All aboard buses to abandoned wartime village
Daily Express|August 12, 2023
Routemaster A FLEET of up to 25 buses are ready to make a rare journey to an abandoned village.
Ed Cullinane
All aboard buses to abandoned wartime village

The residents of Imber in Wiltshire were evicted in 1943 by the Ministry of Defence as the village was used to train Allied forces in preparation for D-Day.

Despite a promise that they would return to the village on Salisbury Plain, after the war former residents were denied permission - and the Army still trains there today.

But once a year visitors are permitted to return on the annual 23A Imber service from Warminster in Wiltshire.

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