Easter Bus Services

As usual we publish the Easter bus service times issued by First Bus

Good Friday (Friday 3 April)

- Buses will operate Sunday/Public Holiday timetables. This includes Bath Park & Ride services (21, 31 & 41). 

- The Bristol Airport Flyer (Service A1) will operate a normal Monday to Friday service.

Saturday 4 April - Services will operate normal Saturday service. Easter Sunday (Sunday 5 April) - Buses will operate Sunday/Public Holiday timetables.  - No Park & Ride will operate in Bath (Services 21, 31 & 41).  Bank Holiday Monday (6 April) - Buses will operate Sunday/Public Holiday timetables. This includes Bath Park & Ride services (21, 31 & 41). - The Bristol Airport Flyer (Service A1) will operate a normal Monday to Friday service. Please note: If it says Sunday/Public Holiday timetable and your bus service does not normally run on a Sunday/Public Holiday it will not run on this day.

A vision for our community

After delivering for the Twerton Community for the past four years and keeping up our record of action in Twerton it is time that we laid out some of the priorities that we have developed locally after talking and listening to local residents.

This is a list that we call six to fix but is not exhaustive and will be added to.

1) Introduce traffic restrictions by the School on Poolemead Road.

This will help ensure the safety of children going to the school and slow down traffic which is needed in this area. We have already introduced a scheme on Newton Road that is working well.

2) Bring in more street parking bays.

The amount of cars parking on our roads are making it difficult for traffic to be able to navigate some of our streets and we will introduce off road parking like we have on Poolemead Road or formal bays like we introduced on both Newton Rd and Wedgewood Road.

3) Sort out entrances to Innox Park and introduce a lighting Scheme across the park.

The gateways need replacing and enhancing in this area and a low lighting scheme alongside the new path that we have introduced will give an element of safety and well being in this area.

4) Restructure of Kelston View.

This road has become particularly bad over the years and needs not to be just slurry sealed like in the past but fully reconstructed like we were able to have done in Newton Road a few years ago,

5) Repair Communal Wall across our area.

We area working on a plan with Curo and the council to have many of the walls that are crumbling and unsafe in the area repaired and the infrastructure improved.

6) Improve Local Bus services for all residents.

We are working with the local bus companies to get a better offer for local residents.

We have already in the last few years got a 30 minute service introduced to Odd Down on the number 20 Wessex Route and are working to get the 15A bus reintroduced to take students directly to Bath Spa university and ease the load on the local buses.

The new electronic timetables and new bus shelters with seats that we have had introduced on the number 5 bus route have added to passenger comfort, now need to ensure that First Bus keep to their timings.

We are also looking at other operators to ensure competition and ensure quality of vehicles is enhanced.

What a difference a sign makes

We are pleased to see that at last the convenience store on Newton Road has a new sign on it displaying the words Twerton Local and is now part of the Nisa chain of shops.

It seems a long time since the previous sign was damaged but we are pleased that the sign is now up and the shop looking so much better.

It also over 40 years since Cyril Bond first opened a shop on this site, how times have changed.

Poolemaed Road

 We have asked the council to introduce new white lines in front of several access paths on Poolemead Road to allow elderly and sometimes disabled residents to be able to get from the road to the safety of the footpath towards their homes.


At the moment this paths are often blocked with parked cars, the picture clearly indicate two sets of steps with lines in place and the path opposite with no lines.

We would hope that the council would be able to carry out this work quite quickly making the whole area much safer.

Electric Cables down

Please be wary of trees falling in the high Winds today we have already reported trees down in the field behind Redland Park where a large falling tree has pulled down electric cables.

If you have a problem with falling trees today either phone us or ring the councils out of hours emergency number on 477477.

Please stay safe the wind today may cause a few problems.

Newton Road ( Traffic Calming )

We are pleased that the construction works are now complete on Newton Road allowing much safer access to the local School.

In the next few weeks traffic regulation orders will be imposed on this road preventing cars being able to pull up or stop in this area during school hours.

This area has suffered form children being involved in accidents over a number of years now and we hope that these new measures will help prevent further accidents taking place.

Woodhouse Road, Walwyn Close

we are pleased to see the work being carried out to the blocks of flats in Walwyn Close and Woodhouse Road to replace the front doors and make the fire doors in the communal areas more secure.

A matter has arose that the adjustments on the communal doors has caused them to slam shut vibrating throughout the flats.

We have asked Curo to resolve the matter of the slamming doors as soon as possible before it drives the residents mad.