Bus routes 1953

(Currently all areas except Bristol City)

 
Route No Route Notes
Swindon Railway Works - York Rd  
Marlborough - Rockley  
1 Sandy Lane - Cheltenham Town Centre - Prestbury - Cleeve Hill  
1 Tuffley - Gloucester Kings's Square  
1 Combe Down (Church) - Ralph Allen Drive - Spa Railway Station - City Centre - Lansdown - Wick  
1A Sandy Lane - Cheltenham Town Centre - Albert Rd - Prestbury - Cleeve Hill  
2 St Mark's - Cheltenham Town Centre - Lilleybrook  
2 Combe Down (Church) - Ralph Allen Drive - Spa Railway Station - City Centre - Lansdown - Wick  
3 Hesters Way - Leckhampton - Cheltenham Town Centre  
3 Innsworth Lane - Longlevens - Gloucester King's Square - Selwyn Rd  
3 Combe Down - Bath City Centre - Bathford  
4 St Mark's/Rowanfield - Cheltenham Town Centre - Cemetery  
4 Midford Road - Bath City Centre - Larkhall  
5 Bath City Centre - Twerton (Old Station) - Twerton (Carrs Mill)  
5 Orchard Way - Cheltenham Town Centre - Sandy Lane Withdrawn 23.5.53
5A Bath City Centre - Twerton (Carr's Mill) - Twerton (Day Cresc)  
6 Cemetery - Cheltenham Town Centre - Maud's Elm  
6 Matson - Gloucester King's Square - Longlevens (Rookery Rd)  
6 Bathampton - Bath City Centre - Odd Down  
6A Matson - Gloucester King's Square - Springwell Gardens  
7 Pike House - Cheltenham Town Centre - East End  
7 Bath City Centre - Green Park Railway Station - Ascension Church - Whiteway  
7 Gloucester Calton Road - Cross - Longford  
7 Gloucester Calton Road - Cross - Eastern Ave  
7A Bath City Centre - Old Bridge - Ascension Church - Whiteway  
7B Bath City Centre - Old Bridge - Ascension Church  
8 Fairfield Park - Bath City Centre - Oldfield Park - The Oval  
9 Gloucester Slimbridge Rd - Cross - Hucclecote  
9 Fairfield Park - City Centre - Oldfield Park - Southdown Avenue  
10 Gloucester Kings Square - Coney Hill Parade  
10 Penn Lea Rd - Bath City Centre - Swainswick  
10A Gloucester Kings Square - Ullenwood Rd Introduced 24.5.53
11 Parade Gardens - Bath City Centre - Spa Station - Odd Down  
12 Hatherley/Alma Estate - Cheltenham Town Centre - Lynworth - Prestbury (The Burgage)  
15 Bath City Centre - Spa Railway Station - Whiteway (Cemetery)  
17 Claverton Down - Bathwick Hill - Bath City Centre - Sion Hill  
18 Claverton Down - Widcombe Hill - Bath City Centre - Weston (Broadmoor)  
19 Bath Spa Station - Green Park Station - Newbridge Rd  
19A Staple Hill - Pucklechurch - Parkfield Rank/Dyrham  
20 Bath Spa Station - Green Park Station - Weston  
23 Bristol (Prince St) - Axbridge - Highbridge - Bridgwater  
23A Bristol (Prince St) - Wrington - Axbridge - Cheddar  
24 Bristol (Centre) - Congresbury - Weston-Super-Mare  
24A Weston-Super-Mare – Wrington  
24B Bristol (Centre) – Backwell – Nailsea  
24C Bristol (Centre) - Barrow Gurney - Centre  
25 Bristol (Centre) – Wraxall – Nailsea – Clevedon  
25B Bristol (Prince St) - Failand - Tickenham - Nailsea - Portishead  
25C Clevedon Old Church - Triangle - Six Ways - Cambridge Rd - Holly Lane  
