UPDATE - Dalby Avenue, Bedminster - CLOSURE - (70, 75, 76, m1 & A1)

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 - 15:30 Friday 19th July - The closure scheduled for the weekend will no longer be required and services will be operating as normal..

Dalby Avenue in Bedminster will be closed overnight to services 70, 75, 76, m1 and A1 between 19:00 and 06:00 from Friday 19th to Friday 26th July (six nights). 

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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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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Manvers Street in Bath will be closed overnight between 20:00 and 06:00 from Wednesday 24th to Friday 26th July (three nights) to facilitate carriageway works.

Services 2, 3, 6a D1 and U1 will be unable to serve Manvers Street in either direction and Dorchester Street heading towards Manvers Street and passengers for services 2, 6a and U1 , heading from the Bus Station (u1 towards University) are advised to board or alight on Dorchester Street DST outside of the Bus Station. Service 3, 6a and U1 are advised to board or alight at the Bus Station.

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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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