Selwood Road

-Chinnock Road Spa Shop

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

UPDATE - 14:30 Friday 17th May.

Service 5 can now operate the diversion route along Highbury Road.

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South Road in Weston-super-Mare is currently closed to service 5 and will remain fully closed until 17:00 Friday 9th August (estimated) to facilitate carriageway works.

Service 5 will be diverted from the end of St Josephs Road via Upper Church Road, Lower Church Road, Knightstone Road and Highbury Road to resume normal route at Atlantic Road.

Regretfully the bus stops between and including Upper Church Road and Court Apartments on South Road will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the All Saints Church bus stop on St Josephs Road or the Highbury Road bus stop on Atlantic Road.

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Hutton Hill in the village of Hutton is currently closed to service 126 until further notice due to a landslide. The closure is for unknown duration and when details of re-opening have been confirmed the web page will be updated.

Service 126 heading towards Wells will divert via Moor Lane, Moor Croft Road and Vereland Road, resuming normal route at Hutton Hill (Part unaffected). The only bus stop missed out fully will be the Primary School stop, however for customers travelling towards Wells, at the bus stops along the diversion route you will need to wait for the bus on the opposite side of the road to normal.

Service 126 heading towards Weston is unaffected and will follow normal route.

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Long Mead between Wallshut Wood and the UWE in Stoke Gifford will be closed to service 70 and 72 between 07:00 on Monday 24th June and will remain fully closed until 17:00 on Friday 30th August to facilitate carriageway works.

Services 70, 72 & 74 will divert via Long Down Avenue in both directions.

Regretfully the service 70 & 74 will be unable to serve the Platts Wood bus stop and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Wallshut Wood bus stop on Long Mead or the UWE.

Service 72 will be unable to serve The Square or Platts Wood bus stops and passengers are advised to board or alight at Hogarth Walk bus stop in Romney Avenue or the UWE.

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Hannah More Road in Nailsea will be closed to service X9 from 07:00 on Thursday 25th July and will remain fully closed mid November 2024 (estimated) to facilitate gas main repair works.

Service X9 heading towards Nailsea terminus can operate as normal.

Service X9 heading towards Bristol will operate along the Perrings as normal but instead of turning left into Whiteoak Way will continue along The Perrings and turn right at its end onto Queens Road to resume normal route.

Regretfully all bus stops between and including Harptree Close and The Perrings West will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight either the Sedgemoor Close bus stop or the bus stop on The Perrings (on the diversion route). The Hillcrest Road bus stop on Mizzymead Road is also an alternative.

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The A432 Badminton Road will be closed from the Willy Wicket roundabout to the junction of Church Road in Frampton Cotterell from 19:00 on Wednesday 12th July to service Y1 until further notice, until at least 2025.

The A432 Badminton Road is still open between Church Road and Cuckoo Lane for vehicles and the bridge will remain open to pedestrians and cyclists until the bridge over the M4 is demolished.

Please note as a result of this closure the service Y1 will suffer inevitable delays and passengers are advised to allow extra time on their journeys. This will also cause delays to all other services in the area due to the high volume of dispersed traffic finding alternative routes.

The Bristol Zone boundary bus stop will be the Quarry Barton bus stop on Bristol Road by Whiteshill Common.

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Service Y1 heading towards Yate & Chipping Sodbury will operate as normal as far as the traffic lights at Hambrook junction but instead of going straight across, will divert left onto the B4058 Bristol Road (serving 'The Stream' bus stop), through Winterbourne village, then turn right into Church Road to its end and left onto Badminton Road (part unaffected) to resume normal route. Service Y1 heading towards Bristol will operate the reverse of the above.

Regretfully the following bus stops will not be served during this closure in both directions:

Hambrook - Cuckoo Lane - Down Road - Park Lane - Station Road - St Saviours Church - Heathcote Drive 

Heading towards Bristol the Church Road bus stop on Badminton Road will also not be served.

All bus stops on the diversion route will be observed in both directions including the bus stop outside of the Co-op in Winterbourne village heading towards Bristol.

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UPDATE - 09:30 Friday 12th July - The closure scheduled for tonight has now been cancelled and services will operate their normal routes. From Monday 15th July a twelve consecutive overnight closure will be in place, please see below for details.

Dalby Avenue in Bedminster will be closed overnight to services 70, 75, 76, m1 and A1 between 19:00 and 06:00 from Monday 15th to Friday 19th July (five nights). On Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st July the road will be closed between 21:00 and 06:00. From Monday 22nd to Friday 26th July the road will be closed between 19:00 and 06:00 to facilitate carriageway works.

Service heading from Centre to Bedminster only will be diverted via Coronation Road, St Johns Road, Catherine Mead Street and Dean Lane and Cannon Street. Service 24 normal route from Dean Lane roundabout..

Regretfully the Bedminster Parade and Dalby Avenue bus stops will not be served and passengers are advised to use the bus stops on Catherine Mead Street or St Johns Road (back of Asda). 

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The A37 just outside of Whitchurch village will be closed to services 172, 376 and 376a between 20:00 and 06:00 on Wednesday 17th July (one night) to facilitate carriageway works.

Services 172, 376 and 376a heading towards Bath and Wells wiill operate normal route to the Wootton Park bus sop on Wells Road (just prior to the junction of West Town Lane then will be diverted NON STOP via , West Town Lane, A4, Bath Road at Brislington, onto Keynsham, Burnett and Marksbury to resume normal routes at Chelwood Bridge

Services 172, 376 and 376a heading towards Bristol will operate the reverse of the above. 

Regrettably the bus stops between and including Whitley Batts in Chelwood and Clive Road in Hengrove will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either Chelwood House bus stops by Chelwood roundabout or Wootton Park bus stops on the A37 in Hengrove.

Please allow extra time to make your journeys.

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Passengers that would normally board or alight in the Whitchurch area heading to and from Bristol are advised to use the 73 service which you can get on Ridgeway Lane which is just off the Wells Road by Gilda Parade or Fortfield Road which is just off of New Fosseway Road/Wells Road.

Please allow extra time to make your journeys.

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If you normally board or alight between Whitchurch and Chelwood Bridge we ae advise you to seek alternative arrangements.

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Various roads in Frome will be closed to service D2  between 06:00 and 18:00 from Sunday 3rd March and every first Sunday of each month up to and including Sunday 1st December to facilitate Frome Market Days.

Service D2 will divert via Rodden Road, New Road, Portway, Bath Street and Cork Street to turn around in Waterloo car park stop, then terminate and commence its journey from the lay-by just outside the car park

Regretfully the bus stops Windsor Crescent, North Hill House and Market Place will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Football Ground bus stops on Berkley Road or the lay-by outside of Waterloo car park.

Towards Bath, buses will operate the same diversion in reverse.

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