{"id":892087,"date":"2026-04-13T22:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T22:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/892087\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T22:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T22:18:14","slug":"getting-to-the-gate-gloucester-rugby-friday-april-17th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/892087\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting to the Gate: Gloucester Rugby &#8211; Friday, April 17th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s everything you need to know about Getting to the Gate as Bears host West Country rivals Gloucester in the Gallagher PREM on Friday, April 17th (7.45pm KO).<\/p>\n<p><strong>MATCHDAY BUS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our matchday shuttle buses will\u00a0be\u00a0operating\u00a0as follows:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AG1 Portway Park &amp; Ride (via Portway)\u00a0\u2013 approx. every\u00a015\u00a0minutes<\/li>\n<li>AG2 Brislington Park &amp; Ride (direct service)\u00a0\u2013 approx. every\u00a020\u00a0minutes<\/li>\n<li>AG3 Temple Meads (via Broadmead and the centre)\u00a0\u2013 approx. every 25\u00a0minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All services drop-off and collect from\u00a0Winterstoke\u00a0Road, outside Ashton Gate. Full details including route maps,\u00a0timetables,\u00a0pricing and ticket information is available at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolbearsrugby.com\/ashton-gate\/getting-here\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Getting Here \u2013 Bristol Bears Rugby<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRAIN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Post-match there will be an additional departure from Parson Street station to Weston Super Mare at\u00a022.22.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>WALKING\/CYCLING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fans walking or cycling from the city centre and harbourside are advised that\u00a0Vauxhall\u00a0Bridge is closed for repairs.\u00a0Gaol Ferry Bridge\u00a0and Bedminster Bridge remain open. Full details\u00a0visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristol.gov.uk\/residents\/streets-travel\/bristol-harbour\/restoration-of-new-cut-bridges\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Restoration of New Cut bridges (bristol.gov.uk)<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For fans travelling on foot from around the city, check out the Ashton Gate walking map to make your trip to the stadium more interesting. For the map, please click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolbearsrugby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ashton-Gate-Stadium-Walking-Trails-1.pdf?x40582&amp;x10739\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CAR\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fans travelling via the A46 may experience disruption due to the carriageway closure between London Road roundabout to Cold Ashton roundabout.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Those travelling via the M5 may be impacted by the northbound entry slip road closure at Junction 20 from 20:00.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For fans travelling by car to the game, we have a service that will allow you to connect with fellow fans to share a journey to the stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Use the unique link\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/joinmyjourney.org.uk\/join\/707e4c32-6c53-11ef-b4ef-8ef9909fc9e7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to join our Bristol Bears Home Games hub. For more information, you can read our article\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolbearsrugby.com\/news\/bears-launch-matchday-car-sharing-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>FURTHER INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Full information on all travel options, including details of the new\u00a0Bristol\u2019s Clean Air Zone (CAZ)\u00a0are available at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolbearsrugby.com\/ashton-gate\/getting-here\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Getting Here \u2013 Bristol Bears Rugby<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcfc.co.uk\/travel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s everything you need to know about Getting to the Gate as Bears host West Country rivals Gloucester&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":892088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8818],"tags":[33936,381,21571,748,393,215631,4884,4151,16,15],"class_list":["post-892087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bristol","tag-ashton-gate","tag-bristol","tag-bristol-bears","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-gallagher-prem","tag-great-britain","tag-rugby","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116399722043552487","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=892087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/892088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=892087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}