As we have had a few new subscribers to our mailing list since we sent out our last email, we are sending it out again to ensure as many people as possible have advance information of what to expect at this year’s Imberbus.

Be aware that it looks like the weather tomorrow will be hot and sunny, so please remember to apply some some sunscreen and bring a bottle of water with you, as there is very little shade at Imber and none whatsoever at Gore Cross!

Please also note that as there will be more wheelchair-accessible buses operating this year, we will not be sending out a list of the specific journeys they will be operating. However if this information is important to you, please talk to one of the marshals in hi-viz vests at Warminster or Imber who will do their best to help.

Following on from last month’s email, this is a final reminder that year’s Imberbus service will be running this coming Saturday – 16th August 2025.

This year there will be up to 40 vehicles in operation, providing departures every 10-15 minutes from Warminster Rail Station, starting at 9.30am. Many journeys will be operated by more than one bus, some of which will be wheelchair accessible, so if you have mobility problems this should not prevent you from travelling to Imber.

In addition to the regular service between Warminster and Imber, buses will be serving Chitterne, Tilshead, West Lavington, Market Lavington, Brazen Bottom and New Zealand Farm Camp at least every 30 minutes during most of the day, and you can start your journey at Chitterne, Tilshead and the Lavingtons instead of Warminster if you wish – just wait at a marked bus stop along the route, signal clearly to the driver by putting your hand out as the bus approaches and ensure that you have some cash on you to pay the conductor.

Full details of what we have planned this year can be found on the “Imber 2025” page of our website (www.imberbus.org), but we would particularly draw your attention to the following arrangements and features:

• August 16th will be a car free day at Imber, so the only vehicles that will allowed on to the military roads will be the Imberbuses themselves.  In addition to the car parks in Warminster Town Centre there will be additional parking available at the Cricket Ground in the village of Chitterne (east of Warminster) and at Sack Hill which is north of Warminster on the road to Imber Road, plus this year at Warminster School on the edge of the town centre. Please see the “How to get to Warminster” page of our website for more details of their location. but remember that there are no toilets or other facilities at Sack Hill and you will have to pay your bus fare in cash if you do not get on at Warminster Station!
• Direct train services to Warminster are available from Cardiff, Newport, Bristol, Bath, Trowbridge, Salisbury, Southampton and Portsmouth (plus various towns in between) and there are still a few spaces available on the coaches that are running to our event from London, Basingstoke and South Wales – further details of these are provided on the “How to get to Warminster” page on our website.
• If you are driving to Warminster from the north, be aware that the A350 road is closed for repairs at Westbury, but there are local diversions available for cars when you reach the outskirts of the town as explained in last month’s email.
• We operate a simple fare structure on Imberbus, with just two ticket prices – £10 for adults and £2 for children.  These tickets will allow unlimited travel on service 23A for the whole day.  Please note that you will need to pay for your tickets in cash, unless you are boarding at Warminster Station where we will have a ticket booth that can also accept payment by contactless card. You will also need cash for purchases at Imber Church and some of the village halls, so please bring plenty with you!
• If you live locally to Warminster, this year you can also purchase your tickets beforehand from the Athenaeum Centre on Warminster High Street or the “Iris & Olive” gift shop in the Market Place.
• If you would like to visit Chitterne before heading to Imber, there will be buses running from the coach layby in Warminster Central Car Park direct to Chitterne at 10.20am. If you are not sure where that is, click on this link to see the walking route from the train station.
• There are also two Imber / Imberbus related exhibitions taking place in Warminster at the same time as our event. Please visit the Exploring Warminster page on our website for more information.

As Imber is in a military area that is normally closed to the public, facilities there are extremely limited and there are restrictions on where you can wander when you arrive. If you have not attended our event before we would therefore recommend that you read the Imberbus FAQ page on our website 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!). 

Please also bear in mind that the Imber plain is a very exposed location with very little shelter or shade except inside Imber Church! At busy times there may also be a short wait to get on a bus, so we therefore strongly advise you to wear sensible footwear, bring plenty of drinks and an umbrella with you, and slap on lots of sunscreen!

We hope that you will be able to join us on Saturday and if you would like further information about our event, please check out the other pages on our website – www.imberbus.org. We would also be keen to see any photographs or videos that you take on the day – particularly if they would be suitable to replace those currently in use on our publicity or website. Please feel free to get in touch if you think you have any that might fit the bill.

Following on from last month’s email, this is a final reminder that year’s Imberbus service will be running this coming Saturday – 16th August 2025.

