| 16th August 2025 - Buses to Imber Posted by grahame at 06:40, 26th January 2025 |     |
The ate for 2025 has been announced!
https://imberbus.org/2025/01/25/the-date-is-set-for-imberbus-2025/
The date is set for Imberbus 2025 !
Posted on 25 January 2025
We are pleased to announce that this year, we are planning to run the Imberbus service on
Saturday 16th August 2025
when several vintage former London Transport Routemaster buses (plus a few newer ones) will again provide a bus service from Warminster Station to Imber and other isolated locations on the Salisbury Plain between 10am and 6pm.
Posted on 25 January 2025
We are pleased to announce that this year, we are planning to run the Imberbus service on
Saturday 16th August 2025
when several vintage former London Transport Routemaster buses (plus a few newer ones) will again provide a bus service from Warminster Station to Imber and other isolated locations on the Salisbury Plain between 10am and 6pm.
| Re: 16th August 2025 - Buses to Imber Posted by grahame at 09:24, 28th July 2025 | |
16th August 2025 ...
Our event attracts hundreds of people and can overload the car parks in Warminster town centre if everyone tries to park there. Fortunately Warminster is well served by buses and trains from the surrounding towns, as well as cities such as Cardiff, Bristol, Bath, Salisbury, Southampton and Portsmouth and so we strongly recommend that you use these if at all possible.
These days, I hesitate to agree "well served" - the timetable is good, but recent record on actually running the trains is poor - these graphics from the last 4 weekends as I write. And in recent years, Imber bus day has brought rather more crowds by train than the services that have run could comfortably cope with. My personal view would be that it's fine for public transport officianados, but you'll probably be risking disappointment and frustration if you bring along family looking for a fun day out.
Having made that point, Warminster has far more trains that Melksham (a town of similiar size) in the timetable, and many fewer cancellations.
| Re: 16th August 2025 - Buses to Imber Posted by CyclingSid at 19:33, 29th July 2025 | |
Could also do with some rain. The plain is very dry and a repeat of previous events in the year https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70nnnnz0ldo could put the event at risk. Especially the section that goes across the top of the Larkhill/Westdown range to Brazen Bottom and the Lavingtons. The civilian Fire and Rescue Service won't get involved because the risk in military areas. I would imagine with cut backs the nearest MoD fire service will be Boscombe Down, and probably not suited to wild fires on the ranges.
| Re: 16th August 2025 - Buses to Imber Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 20:11, 29th July 2025 | |
To me, that conjures up an image of an artillery officer, looking out over the range and shouting "Open fire! No, that's not an order - it's a warning!!
