The annual Imberbus enjoyed favourable weather this year, as thousands of people from around the country arrived to see the abandoned village of Imber.

Imber was evacuated by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in 1943 for training purposes during the Second World War.

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Eighty years later, residents have never been allowed to move back. The village is now part of the Salisbury Plains Training Area, and is only accessible to the public a handful of times each year, including the Imberbus, Easter services at the village’s church, St Giles Church, the nearest Saturday to St Giles Day (September 1) and occasionally for funerals of people who were born in Imber and therefore permitted to be buried there.

The Imberbus service uses, among other buses, classic red London double-deckers, complete with conductors using Gibson A14 ticket machines as seen on London Transport buses until the early 1990s.

The village is made up of several buildings, including the Imber Court and Farm, council houses built in 1938 and the Bell Inn pub.