This year there will be up to 40 vehicles in operation, providing departures every 10-15 minutes from Warminster Rail Station, starting at 9.30am. Many journeys will be operated by more than one bus, some of which will be wheelchair accessible, so if you have mobility problems please email us so that we can tell you what journeys we are planning to use them on.

In addition to the regular service between Warminster and Imber, buses will be serving Chitterne, Tilshead, West Lavington, Market Lavington, Brazen Bottom and New Zealand Farm Camp at least every 30 minutes during most of the day, and you can start your journey at Chitterne, Tilshead and the Lavingtons instead of Warminster if you wish – just wait at a marked bus stop along the route, signal clearly to the driver by putting your hand out as the bus approaches and ensure that you have some cash on you to pay the conductor.

Full details of what we have planned this year can be found on the “Imber 2025” page of our website (www.imberbus.org), but we would particularly draw your attention to the following arrangements and features:

• August 16th will be a car free day at Imber, so the only vehicles that will allowed on to the military roads will be the Imberbuses themselves.  In addition to the car parks in Warminster Town Centre there will be additional parking available at the Cricket Ground in the village of Chitterne (east of Warminster) and at Sack Hill which is north of Warminster on the road to Imber Road, plus this year at Warminster School on the edge of the town centre. Please see the “How to get to Warminster” page of our website for more details of their location. but remember that there are no toilets or other facilities at Sack Hill and you will have to pay your bus fare in cash if you do not get on at Warminster Station!
• Direct train services to Warminster are available from Cardiff, Newport, Bristol, Bath, Trowbridge, Salisbury, Southampton and Portsmouth (plus various towns in between) and there are still a few spaces available on the coaches that are running to our event from London, Basingstoke and South Wales – further details of these are provided on the “How to get to Warminster” page on our website.
• If you are driving to Warminster from the north, be aware that the A350 road is closed for repairs at Westbury, but there are local diversions available for cars when you reach the outskirts of the town as explained in last month’s email.
• We operate a simple fare structure on Imberbus, with just two ticket prices – £10 for adults and £2 for children.  These tickets will allow unlimited travel on service 23A for the whole day.  Please note that you will need to pay for your tickets in cash, unless you are boarding at Warminster Station where we will have a ticket booth that can also accept payment by contactless card. You will also need cash for purchases at Imber Church and some of the village halls, so please bring plenty with you!
• If you live locally to Warminster, this year you can also purchase your tickets beforehand from the Athenaeum Centre on Warminster High Street or the “Iris & Olive” gift shop in the Market Place.
• If you would like to visit Chitterne before heading to Imber, there will be buses running from the coach layby in Warminster Central Car Park direct to Chitterne at 10.20am. If you are not sure where that is, click on this link to see the walking route from the train station.
• There are also two Imber / Imberbus related exhibitions taking place in Warminster at the same time as our event. Please visit the Exploring Warminster page on our website for more information.

As Imber is in a military area that is normally closed to the public, facilities there are extremely limited and there are restrictions on where you can wander when you arrive. If you have not attended our event before we would therefore recommend that you read the Imberbus FAQ page on our website 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!). 

Please also bear in mind that the Imber plain is a very exposed location with very little shelter or shade except inside Imber Church! At busy times there may also be a short wait to get on a bus, so we therefore strongly advise you to wear sensible footwear, bring plenty of drinks and an umbrella with you, and slap on lots of sunscreen!

We hope that you will be able to join us on Saturday and if you would like further information about our event, please check out the other pages on our website – www.imberbus.org. We would also be keen to see any photographs or videos that you take on the day – particularly if they would be suitable to replace those currently in use on our publicity or website. Please feel free to get in touch if you think you have any that might fit the bill.

Since sending out our last Imberbus email earlier this week, we have had several new subscribers to our mailing list. We therefore thought that we would send the email out again for their benefit, but feel free to press delete if you have already seen it.

Following on from last month’s email, this is a final reminder that year’s Imberbus service will be running this coming Saturday – 17th August 2024.

This year there will be up to 40 vehicles in operation, providing departures every 10-15 minutes from Warminster Rail Station, starting at 9.30am. Many journeys will be operated by more than one bus, some of which will be wheelchair accessible, so if you have mobility problems, please email us so that we can tell you what journeys we are planning to use them on.

In addition to the regular service between Warminster and Imber, buses will be serving Chitterne, Tilshead, West Lavington, Market Lavington, Brazen Bottom and New Zealand Farm Camp at least every 30 minutes during most of the day, and you can start your journey at Chitterne, Tilshead and the Lavingtons instead of Warminster if you wish – just signal clearly to the driver by putting your hand out as the bus approaches.

