Stonehenge, Amesbury, Wiltshire, SP4 7DE. Open daily. Prices vary.
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Accessibility:
There is parking at Stonehenge. There are also accessible toilets, as well as an option to hire a wheelchair. Guide dogs are welcome.
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/plan-your-visit/access/
2025: "The main areas in and around car/coach parks, the visitor centre and the Stone Circle are accessible by wheelchair via tarmac and grass paths (subject to weather). The visitor shuttle buses are also accessible. Class 2 mobility scooters will fit on the shuttle bus max width 600mm x max length 1000mm. The wider landscape is not accessible to standard wheelchairs. Two wheelchairs are available to visitors on request at the admissions tills on a first come, first served basis. 22 accessible parking bays available. Visitor Shuttle service operates frequently from outside the shop. No need to pre-book. Takes 10 minutes to reach the Stones. Shuttles stop at Fargo Plantation (about halfway to the Stones) so that visitors can walk part of the way if they wish. Benches available in the visitor centre and in the car and coach park. Limited seating around the stone circle itself. Benches do not have back or arm rests. Pathways Surface And Gradients: Site is generally flat with a tarmac and grassed path around the circle itself.
Tactile objects in the exhibition and touching stones outside near the Neolithic Houses. Dog Bowl and ToiletingWater for dogs is available at the Visitor Centre and at the stones. There are a number of tactile opportunities available for all visitors in the exhibition as well as two large 'touching stones' outside the exhibition near the Neolithic houses.
Audio Tours available to download free of charge from the App Store or Google Play to a smart phone or tablet. Audio described tour available.
All audio items and tills at the visitors centre have induction loops. All spoken audio exhibits in exhibition have subtitles and BSL. An audio guide is available to download free of charge to a smartphone or tablet for use with your own headphones.
Easy Read Material: please ask a member of staff."
Brief Description:
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire. It is one of the most famous sites in the world, and is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge#
2025: " Stonehenge is a prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizontal lintel stones which are held in place with mortise and tenon joints—a feature unique among contemporary monuments.[2][3] Inside is a ring of smaller bluestones. Inside, these are free-standing trilithons, two bulkier vertical sarsens joined by a single lintel. The whole monument, now in ruins, is aligned towards the sunrise on the summer solstice and sunset on the winter solstice. The stones are set within earthworks in the middle of the densest complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred tumuli (burial mounds).[4]
Stonehenge was constructed in several phases beginning about 3100 BC and continuing until about 1600 BC. The famous circle of large sarsen stones was placed between 2600 BC and 2400 BC. The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. Radiocarbon dating suggests that the bluestones were given their current positions between 2400 and 2200 BC,[5] although they may have been at the site as early as 3000 BC.[6][7][8]
One of the most famous landmarks in the United Kingdom, Stonehenge is regarded as a British cultural icon.[9] It has been a legally protected scheduled monument since the Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882 was passed.[1] The site and its surroundings were added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986. Stonehenge is owned by the Crown Estate and managed by English Heritage; the surrounding land is owned by the National Trust.[10][11]
Stonehenge could have been a burial ground from its earliest beginnings.[12] Deposits containing human bone date from as early as 3000 BC, when the ditch and bank were first dug, and continued for at least another 500 years.[13] In March 2025, English Heritage announced that planning permission had been granted for two buildings to be constructed near the visitor facilities: a 'Learning Centre' to the east of the shuttle bus turning circle and a 'Neolithic classroom' near the existing recreated Neolithic village. These are due to open in the autumn of 2026.[167][168]"
Address:
Stonehenge, Amesbury, Wiltshire, SP4 7DE.
Email:
Available via website.
Phone:
0870 333 1181.
Website:
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg349e4q22o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2g25j71pxo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/ceq1dvjpq4eo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn7k55jg2n3o
Opening hours:
Open daily.
Prices vary. For info please go to- http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/prices-and-opening-times
Directions:
Stonehenge is approx. 10 miles North of Salisbury via the A36, A360 and then the B3096.
OS SU 100427.
Transport:
There is a regular bus service around Wiltshire.
For more travel information go to-http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/parkingtransportandstreets/publictransport/transporttimetableinformation.htm.
Amenities:
Airmen's Cross, Stonehenge, Wiltshire SP4 7DE https://seearoundbritain.com/venues/no-pictures-airmens-cross-stonehenge-wiltshire-sp4-7de
There are a number of exhibitions and tours at Stonehenge. There is also a shop, and a café that serves hot and cold drinks, and light meals. Picnics are welcome in specified areas of the grounds.
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Location
Nearest Venues
Airmen's Cross, Stonehenge, Wiltshire SP4 7DE
1.41 miles*
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1.88 miles*
Woodhenge, Salisbury, Wiltshire
1.89 miles*
St Andrew's Church, Great Durnford, Wiltshire
2.56 miles*
2.72 miles*
*Distances are calculated in a straight line from the current venue, please allow extra time/distance based on available paths or roads.