• Location
    Central Bristol
  • Cause
    Bristol Harbour Festival
  • Responsibility
    Event Organisers/Local Authority
  • Effective
    19/07/2024 - 21/07/2024

Bristol Harbour Festival will be taking place between Friday 19th and Sunday 21st July and two separate diversions will be required for different times of the day each day.

The only exception to this will be for the A1 Airport service which will be diverted away from the area for the whole duration from 19:00 on Friday 19th to 23:00 on Sunday 21st July. Passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Bus Station or on the Victoria Street bus stops by Bridge (stop R8 towards Bus Station or stop R9 towards the Airport).

Please note that if your service is not listed below they will be operating their normal routes.

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Broad Quay and Prince Street will be closed to various services between 19:00 and 23:59 on Friday 19th and again on Saturday 20th July.

Services 6, 7, 42, 43, 44, 45 will terminate and commence their journeys from Rupert Street bus stop B4 and B6 and passengers are advised to board or alight at Rupert Street.

Services T1, Y1 and Y2 will terminate and commence their journeys from Lewins Mead and passengers are advised to board at Lewins Mead.

Services 24, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, m1 and m2 heading towards Bedminster from Broadmead will operate normal routes to Rupert Street then divert to resume normal routes at either Temple Meads or Redcliff Hill depending on the service number. Passengers are advised to board or alight at either Haymarket (outside of Primark), Rupert Street or Redcliff Hill.

Services 24, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76 and m1 heading towards Broadmead from Bedminster and Temple Meads will operate normal routes to Redcliff Hill and Temple Meads then divert to resume normal routes at Lewins Mead. Passengers are advised to board or alight at either Redcliff Hill or Haymarket (outside of Bristol Fashion).

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Prince Street ONLY will be closed to services 24, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, m1 and m2 between 00:01 and 19:00 on Saturday 20th and again on Sunday 21st July.

Services from Redcliff Hill and Redcliffe Way towards the City Centre will be diverted via Redcliff Street, Victoria Street, Bristol Bridge, Baldwin Street and Marsh Street to resume normal route at Broad Quay.

Services from the City Centre towards Bedminster and Temple Meads will be diverted from Broad Quay via Marsh Street, Baldwin Street, Bristol Bridge and Victoria Street, turn right into Mitchell Lane and use Three Queens Lane and Redcliff Street to resume normal route at St Mary Redcliff roundabout.

Services 73 and 74 will divert via Victoria Street in both directions and the bus stops in Redcliffe Way will not be served. Passengers are advised to board or alight at Temple Meads stop T2 towards Centre or the bus stops on Victoria Street for both directions..

The only bus stops that will be missed will be the Queen Square stops on Prince Street for service m1 (both directions) Please use the nearby stops at The Centre instead, C6 towards the Bus Station/Cribbs Causeway and C5 (inc service m2) towards Bristol Airport and Hengrove Park.

Broad Quay will be open as normal.

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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

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