25D Clevedon Old Church - Triangle - Six Ways - St Mary's Church - Holly Lane  
26 Bristol (Centre) – Wotton-under-Edge – Dursley - Gloucester  
26A Bristol (Centre) – Frenchay – Frampton Cotterell  
26B Wotton-under-Edge - Charfield  
26C Wotton-under-Edge – Charfield – Thornbury – Crossways  
26D Dursley - Woodfield Estate Introduced 24.5.53
27 Bristol (Prince St) – Wells – Glastonbury - Street  
27A Wells - Litton Introduced 24.5.53
29 Bristol (Canons Rd) – Berkeley – Gloucester – Cheltenham  
29A Bristol (Canons Rd) – Thornbury – Berkeley – Sharpness  
30 Bristol (Centre) - Thornbury  
30A Bristol (Canons Rd) – Aust – Northwick – Pilning  
30B Bristol (Canons Rd) – Littleton  
31 Bristol (Centre) – Chipping Sodbury – Malmesbury - Swindon  
32 Bristol (Centre) – Chipping Sodbury – Didmarton or Beverstone – Tetbury – Cirencester  
32A Cirencester - Rodmarton - Avening - Tetbury  
32B Tetbury - Kingscote - Leighterton - Didmarton - Sopworth  
33 Bristol (Centre) – Keynsham – Bath  
34 Bristol (Westbury) – New Passage  
34A Bristol (Westbury) – Severn Beach  
34B Bristol (Westbury) – Hallen  
34C Bristol (Westbury) – Almondsbury  
35 Bristol (Old Market) - Wick - Marshfield - Chippenham  
35A Bristol (Old Market) – Abson  
36 Devizes – Rowde – Bromham – Calne – Bremhill – Chippenham  
36A Devizes – Bromham – Derry Hill – Chippenham  
36B Devizes – Bromham – Westbrook  
37 Wells – Wedmore – Highbridge – Burnham-on-Sea  
37 Devizes – All Cannings - Woodbridge Inn - Pewsey  
37 Devuzes - Roundway Camp  
37A Burnham-on-Sea – Highbridge - Wedmore - Cheddar  
38 Bristol (Prince St) – Winford - Bishop Sutton - Widcombe or Hinton Blewett  
38 Bristol (Prince St) – Winford - Ridgehill  
39 Bristol (Prince St) - Whitchurch - Blagdon - Butcombe  
39 Bristol (Prince St) - Redhill - Burrington - Blagdon  
39 Devizes – Great Cheverell – Erlestoke – Bratton – Steeple Aston – Trowbridge  
40 Devizes – Poulshot – Worton – Bulkington – Trowbridge  
40 Moorland Rd - Weston-Super-Mare Town Hall - Worle  
41 Weston-Super-Mare Grand Pier - Selworthy Rd  
41 Devizes - Potterne - West Lavington - Easterton Sands  
42 Weston-Super-Mare - Lympsham - East Brent - Highbridge - Burnham-on-Sea  
43 Weston-Super-Mare - Locking - Winscombe - Cheddar - Wells  
43 Weston-Super-Mare - Locking - Winscombe - Shipham/Barton  
43A Wells – Dulcote – Croscombe – Shepton Mallet  
43B West or East Horrington – Wells (Chamberlain Street) – Wookey Hole  
44 Bath – Blagdon – Weston-Super-Mare  
45 Cheltenham – Coombe Hill – Tewkesbury  
45 Bath (Grand Parade) – Kingsdown - Corsham – Lacock – Bowden Hill  
45A Cheltenham - Swindon Village  
45B Alderton – Alstone - Tewkesbury  
46 Cheltenham – Painswick – Stroud – Nailsworth  
46 Bath (Grand Parade) – Box – Rudloe – Corsham – Chippenham – Calne  
46A Bath – Box – Hawthorn – Corsham – Chippenham  
47 Cheltenham – Winchombe – Broadway  
47 Bath (Grand Parade) – Farleigh Wick – Bradford-on-Avon – Holt – Melksham – Calne  