Full details of what we have planned this year can be found on the “Imber 2024” page of our website (www.imberbus.org), but we would particularly draw your attention to the following arrangements, some of which are different to previous years:

• August 17th will be a car free day at Imber, so the only vehicles that will allowed on to the military roads will be the Imberbuses themselves.  In addition to the car parks in Warminster Town Centre there will be some additional parking available at Sack Hill which is on the Warminster to Imber Road and also at the Cricket Ground in the village of Chitterne. Please see the “How to get to Warminster” page of our website for more details of their location. but remember that there are no toilets or other facilities at Sack Hill and you will have to pay your bus fare in cash if you do not get on at Warminster Station!
• Direct train services to Warminster are available from Cardiff, Newport, Bristol, Bath, Trowbridge, Salisbury, Southampton and Portsmouth, plus various town in between – for further details, please see the “How to get to Warminster” page on our website.
• If you are driving to Warminster from the West, be aware that the A36 road is closed for repairs between Bath and Warminster, so you will need to take a different route if coming from Bath, Bristol or the M4 motorway.
• We have retained the simplified fare structure so that on Saturday there will be just two ticket prices – £10 for adults and £2 for children.  These tickets will allow unlimited travel on service 23A for the whole day.  Please note that you will need to pay for your tickets in cash, unless you are boarding at Warminster Station where we will have a ticket booth that can also accept payment by contactless card. You will also need cash for purchases at Imber Church and some of the village halls.
• If you live locally to Warminster, this year you can also purchase your tickets beforehand from the Athenaeum Centre on Warminster High Street or the “Iris & Olive” gift shop in the Market Place.
• If you would like to visit Chitterne before heading to Imber, there will be buses running from the coach layby in Warminster Central Car Park direct to Chitterne at 10.20am. If you are not sure where that is, click on this link to see the walking route from the train station.
• This year there are also two Imber / Imberbus related exhibitions taking place in Warminster at the same time as our event. Please visit the Exploring Warminster page on our website for more information.

As Imber is in a military area that is normally closed to the public, facilities there are extremely limited and there are restrictions on where you can wander when you arrive. If you have not attended our event before we would therefore recommend that you read the Imberbus FAQ page on our website 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!). 

Please also bear in mind that the Imber plain is a very exposed location with very little shelter or shade except inside Imber Church! We therefore strongly advise you to wear sensible footwear, bring plenty of drinks and an umbrella with you, and slap on lots of sunscreen!

We hope that you will be able to join us on Saturday and if you would like further information about our event, please check out the other pages on our website – www.imberbus.org. We would also be keen to see any photographs or videos that you take on the day – particularly if they would be suitable to replace those currently in use on our publicity or website. Please feel free to get in touch if you think you have any that might fit the bill.

Following on from last month’s email, this is a final reminder that year’s Imberbus service will be running this coming Saturday – 17th August 2024.

This year there will be up to 40 vehicles in operation, providing departures every 10-15 minutes from Warminster Rail Station, starting at 9.30am. Many journeys will be operated by more than one bus, some of which will be wheelchair accessible, so if you have mobility problems, please email us so that we can tell you what journeys we are planning to use them on.

In addition to the regular service between Warminster and Imber, buses will be serving Chitterne, Tilshead, West Lavington, Market Lavington, Brazen Bottom and New Zealand Farm Camp at least every 30 minutes during most of the day, and you can start your journey at Chitterne, Tilshead and the Lavingtons instead of Warminster if you wish – just signal clearly to the driver by putting your hand out as the bus approaches.

Full details of what we have planned this year can be found on the “Imber 2024” page of our website (www.imberbus.org), but we would particularly draw your attention to the following arrangements, some of which are different to previous years:

