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First Bus x Bristol Beacon Partnership
We're thrilled to be working the Bristol Beacon, to encourage sustainable travel to their venue.
“A key part of the transformation of Bristol Beacon is to use it as an opportunity to become a more sustainable organisation. We know there are many reasons that our visitors aren’t always able to travel here sustainably, including cost, so it’s fantastic to be able to take these steps that will remove some of the barriers and make it easier for people to travel by bus.”
- Rosa Corbishley, Development Director & Sustainability Lead, Bristol Beacon
Win tickets to Shalamar!
As part of our partnership, we've got two tickets to Shalamar's Greatest Hits Tour to give away! One lucky winner will receive two tickets to see Shalamar at the Bristol Beacon on Saturday 15th June and two West of England Day tickets so you can get there for free too! To enter, simply fill in the form below by midnight on 29th May 2024. For full Terms and Conditions, click here.
Competition closed.
Transformation of Bristol Beacon
Over the last 5 years, Bristol Beacon has undergone a massive transformation, with extensive renovations across the entire building. The aim was to create a vibrant and welcoming space for all visitors to enjoy music, arts, and cultural events. The performance spaces have been modernized with upgrades to the acoustics and they've also been made more accessible. The building's cellars are in use for the first time and have been repurposed as education and performance spaces.
How To Get There
We have lots of bus services which stop in the City Centre, which is just a few minutes walk from the Beacon.
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.
Travel Alerts
Union Street, Broadmead - CLOSURE - (various services)
Union Street between Wine Street and Nelson Street will be closed to various services between 08:00 and 13:00 (five hours) on Sunday 30th June to facilitate carriageway works
The only bus stop that will be missed is the Union Street bus stop outside of KFC and passengers for service 3 and 4 are advised to board at the Lower Union Street bus stop outside of Poundland.
All other services will drop passengers off at the top of Wine Street then be diverted.
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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)
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Postal address: First Bus, Enterprise House, Easton Road, Bristol, BS5 0DZ
DIVERSION UPDATE - South Road, Weston-super-Mare - CLOSURE - (5)
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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For more information please contact our Customer Services Department
Telephone: 0345 646 0707 (Calls cost 12p per minute plus network charges)
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Postal address: First Bus, Enterprise House, Easton Road, Bristol, BS5 0DZ
** UPDATED ** - Hutton Village - EMERGENCY CLOSURE - (126)
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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For more information, please contact our Customer Services Department
Telephone: 0345 646 0707 (Calls cost 12p per minute plus network charges)
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Postal address: First Bus, Enterprise House, Easton Road, Bristol, BS5 0DZ
Long Mead (part), Stoke Gifford - CLOSURE - (70 ,72 & 74)
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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For more information please contact our Customer Services Department
Telephone: 0345 646 0707 (Calls cost 12p per minute plus network charges)
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Postal address: First Bus, Enterprise House, Easton Road, Bristol, BS5 0DZ
Avonmouth Way & Station Road (part), Henbury - CLOSURE - (1, 2, 3, 4 & 76)
FIRST CLOSURE - Avonmouth Way
Avonmouth Way in Henbury will be closed to services 3 and 4 between 08:00 and 11:00 (three hours) on Saturday 29th January to facilitate carriageway works.
Services 3 and 4 heading from the City Centre towards Cribbs Causeway will be diverted via Kings Weston Road, Canford Lane and Henbury Road and service 3 and 4 will be unable to serve the Blaise Castle and Hallen Road bus stops. Service 4 will also be unable to serve the Avonmouth Way bus stop on Station Road. Passengers are advised to board or alight at either De Clifford Road bus stop or Marissal Road bus stop in Station Road.
Services 3 and 4 heading towards the Centre will operate normal route.
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SECOND CLOSURE - Station Road (part).
Station Road from Avonmouth Way to A4018 junction in Henbury will be closed to services 1, 2, 3 and 76 between 11:00 and 18:00 on Saturday 29th June to facilitate carriageway works.
Services 1, 2 and 76 heading towards Cribbs Causeway when reaching Crow Lane lay-by, will use the lay-by to turn around and go back up to Old Crow roundabout then left into Passage Road (A4018) and resume normal route at the next roundabout.
Services 1, 2 and 76 heading towards Broomhill, Stockwood and Hengrove will operate the reverse of the above.
