The abandoned village of Imber

[Puddy_Tat]

a slight tangent, but here seems as good as any - report of a visit to foulness, essex - not completely abandoned but very limited access

This bus route’s restricted to residents and monitored at a security checkpoint

Saturday 9th July 2022 I took a ride with my friend Ray on Stephensons’ bus route 14 between Southend-on-Sea and Foulness recently. But we needed special permission to travel on it. That’s because …

busandtrainuser.com

 

[Chilli.s]

a slight tangent, but here seems as good as any - report of a visit to foulness, essex - not completely abandoned but very limited access

This bus route’s restricted to residents and monitored at a security checkpoint

Saturday 9th July 2022 I took a ride with my friend Ray on Stephensons’ bus route 14 between Southend-on-Sea and Foulness recently. But we needed special permission to travel on it. That’s because …

busandtrainuser.com

You can walk there, if you dare, on the most dangerous footpath in England. It goes along the coast, offshore and is tide dependant.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

You can walk there, if you dare, on the most dangerous footpath in England. It goes along the coast, offshore and is tide dependant.

no thanks, i might get my paws wet...

 

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Another lost village is Tyneham in Purbeck, Dorset. I visited earlier and enjoyed it far more than Imber.
You can visit Tyneham year round, provide there is no firing. You can wander in and out of the buildings, there is history with them. The surrounding countryside is gorgeous and you can easily visit the totally undeveloped beach of Worbarrow or go further to Lulworth.

Tyneham - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[newbie]

a slight tangent, but here seems as good as any - report of a visit to foulness, essex - not completely abandoned but very limited access

This bus route’s restricted to residents and monitored at a security checkpoint

Saturday 9th July 2022 I took a ride with my friend Ray on Stephensons’ bus route 14 between Southend-on-Sea and Foulness recently. But we needed special permission to travel on it. That’s because …

busandtrainuser.com

oooh! I've been to the checkpoint, and been turned away, but knew nothing of either the bus or, more interesting, the heritage center open days. It's going on the todo list, to join the walk on the Broomway which we've failed dismally year after year to book

 

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The opening dates for the rest of this year have recently been announced.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

What may be the last funeral in Imber of a former resident will be taking place in January

Final funeral in Wiltshire ‘ghost village’ likely to be that of former inhabitant

Wish granted for mechanic Ray Nash to be buried in childhood home of Imber, on Salisbury Plain

www.theguardian.com

 

[marty21]

Another lost village is Tyneham in Purbeck, Dorset. I visited earlier and enjoyed it far more than Imber.
You can visit Tyneham year round, provide there is no firing. You can wander in and out of the buildings, there is history with them. The surrounding countryside is gorgeous and you can easily visit the totally undeveloped beach of Worbarrow or go further to Lulworth.

Tyneham - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Yes , I mentioned this 13 years ago on this thread

 

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Yes , I mentioned this 13 years ago on this thread

Not an easy place to find, but well worth a day out

 

[yield]

I haven't been there, but I have been to Tyneham

Tyneham - Wikipedia

which is similar - felt a bit like a film set

A book about it has recently been reissued The Village that Died for England: Tyneham and the Legend of Churchill's Pledge - Repeater Books

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Read a story today about what was possibly the last burial at the village church - some chap who'd lived there. MoD gave permission for the burial to take place.

 

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What may be the last funeral in Imber of a former resident will be taking place in January

Final funeral in Wiltshire ‘ghost village’ likely to be that of former inhabitant

Wish granted for mechanic Ray Nash to be buried in childhood home of Imber, on Salisbury Plain

www.theguardian.com

Read a story today about what was possibly the last burial at the village church - some chap who'd lived there. MoD gave permission for the burial to take place.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

2023 Imber Bus event date now released - Saturday 19th August 2023

 

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Imber will of course be accessable over Easter should people be interested.

 

[hash tag]

Sorry, this is not going to Imber today

 

[Puddy_Tat]

forgot to post sooner - imber bus day is this saturday (17 august 2024)

Imberbus 2024

Imberbus 2024 will be held on Saturday 17th August when up to 30 old and new Routemaster buses (plus a few guest vehicles) will operate from Warminster to Imber and other points on Salisbury …

imberbus.org

 

[Puddy_Tat]

2025 Imber bus day has been released - Saturday 16th August 2025

Imberbus

Providing a classic bus service across the Salisbury Plain to the lost village of Imber

imberbus.org

 

[Monte]

I've been to the abandoned village of Oradour sur Glane.
Virtually the whole village was rounded up and killed by the 'Das Reich' Panzer regiment in July 1944.
The village was left untouched and not repopulated after the war and serves as a memorial to those who died.

 

[existentialist]

It's touching that the French have chosen to memorialise what was just one example of the unspeakable brutality that Germany meted out as their forces began to collapse.

But I can't help but think that such a village here would have ended up being flattened and the land sold off for a housing estate. Places like Imber only stay untouched because it suits the state to keep it that way.

 

[gentlegreen]

Coincidentally they just announced a preservation plan - doubtless modern ruins are more fragile than ancient ones...

Spoiler: Europe 1 radio item - English subtitles available

In Oradour-sur-Glane, relief after the signing of a management plan to preserve the village

To ensure that the massacre is never forgotten, the State has committed itself via an agreement to restore and maintain the ruins of Oradour-sur-Glane to the tune of 19 million euros over 15 years. A relief for those who keep the memory of the martyred village alive.