• August 17th will be a car free day at Imber, so the only vehicles that will allowed on to the military roads will be the Imberbuses themselves.  In addition to the car parks in Warminster Town Centre there will be some additional parking available at Sack Hill which is on the Warminster to Imber Road and also at the Cricket Ground in the village of Chitterne. Please see the “How to get to Warminster” page of our website for more details of their location. but remember that there are no toilets or other facilities at Sack Hill and you will have to pay your bus fare in cash if you do not get on at Warminster Station!
• Direct train services to Warminster are available from Cardiff, Newport, Bristol, Bath, Trowbridge, Salisbury, Southampton and Portsmouth, plus various town in between – for further details, please see the “How to get to Warminster” page on our website.
• If you are driving to Warminster from the West, be aware that the A36 road is closed for repairs between Bath and Warminster, so you will need to take a different route if coming from Bath, Bristol or the M4 motorway.
• We have retained the simplified fare structure so that on Saturday there will be just two ticket prices – £10 for adults and £2 for children.  These tickets will allow unlimited travel on service 23A for the whole day.  Please note that you will need to pay for your tickets in cash, unless you are boarding at Warminster Station where we will have a ticket booth that can also accept payment by contactless card. You will also need cash for purchases at Imber Church and some of the village halls.
• If you live locally to Warminster, this year you can also purchase your tickets beforehand from the Athenaeum Centre on Warminster High Street or the “Iris & Olive” gift shop in the Market Place.
• If you would like to visit Chitterne before heading to Imber, there will be buses running from the coach layby in Warminster Central Car Park direct to Chitterne at 10.20am. If you are not sure where that is, click on this link to see the walking route from the train station.
• This year there are also two Imber / Imberbus related exhibitions taking place in Warminster at the same time as our event. Please visit the Exploring Warminster page on our website for more information.

As Imber is in a military area that is normally closed to the public, facilities there are extremely limited and there are restrictions on where you can wander when you arrive. If you have not attended our event before we would therefore recommend that you read the Imberbus FAQ page on our website 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!). 

Please also bear in mind that the Imber plain is a very exposed location with very little shelter or shade except inside Imber Church! We therefore strongly advise you to wear sensible footwear, bring plenty of drinks and an umbrella with you, and slap on lots of sunscreen!

We hope that you will be able to join us on Saturday and if you would like further information about our event, please check out the other pages on our website – www.imberbus.org. We would also be keen to see any photographs or videos that you take on the day – particularly if they would be suitable to replace those currently in use on our publicity or website. Please feel free to get in touch if you think you have any that might fit the bill.

Since sending out our last Imberbus email earlier this week, we have had several new subscribers to our mailing list, partly due to some advance press coverage yesterday. We therefore thought that we would send the email out again for their benefit and also share with you the answers to a few of the questions that we have been asked recently (these are highlighted in red).

If this is your first trip to Imber, we also strongly recommend that you read the Imberbus Frequently Asked Questions page on our website, as Imber is probably unlike any other visitor attraction you will have been to before and has very few facilities. In particular, please remember that toilets are in short supply at Imber and there is no internet coverage there, so please bring some cash with you if you intend to board the bus at Sack Hill or in one of the villages, or wish to purchase refreshments or souvenirs at Imber Church.

This year’s Imberbus service will be running this coming Saturday – 19th August 2023 – and there should be more than 30 vehicles in operation, providing departures at least every 15 minutes from Warminster Rail Station, starting at 9.45am. Many journeys will be operated by more than one bus, some of which will be wheelchair accessible, so if you have mobility problems, please email us so that we can tell you what journeys we are planning to use them on.

In addition to the regular service between Warminster and Imber, buses will be serving Chitterne, Tilshead, West Lavington, Market Lavington, Brazen Bottom and New Zealand Farm Camp every 30 minutes during most of the day, and you can board the bus at Tilshead and the Lavingtons instead of Warminster if you wish – just signal clearly to the driver by putting your hand out as the bus approaches.

Full details of what we have planned this year can be found on the “Imber 2023” page of our website (www.imberbus.org), but we would particularly draw your attention to the following arrangements, some of which are different to previous years:

• August 19th will be a car free day at Imber, so the only vehicles that will allowed on to the military roads will be the Imberbuses themselves.  The original Imber Park & Ride site that we used in 2019 will therefore not be in operation this year, but instead there will be a small amount of additional parking available at Sack Hill which is on the Warminster to Imber Road. Please see the “How to get to Warminster” page of our website for more details of its location. but remember that there are no toilets or other facilities at this site and you will have to pay your bus fare in cash if you park there!
• If you are able to travel to Warminster by public transport we would ask you to do so as the car parks can get extremely busy. Direct train services to Warminster are available from Cardiff, Newport, Bristol, Bath, Salisbury, Southampton and Portsmouth, plus various town in between, and local buses run from Bradford-on-Avon, Trowbridge, Westbury, Frome and Salisbury – for further details of these, please see the “How to get to Warminster” page on our website.
• Imber bus runs like an ordinary bus service. It is not a tour so you cannot book in advance. We usually have 2-3 buses on each departure and so you should not have to wait too long to get on a bus to Imber.
• This year we have simplified our fare structure so this year there will be just two ticket prices – £10 for adults and £2 for children.  These tickets will allow unlimited travel on service 23A for the whole day.  Please note that you will need to pay for your tickets in cash unless you are boarding at Warminster Station where we will have a booth that can also accept payment by contactless card.
• If you would like to visit Chitterne before heading to Imber, there will be buses running from the coach layby in Warminster Central Car Park direct to Chitterne at 1035. If you are not sure where that is, click on this link to see the walking route from the train station
• Our event attracts a lot of people, so if travelling in a crowd concerns you, you may want to delay your visit until after lunch as the buses from Warminster to Imber tend to be less busy in the afternoon.
• Our buses return from Imber every 15 minutes until 5.45pm. After that there is one last departure at 6.35pm, but that trip can sometimes get delayed so please do not wait for that last journey if you need to catch a train or bus in Warminster before 7.15pm.

