The information below relates to our 2024 event which has now taken place. However it is likely that future Imberbus events will follow a similar format.

Links to a selection of pictures and videos taken by visitors to our event will be published HERE shortly.

Imberbus 2024 was held on Saturday 17th August when up to 30 old and new Routemaster buses (plus a few guest vehicles) operated from Warminster to Imber and other points on Salisbury Plain.

This year, access to Imber on this date was only be possible using the Imberbuses themselves. Cars, motorbikes, cycles, scooters or pedestrians will not be permitted access to the military roads on this date, so if you wanted to drive your own vehicle to Imber, you had to delay your trip until the following Bank Holiday weekend (for further details of other dates when the road through Imber is open, please visit the Imber Church website).

What we had planned for Imberbus 2024:

A summary of the timetable that we intended to operate can be downloaded by clicking here and a full colour Event Guide was available on the day (click here for a peek at it). Important features of this year’s Imberbus included:

Up to 40 buses in operation, some of which were wheelchair accessible.
Departures approximately every 10-15 minutes from Warminster Station to Imber from 9.30am onwards, with buses returning from Imber at regular intervals until 5.30pm;
Buses serving Tilshead, Chitterne, New Zealand Farm Camp, West Lavington, Market Lavington and Brazen Bottom at least twice an hour throughout most of the day;
One morning and two afternoon journeys running direct between Warminster and Chitterne (not via Imber);
Most journeys operated by at least 2 vehicles (and usually more!);
A few “non-London” guest vehicles that have not visited Imber before;
Imber Church open for viewing and refreshments from 10am to 6pm;
Imber and Imberbus related exhibitions in Warminster at the Library and Athenaeum Centre;
Refreshments available from Caspers Cafe on platform 1 of Warminster Station and at the village halls in Tilshead and Chitterne;
The newly refurbished Market Lavington Museum open in the Old School House next to the village church and serving cream teas until 5pm;
A small transport sales stall available inside Tilshead village hall.

The routes that the buses took can be seen on the map below (please click on it to see a larger version in PDF format). As usual, buses connected at our Gore Cross interchange, so that passengers could easily travel to/from all points on our network.

How much does it cost to travel on Imberbus ?

Our fare structure has been simplified so that there are just two ticket prices – £10 for adults and £2 for children. These tickets allow you unlimited travel on all the Imberbuses, so you can hop on and off them as much as you want and visit all the different places we serve.

Imberbus operates in the same way as an ordinary local bus service, so there is no facility to pre-book a seat or to pay in advance via the internet – just turn up and pay the conductor on the bus in cash (payment in £5 or £10 notes or £1 and £2 coins is always appreciated and there are cash machines available in Warminster town centre for those that needed them). To speed things up we will also have staff selling tickets outside Warminster Station during the morning, some of whom are able to accept payment by contactless credit/debit cards. We regret however, that we are unable to accept concessionary bus passes for travel on our buses.

How to get to Warminster

Advice on travelling to Warminster can be found on the “How to get to Warminster” page on our website and this includes details of where to park if travelling by car. There is also information on an extra car park that will be available at the Cricket Field at Chitterne which should be a useful alternative to anyone driving from London, Salisbury or Southampton.

If you are intending to stay overnight in the area, you may wish to visit the Warminster Community Hub website to find suitable accommodation.

IMPORTANT – If you are planning on bringing a group of people to Warminster in a bus or coach to travel on Imberbus, please contact us ASAP as there are very few coach parking facilities available in Warminster.

If you would like further information about our event, please check out the other pages on our website, including the Frequently Asked Questions page which provides important information on where you can and cannot go, where you can get something to eat and also the location of public toilets (which are few and far between on the Salisbury Plain!). You can also view the Imberbus video that was released in 2018 below;

and a sequel released in 2019!

If you can see anything below this line, it is an advertisement and is not related to our event, so please ignore it.