48 Bath (Grand Parade) – Winsley – Bradford-on-Avon – Trowbridge  
49 Cheltenham – Gloucester (via Main Road)  
49 Bath (Grand Parade) – The Wraxalls – Bradford-on-Avon – Upper Westwood  
49A Cheltenham – Churchdown – Gloucester  
49A Bath - Kingsdown - Monkton Farleigh - The Wraxalls - Bradford-on-Avon - Upper Westwood  
49B Gloucester (Kings Square) - Springwell Gardens or Innsworth Camp Introduced 4.1.53
50 Gloucester – Tewkesbury – Evesham  
50 Bath (Grand Parade) – Box – Melksham – Devizes – Shrewton – Salisbury  
50A Bath (Grand Parade) – Box - Hawthorn - Corsham – Melksham  
50B Corsham – Neston – The Ridge  
51 Bath (Grand Parade) – Colerne – Castle Combe  
51 Gloucester – Stonehouse - Stroud  
52 Bath (Grand Parade) - Marshfield - West Kington - Chipping Sodbury  
53 Gloucester – Staunton – Ledbury  
53 Bath (Grand Parade) – Limpley Stoke – Frome – Warminster  
53B Gloucester – Lowbands  
54 Gloucester – Brockworth - Painswick  
54 Bath (Old Bridge) – Midford – Frome – Warminster  
55 Gloucester – Ross on Wye – Hereford  
55 Bath (Old Bridge) – Radstock – Midsomer Norton – Wells  
56 Gloucester – Stroud – Woodchester – Nailsworth  
56 Bath (Old Bridge) – Radstock – Midsomer Norton – Shepton Mallet  
56A Dursley – Wotton-under-Edge – Hillsley – Hawkesbury Upton  
57 Gloucester – Cirencester – South Cerney  
57 Bath (Old Bridge) – Radstock – Midsomer Norton – Paulton  
57 Gloucester (King's Square) – Brockworth – Witcombe  
57A Cirencester – Duntisbourne Abbots – Elkstone  
57A Bath (Old Bridge) – Camerton  
57B Bath (Old Bridge) – Combe Hay – Wellow  
58 Gloucester – Painswick – Stroud - Nailsworth  
58 Bath (Old Bridge) – Radstock – Kilmersdon – Trowbridge  
58A Gloucester – Upton St. Leonards  
59 Bath (Old Bridge) – Timsbury – Farmborough – Paulton  
59A Bath (Old Bridge) – Priston  
60 Bath (Queens Parade) – Corston – Marksbury – Clutton  
60A Bath (Grand Parade) – Corston – Pensford - Shepton Mallet - Leigh on Mendip - Frome  
61 Cheltenham – Cirencester – South Cerney Village – Swindon  
62 Cheltenham – Aston Cross – Tewkesbury  
62 Shepton Mallet – Highbury – Mells – Frome  
62A Cheltenham – Bishop’s Cleeve – Stoke Orchard – Tewkesbury  
63 Cheltenham – Birdlip – Stroud – Dursley  
63 Frome – Chapmanslade – Dead Maids – Warminster  
64 Cheltenham – Teddington Hands – Beckford – Evesham  
64 Bath (Old Bridge) – Radstock – Highbury – Mells – Frome  
64A Cheltenham – Kemerton – Beckford – Evesham  
65 Bath - Radstock – Kilmersdon – Mells – Frome From 24.5.53
65 Radstock – Kilmersdon – Mells – Frome Until 23.5.53
65 Swindon - Lyneham - Chippenham  
65A Swindon – Lyneham – Calne  
65B Swindon - Lydiard Park  
66 Radstock - Writhlington  
66 Swindon – Purton – Cricklade  
67 Swindon – Highworth – Lechlade – Fairford  
67A Swindon – Kingsdown – Highworth  
68 Swindon – Shrivenham – Faringdon – Bampton  
69 Swindon – Ramsbury – Hungerford  
70 Swindon – Marlborough – Savernake Forest  
71 Swindon – Avebury – Yatesbury or Devizes  
72 Swindon – Highworth – Lechlade – Burford  
