Imber Bus 2026

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 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 in 2026 the Imberbus service will only run on

Saturday 15th August 2026

when several London Transport Routemaster buses (plus a few newer ones) will be the only vehicles allowed to travel through to Imber village and on to other parts of Salisbury Plain. As in previous years, these buses will start from outside Warminster Rail Station and will operate as an ordinary bus service, so ot is not possible to reserve seats or book tickets in advance – just turn up on the day and pay the conductor on the bus or purchase a ticket from one of our ticket desk outside the station.

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

Further information on what we have planned for our 2026 event will be published on this website during the summer, but the format is likely to be similar to last year, details of which can be found on our Imberbus 2025 web page.

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