In 2009, a group of bus industry professionals achieved a long standing ambition to run a vintage bus service from Warminster in Wiltshire, to the abandoned village of Imber on the Salisbury Plain. It proved to be so popular that it has now become an annual charity event, with most journeys continuing across the Plain to parts of Wiltshire rarely seen by ordinary public transport users.

There are only a few days each year on which the road through Imber is open to the public and we are only able to run Imberbus on one of those dates. Therefore this year the Imberbus service only ran on

Saturday 15th August 2026

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when several London Transport Routemaster buses (along with a few newer ones), plus a number of guest vehicles were the only vehicles allowed to travel through to Imber village and on to other parts of Salisbury Plain. As in previous years, these buses started from outside Warminster Rail Station and operated as an ordinary bus service (not a tour), so there was no facility for passengers to reserve seats or book tickets in advance – everyone just turned up and paid on the day.

Local residents were also able to to travel to Imber from Chitterne, Tilshead and the Lavingtons by paying the conductor in cash on the bus.

Details of what we had planned this year can be found on our Imberbus 2026 page which includes links to timetables and the route map, plus information on how to get to Warminster and where to park when you get there. We also have a Frequently Asked Questions page which we strongly advise you to read if you are interested in travelling on Imberbus in the future.

We are now planning our next event which will be held in Summer 2027. However, we will not know the exact date of it until the Spring, so if you would like to be notified when it is announced, please add your name to our mailing list by inserting your email address into the box below and click the “Subscribe” button.

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