74 Swindon – Faringdon – Oxford  
75 Swindon (Junction Station) – Bishopstone – Ashbury – Uffington Until 23.5.53
75 Swindon (Junction Station) – Bishopstone – Ashbury – Kingstone Winslow/Faringdon From 24.5.53
76 Savernake Forest – Marlborough – Avebury – Calne  
76 Savernake Forest – Marlborough – Avebury – Yatesbury (RAF station) Withdrawn 23.5.53
77 Marlborough – Ramsbury – Hungerford  
78 Swindon – The Fox – Purton  
80 Bristol (Prince St) – Bishopsworth – Dundry  
85 Bristol (Prince St) – Pill – Portishead (via West Hill)  
87 Clevedon – Weston-in-Gordano - Portishead  
87 Clevedon - Wrington Introduced 24.5.53
88 Bristol (Prince St) - Marksbury - Paulton - Radstock  
88A Bristol (Prince St) – Farrington Gurney – Radstock  
90 Devonshire Rd - Weston-Super-Mare Station - Worlebury  
91 Weston-Super-Mare – Brean – Burnham-on-Sea – Highbridge  
92 Wells – Glastonbury – Street - Walton  
93 Weston-Super-Mare Station - Marine Lake  
94 Weston-Super-Mare – Wedmore – Glastonbury  
94A Weston-Super-Mare - Wedmore - Cheddar  
96 Kingswood - Wick - Doynton  
107 Gloucester – Malswick – Newent – Dymock – Ledbury  
108 Gloucester – Tibberton – Newent – Dymock – Ledbury  
109 Gloucester - Upleadon - Newent - Kempley - Ledbury  
111 Gloucester - Malswick - Newent - Kempley - Much Marcle  
111A Newent - Kempley - Much Marcle - Ledbury  
112 Gloucester – Staunton – Malvern  
113 Gloucester - Saul - Arlingham  
113 Gloucester (Commercial St) - Longney  
114 Gloucester - Perry Way - Frampton on Severn  
115 Gloucester – Berkeley Road – Sharpness  
116 Gloucester – Frocester – Dursley  
117 Gloucester – Stonehouse – Leonard Stanley  
118 Gloucester King's Square - Sandhurst  
119 Gloucester - Whaddon - Haresfield - Stonehouse  
120 Gloucester – Norton Green  
123 Gloucester – Staunton – Longdon  
124 Cheltenham - Coombe Hill - Staunton  
126 Chippenham – Grittleton - Sherston  
126 Chippenham – Sutton Benger – Malmesbury – Norton or Foxham  
127 Gloucester Southgate St - Hempsted  
128 Chipping Sodbury – Chippenham  
129 Chipping Sodbury - Wickwar - Wotton-under-Edge  
130 Wotton-under-Edge – Hawkesbury Upton – Chipping Sodbury  
130A Wotton-under-Edge – Tresham  
131 Bristol (Centre) - Coalpit Heath - Chipping Sodbury  
134 Bristol (Old Market) – Bitton – Bath  
135 Thornbury – Berkeley – Dursley or Sharpness  
135 Thornbury – Tytherington – Earthcott/Bagstone  
135 Thornbury – Kington – Oldbury-on-Severn – Sheperdine  
135 Thornbury – Tockington – Littleton  
135A Berkeley - North Nibley - Wotton-Under-Edge  
136 Bristol (Prince St) - Radstock - Frome  
137 Bristol (Prince St) – Farrington Gurney – Shepton Mallet  
140 Bristol (Prince St) - Axbridge - Highbridge - Burnham-on-Sea  
147 Filton – Stoke Gifford – Chipping Sodbury (school bus)  
147A Patchway or Filton – Frampton Cotterell – Chipping Sodbury  
147B Chipping Sodbury – Winterbourne – Hambrook  
147C Patchway – Stapleton  
147D Chipping Sodbury - Codrington  
150 Weston-Super-Mare – Yatton – Clevedon  
