Anfield, opposite Liverpool FC

Arkles Lane will be closed between Anfield Road and Priory Road on Sunday 25 May 2025 for 1 day.

Service 17/17A (Option A services to divert from 0930 hrs or when pedestrian footfall becomes unmanageable)
• From Liverpool will operate as normal route to Everton Road, then via Breck Road, Priory Road to Utting Avenue, then resume normal route to Aintree Hospital/Kirkby. (Omits a section of Everton Road, Heyworth Street, St Domingo Road, Everton Valley, Walton Breck Road, Wylva Road and Arkles Lane).
Alternative bus stops: Everton Road/opposite Lloyd Close and Utting Avenue/Priory Road.
• From Aintree Hospital/Kirkby will operate as normal route to Utting Avenue, then via Priory Road, Breck Road to Everton Road, then resume normal route to Liverpool. (Omits Arkles Lane, Arkles Road, Walton Breck Road, Everton Valley, St Domingo Road, Heyworth Street and a section of Everton Road).
Alternative bus stops: Utting Avenue/Pinehurst Avenue and Everton Road/opposite Plumpton Street.

Service 27 (Services to divert from 0930 hrs or when pedestrian footfall becomes unmanageable)
• From Liverpool ONE Bus Station will operate as normal route to Sheil Road, then via West Derby Road, Low Hill, Erskine Street, Shaw Street, Netherfield Road South, Netherfield Road North to Kirkdale Road then as normal route to Liverpool One Bus Station. (Omits Belmont Road, Oakfield Road, Walton Breck Road and Everton Valley).
Alternative bus stops: Sheil Road/Penlinken Drive and Kirkdale Road/opposite Whittle Street.

Service 68A (Services to divert from 0930 hrs or when pedestrian footfall becomes unmanageable)
• From Bootle Bus Station will operate as normal route to Rice Lane, then via Queens Drive, Utting Avenue to Priory Road, then resume normal route to Aigburth Vale. (Omits County Road, Spellow Lane, Anfield Road, Sleepers Hill, Walon Breck Road Wylva Road and Arkles Lane).
Alternative bus stops: Rice Lane/Denbigh Road - Stop F and Priory Road/Wenlock Road.
• From Aigburth Vale will operate as normal route to Priory Road, then via Utting Avenue, Queens Drive to Rice Lane, then resume normal route to Bootle Bus Station. (Omits Arkles Lane, Arkles Road, Walton Breck Road, Sleepers Hill, Anfield Road, Walton Lane and Spellow Lane).
Alternative bus stops: Priory Road/Feltwell Road and Rice Lane/York Street - Stop E.