The information below relates to our 2025 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 2025 was held on Saturday 16th 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 possible using the Imberbuses themselves. Cars, motorbikes, cycles, scooters or pedestrians were not be permitted access to the military roads on this date, so if you wanted to drive your own vehicle to Imber, you needed 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 2025:

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 to take peak at it!). The general format of this year’s event was very similar to last year and included the following important features:

Up to 35 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 had not visited Imber before;
Imber Church open for viewing and refreshments from 10am to 6pm;
Light refreshments available at the village halls in Tilshead and Chitterne and the new Beans & Bits Cafe at Warminster Station;
The refurbished Market Lavington Museum was open again in the Old School House next to the village church and serving cream teas until 5pm;
Public houses was available at Warminster, Market Lavington and West Lavington, along with the newly reopened Kings Head at Chitterne.
A display in Chitterne Church about the Second World War and a small transport sales stall was available inside Tilshead village hall.
Imber related exhibition in the Athaneum Theatre in Warminster, and an art exhibition in the Library.
Display by the Garrison Artillery Volunteers at Imber, along with performances by the Bratton Silver Band, and Morris Dancing, plus a small vintage bus display,
Alternative car parking available at Sack Hill and at Chitterne (see below).
Direct coaches from our event from London, Basingstoke, Newport, Cardiff and Swansea.

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 is a simple one with 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.

In addition, Warminster residents were also purchase tickets beforehand by visiting the Athenaeum Theatre and from the Iris & Olive shop on the High Street. We regret however, that we are unable to accept concessionary bus passes for travel on our buses.

How to get to Imberbus

Advice on travelling to Warminster can be found on the “Travelling to Imberbus” page on our website and this includes details of where to park if travelling by car. Please be aware that the car parks in Warminster town centre can get very busy and so we would strongly advise you to travel to our event using public transport if at all possible. Trains run direct to Warminster from Cardiff, Newport, Bristol, Bath, Westbury, Salisbury, Southampton and Portsmouth (plus several places in between) and this year there will be coaches running direct from London, and South Wales as well.

However, for those for whom public transport is not an option, we are arranging for a Park & Ride car park to be available again at the Cricket Field at Chitterne, which will be a useful alternative to anyone driving from London, Salisbury or Southampton. We will also be operating an early-bird car park at Sack Hill (on the road from Warminster to Imber) for those that can arrive before midday.

If you are intending to stay overnight in the area, you may find that accommodation options are fairly limited in Warminster itself, so please consider staying in one of our neighbouring towns and travelling to Warminster on the day by bus or train.

IMPORTANT – If you are planning on bringing a group of people to Warminster in a bus or coach to travel on a future Imberbus, please contact us 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;