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Stonehenge (English Heritage)
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Stonehenge
SP4 7DE
Wiltshire
England
Collection details
Archaeology
Contact details
information line (Tel)
:
01980 624715
Website
:
www.english-heritage.org.uk/stonehenge
Open
Opening Times:16th - 23rd October: 0930 - 1700; 24th October - 15 March: 0930 - 1600; 16th March - 31st May: 0930 - 1800; 1st June - 31st August: 0900 - 1900, 1st September - 15th October: 0930 - 1800.
Recommended last admissions no later than 30 mins before closing time. Stonehenge will be closed promptly 20 mins after advertised time.
Admission charges
Adults 4.40
Children 2.20
Concession 3.30
EH Members Free
Other Family ticket (2 adults & 3 children) £11.00
Discounts
English Heritage
Description
There is nothing quite like Stonehenge anywhere in the world and for 5000 years it has drawn visitors to it. Standing like ‘soldiers of time,' we shall never know what drew people here over the centuries or why hundreds of people struggled over thousands of years to build this monument, but visitors from all over the world come to marvel at this amazing feat of engineering. To this day Stonehenge remains a mystery.
English Heritage is charged with caring for Stonehenge and is committed to its conservation and good management and preservation for future generations. In the landscape around it, the National Trust – who own nearly 1500 acres – are equally concerned for the well-being of this area.
Stonehenge is Britain's greatest prehistoric archaeological monument. Known throughout the world, these enigmatic stones have engendered a sense of reverence in the millions of people who visit them. Unfortunately, over the years Stonehenge has suffered from such an influx of visitors and now bears many scars. Its dignity must be restored.
In April 1999 the organisations responsible for Stonehenge agreed to work together to improve the conservation, management and presentation of the entire World Heritage Site.
Before Stonehenge was built thousands of years ago, the whole of Salisbury Plain was a forest of towering pines and hazel woodland. Over centuries the landscape changed to open chalk downland. What you see today is about half of the original monument, some of the stones have fallen down, others have been carried away to be used for building or to repair farm tracks and over centuries visitors have added their damage too. It was quite normal to hire a hammer from the blacksmith in Amesbury and come to Stonehenge to chip bits off. As you can imagine this practice is no longer permitted!
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Trails
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Available resources
Stones and Bones: Stonehenge in its Landscape Discovery Visit
Handling collection or artefacts; Workshop or activity session (Resource)
The Business of Heritage and Tourism Discovery Visit
Guided tour (Resource)
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