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| ALM
60B at Chitterne Church |
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| 17 August
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| London buses on Salisbury Plain. |
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| The road through the village of Imber
is open to the public on just a few
days each year. |
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a group runs bus services from Warminster
railway station to Imber and to other
villages on Salisbury Plain. |
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| A fleet of old London
Transport Routemaster buses is used
with some newer buses to give greater
accessibility. |
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| Chitterne |
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| Tilshead |
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| Gore
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| Market
Lavington |
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| Imber |
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| Chitterne |
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| Chitterne |
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| Chitterne is a charming village in
the middle of Salisbury Plain, about
seven miles east of Warminster. |
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| Refreshments were available in Chitterne
village hall. |
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| Tilshead |
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344C |
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| Tilshead |
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| Tilshead is a small village, almost
in the centre of Salisbury Plain, between
Market Lavington and Shrewton. |
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| Refreshments were available in the
village hall and there is a pub. |
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| Gore
Cross |
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| WLT
613 |
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CLT |
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| Gore Cross |
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| The impressively named Gore Cross
bus station. A dusty interchange in
the middle of nowhere, allowing visitors
to change to a service going in any
direction. |
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| Market
Lavington |
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| ALM
60B |
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613 |
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| Market Lavington |
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| Market Lavington is a large village
on the northern slopes of Salisbury
Plain, about five miles south of Devizes.
Market Lavington was for centuries one
of Wiltshire's most important market
towns, having been granted a royal charter
in 1252 by Henry III. |
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| Market Lavington Museum is in the
old Schoolmaster’s Cottage at the back
of the churchyard where there is also
a cafe. |
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| Imber |
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318C |
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978B |
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665F |
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1812 |
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734F |
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613 |
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| Imberbus |
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| ALM
60B in Market Lavington |
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| Imberbus |
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| 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. |
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| As the buses were operating an ordinary
bus service, there was no need for passengers
to book in advance – they just turned
up and paid the conductor on the bus. |
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