151 Weston-Super-Mare - Lympsham - East Brent - Highbridge - Bridgwater  
152 Weston-Super-Mare Old Pier - Sanatorium  
153 Weston-Super-Mare Station - Kewstoke - Sand Bay  
153 Weston-Super-Mare Station - Bourton  
154 Weston-Super-Mare Grand Pier - Worle  
155 Glastonbury – Street – Somerton  
156 Glastonbury – Street – West Lydford  
156 Glastonbury – Street – Parbrook Withdrawn 23.5.53
157 Wells - Glastonbury - Bridgwater  
158 Wells - Glastonbury - Yeovil  
159 Glastonbury – Street – Bridgwater  
160 Burnham-on-Sea – Highbridge – Woolavington - Bridgwater  
161 Wells – Priddy  
161 Wells – Pilton  
162 Weston-Super-Mare Grand Pier - Kewstoke - Sand Bay  
163 Weston-Super-Mare Station - Uphill  
164 Gloucester – Brockworth – Cheltenham  
170 Cheltenham – Tewkesbury – Malvern  
171 Cheltenham – Northleach – Burford – Oxford  
172 Cheltenham – Coleford  
182 Cheltenham – Cirencester – South Cerney – Swindon  
183 Swindon – Kingsdown – Lower Stratton – Swindon  
184 Swindon – Wroughton – Chiseldon  
185 Circencester – Kemble  
191 Beeches Estate – Cirencester – Chesterton  
192 Daglingworth – Cirencester – Siddington  
208 Ledbury (Station) – Bromsberrow (Letter House)  
237 Shepton Mallet – Frome  
300 Downend – Staple Hill – Kingswood – Hanham – Somerdale  
301 Bitton - Cadbury Heath - Warmley - Kingswood  
302 Hanham – Cadbury Heath – Warmley – Staple Hill  
303 Hanham - Keynsham – Oldland – Kingswood  
304 Staple Hill – Warmley – Somerdale  
305 Hanham - Kingswood - Downend - Westerleigh - Yate  
306 Hanaham Depot – Hanham Weir  
307 Downend – Coalpit Heath  
308 Orchard Vale – Kingswood  
319 Bristol – Staple Hill – Pucklechurch – Parkfield Rank or Dyrham  
400 Bristol (Canons Rd) – Chipping Sodbury – Wotton-under-Edge – Stroud  
421 Chalford – Stroud – Standish Lodge  
422 Stroud – Chalford – Cirencester  
422A Stroud – Aston Down  
423 Stroud – Malmesbury - Chippenham - Trowbridge  
424 Stroud - Woodchester - Nailsworth  
426 Stroud – Eastcombe – France Lynch  
426A Stroud – Bisley – Oakridge  
427 Stroud – Eastington – Frampton-on-Severn  
428 Stroud – Minchinhampton - Aston Down  
429 Rodborough - Stroud – Brimscombe Corner – Minchinhampton  
430 Stroud – Paganhill – Whiteshill  
430A Stroud – Paganhill – Ruscombe  
431 Stroud – Randwick  
431A Stroud – Foxmoor Lane  
433 Stroud – Kings Stanley – Bridgend Estate  
434 Stroud – Leonard Stanley – Oldends Lane  
449 Nailsworth – Windsoredge  
450 Stroud – Summer Crescent  
450A Stroud – Kilminster Road  
451 Stroud – Uplands  
452 Stroud – Cranham  
453 Stroud – Kingscourt  
454 Nailsworth – Forest Green – Nympsfield  
455 Nailsworth – Shortwood  
456 Nailsworth – Newmarket  
457 Stroud - Bristol - Weston-Super-Mare  
459 Stroud - Nailsworth - Avening  
461 Stroud - Eastington - Dursley  
467 Nailsworth – Box – Minchinhampton  
470 Gloucester - Stroud - Malmesbury  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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