As Imber is in a military area that is normally closed to the public, facilities there are extremely limited and there are restrictions on where you can wander when you arrive. If you have not attended our event before we would therefore recommend that you read the Imberbus FAQ page on our website 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!). 

Please also bear in mind that the Imber plain is a very exposed location with very little shelter or shade except in Imber Church! We therefore strongly advise you to wear sensible footwear, bring plenty of drinks and an umbrella with you, and slap on lots of sunscreen!

We hope that you will be able to join us on Saturday and if you would like further information about our event, please check out the other pages on our website – www.imberbus.org. We would also be keen to see any photographs that you take on the day – particularly if they would be suitable to replace those currently in use on our publicity or website. Please feel free to get in touch if you think you have any that might fit the bill.

Following on from last month’s email, this is a final reminder that year’s Imberbus service will be running this coming Saturday – 19th August 2023.

This year there should be more than 30 vehicles in operation, providing departures at least every 15 minutes from Warminster Rail Station, starting at 9.45am. Many journeys will be operated by more than one bus, some of which will be wheelchair accessible, so if you have mobility problems, please email us so that we can tell you what journeys we are planning to use them on.

In addition to the regular service between Warminster and Imber, buses will be serving Chitterne, Tilshead, West Lavington, Market Lavington, Brazen Bottom and New Zealand Farm Camp every 30 minutes during most of the day, and you can board the bus at Tilshead and the Lavingtons instead of Warminster if you wish – just signal clearly to the driver by putting your hand out as the bus approaches.

Full details of what we have planned this year can be found on the “Imber 2023” page of our website (www.imberbus.org), but we would particularly draw your attention to the following arrangements, some of which are different to previous years:

• August 19th will be a car free day at Imber, so the only vehicles that will allowed on to the military roads will be the Imberbuses themselves.  The Imber Park & Ride site that we used in 2019 will therefore not be in operation this year, but instead there will be a small amount of additional parking available at Sack Hill which is on the Warminster to Imber Road. Please see the “How to get to Warminster” page of our website for more details of its location. but remember that there are no toilets or other facilities at this site and you will have to pay your bus fare in cash if you park there!
• National Express is running a coach direct to Imber from London and Basingstoke for pre-booked passengers, so if you wish to travel on it we would urge you to book now to guarantee a seat (please input your destination as “Imber”).  Direct train services to Warminster are also available from Cardiff, Newport, Bristol, Bath, Salisbury, Southampton and Portsmouth, plus various town in between – for further details, please see the “How to get to Warminster” page on our website.
• This year we have simplified our fare structure so on Saturday there will be just two ticket prices – £10 for adults and £2 for children.  These tickets will allow unlimited travel on service 23A for the whole day.  Please note that you will need to pay for your tickets in cash unless you are boarding at Warminster Station where we will have a booth that can also accept payment by contactless card.
• If you would like to visit Chitterne before heading to Imber, there will be buses running from the coach layby in Warminster Central Car Park direct to Chitterne at 1035. If you are not sure where that is, click on this link to see the walking route from the train station
• Our event attracts a lot of people, so if travelling in a crowd concerns you, you may want to delay your visit until after lunch as the buses from Warminster to Imber tend to be less busy in the afternoon.

As Imber is in a military area that is normally closed to the public, facilities there are extremely limited and there are restrictions on where you can wander when you arrive. If you have not attended our event before we would therefore recommend that you read the Imberbus FAQ page on our website 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!). 

Please also bear in mind that the Imber plain is a very exposed location with very little shelter or shade except in Imber Church! We therefore strongly advise you to wear sensible footwear, bring plenty of drinks and an umbrella with you, and slap on lots of sunscreen!

We hope that you will be able to join us on Saturday and if you would like further information about our event, please check out the other pages on our website – www.imberbus.org. We would also be keen to see any photographs that you take on the day – particularly if they would be suitable to replace those currently in use on our publicity or website. Please feel free to get in touch if you think you have any that might fit the bill.