5 - Fell Drive, Lee on the Solent

Fell Drive, Lee on the Solent - Service 5

16/01/2025 – 17/01/2025 (07:30 - 18:30)

Services are diverting as follows:

Service 5 – Towards Gosport

Normal route until Russell Road, Fell Drive, Fell Drive / Twyford Drive around the roundabout after the Community Centre, onto Twyford Drive and onto normal route.

Service 5 – Towards Fareham

Normal route until Twyford Drive, around the roundabout onto Twyford Drive / Fell Drive, Fell Drive, back onto normal route.

Unite the Union have confirmed they intend to take industrial action on the weekends of 11-12, 18-19, and 25-26 Jan – Monday to Friday services will operate as normal.

**Please note that all services may be subject to change at short notice and passengers should check before travelling.**

• First Bus expects routes 2, 7, 8, 22, Hoverbus (H1) and the Portsmouth Park & Ride (PR1) service to operate as normal. 
• A reduced and limited service is planned to operate on routes 1, 3, 5, 9, E1 and E2. Please see the table below for a summary of what will operate on these routes or see the timetable here.

Please note that all services may be subject to change and passengers should check before travelling. For the latest information, please go to:

• Website: https://www.firstbus.co.uk/portsmouth-fareham-gosport
• Social media: X.com https://x.com/FirstPortsmouth
• Phone: First Bus National Contact Centre 0345 646 0707

We are doing all we can to operate as many services as possible and would like to apologise for the disruption that customers may experience during the strikes.

Services 2

Due to works on Copnor Road between Amberley Road and Merrivale Road service will be diverting as below:

Towards The Hard

Normal route until Copnor Rd then divert via Norway Rd, Williams Rd, Airport service Rd, Dundas Ln, Burrfields Rd, resuming service at Copnor Rd.

Towards Hilsea

Normal route until Copnor Rd then divert via Burrfields Rd, Dundas Ln, Williams Rd, Norway Rd, resuming service at Copnor Rd.

Cambridge Road, Portsmouth Closed Southbound

13/01/2025  – 16/01/2025

Service U1

Services to operate normal route until Hampshire Terrace then diverting via Hampshire Terrace Museum road, next roundabout onto Cambridge Rd where services to serve The University bus stop in the opposite direction.

Services will then loop back around to get to Kings Rd roundabout normal route will be resumed.

Winston Churchill Avenue, Hampshire terrace is closed 01/05/2025 – 09/05/2025 20:00 – 05:00

Service U1

Diverting via Isambard Brunel Way, City Centre, Stanhope Road, Bishop Crispian Way, Queen Street, St Georges Road, Cambridge Junction. 

The service is terminating at the Pizza Hut Stop on Winston Churchill Avenue.

Due to Goldsmith Avenue being closed, the service is diverting:

Service 1 & U1 – Towards Fratton Bridge

Diverting via Goldsmith Avenue, Milton Road, St Mary’s Road, Fratton Road, Victoria Road North.

Service 1 & U1 – Towards Bransbury Park

Diverting via Fratton Bridge roundabout, Fratton Road, St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Road, Milton Road, Goldsmith Avenue.

*Update - diversion extended until 15/01/2025* 

Festing Road is closed, due to ongoing road works.

From the 11th of November until the 15th of January

Services affected: 1 & 2 

The following diversions are in place:

Towards South Parade Pier​:

From Eastney Road, Cromwell Road, St Georges Road, and Eastern Parade to continue until back on normal route.

Towards Milton Park​:
After serving Canoe Lake Bus Stop continue along Eastern Parade, St Georges Road, Cromwell Road, at the roundabout on Eastney Road take the second exit and back onto normal route.