Regretfully the bus stops between and including The Salutation and Tormarton Crescent will not be served. Passengers are advised to board or alight at either Crow Lane or the Rugby Club on Cribbs Causeway.
Service 3 heading towards Cribbs Causeway when reaching the end of Avonmouth Way will turn right into Station Road then left into Henbury Road then next left into Crow Lane to Old Crow roundabout then left into Passage Road (A4018) and resume normal route at the next roundabout.
Service 3 heading towards Broadmead are to operate the reverse of the above and when reaching the mini roundabout on Henbury Road resume normal route.
Regretfully the Marissal Road and Tormarton Crescent bus stops in both directions will be closed and passengers are advised to wait on the Station Road bus stop opposite the the hotel for for travel towards Cribbs Causeway or The Salutation bus stop in Crow Lane for travel towards Broadmead.
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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)
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Postal address: First Bus, Enterprise House, Easton Road, Bristol, BS5 0DZ
A432 Badminton Road M4 bridge - CLOSURE - (Y1)
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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For more information please contact our Customer Services Department
Telephone: 0345 646 0707 (Calls cost 12p per minute plus network charges)
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Postal address: First Bus, Enterprise House, Easton Road, Bristol, BS5 0DZ
Cromwell Road, St Andrews - CLOSURE - (70)
Cromwell Road in St Andrews will be closed to service 70 between 07:00 and 13:00 on Sunday 30th June to facilitate carriageway works.
Services will be unable to serve the following bus stops in both directions.
-Nine Tree Hill
-Montpellier High School
-Cromwell Road Arches
-Belvoir Road
-Balmoral Road
-Ashley Park
Instead, between Stokes Croft and Sefton Park Road stops, buses will divert via City Road, Ashley Road, Sussex Place and Ashley Hill. Buses will observe stops on diversion on request.
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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)
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Postal address: First Bus, Enterprise House, Easton Road, Bristol, BS5 0DZ
POSTPONED - A370, Cleeve - CLOSURE - (X1 & A3)
UPDATE - 10:15 Friday 28th June - The closure scheduled to take place tomorrow night has now been postponed until further notice and services X1 and A3 will be operating their normal route.
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The A370 in Cleeve will be closed overnight to services X1 and A3 between 20:00 and 06:00 on Saturday 28th June to facilitate carriageway works.
The service X1 will be diverted from Congresbury via Langford, A38 and Colliters Way in both directions.
Regretfully all bus stops between and including Congresbury Bridge (towards Weston) and Tesco (towards Bristol) and the Jubilee Inn will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Station Road bus stop in Congresbury heading towards Bristol or wait on the opposite side of the road outside of the convenience store heading towards Weston, or the Blackmoors Lane bus stop in Ashton heading towards Bristol or the Winterstoke Road bus stop in Ashton heading towards Weston.
The A3 will be diverted from Congresbury via Langford and A38 in both directions.
Regretfully the Millier Road bus stop heading towards Bristol Airport and the Millier Road Congresbury Bridge bus stops heading towards Weston will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at either the Station Road bus stop in Congresbury heading towards Bristol Airport or wait on the opposite side of the road outside of the convenience store heading towards Weston.
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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)
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Rode Hill (part), Rode - CLOSURE - (D2)
Rode Hill between the High Street and Woolverton in Rode will be closed to service D2 from first bus on Monday 1st and will remain fully closed until last bus on Friday 5th July to facilitate carriageway works.
Service D2 heading towards Frome will operate normal route to the end of Frome Road then divert via the A36, A362, Bradford Road and Rode Hill (part unaffected) to resume normal route at the High Street.
Service D2 heading towards Bath will operate normal route to the end of the High Street, then divert the reverse of the above.
Regretfully the Red Lion (on Rode Hill) and East Terrace bus stops in Woolverton will not be served and passengers are advised to board or alight at the Memorial Hall bus stops in the High Street or the Red Lion bus stops on the A36.
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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)
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Postal address: First Bus, Enterprise House, Easton Road, Bristol, BS5 0DZ
A370, Long Ashton by-pass - CLOSURE - (X1)
The Long Ashton by-pass will be closed overnight to service x1 between 20:00 and 05:00 from Monday 17th through to Friday 5th July (excluding weekends) to facilitate carriageway works.
Service x1 will divert via Long Ashton village in both directions during this period.
No bus stops will be missed during this closure but it will take a liitle longer for the service to operate the diversion route.
All bus stops on the diversion route will be observed if necessary.
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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