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Summer Solstice at Stonehenge '05

last updated : Tue 29th Jun 04
 
Date:  to be confirmedTuesday 21st June 05
Location:  Stonehenge, Wiltshire - MAP
Cost:  FREE (including FREE car park)
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English Heritage are likely to again provide "Managed Open Access" to Stonehenge for the Summer Solstice. Please help to create a peaceful occasion by taking personal responsibility and following the conditions.

The car park (on the Western side, enter off the A303 from the roundabout - it's signposted) will open at around 8pm opn 20th June, and close at around 1pm on 21st June.

Access to the stones themselves is from around 10pm until 9am.

There's likely to be entertainment from samba bands and drummers but no amplified music is allowed.

Van loads of police have been present in the area in case of any trouble, but generally a jovial mood prevails. Few arrests have been made in previous years, mostly in relation to minor drug offences.

Toilets and drinking water are available and welfare is provided by St Johns Ambulance. There are normally one or two food and drink vans with very reasonable prices (shockingly cheap compared to festival prices!), all well away from the stones themselves.

Sunrise is at around 4:45am.

Rules include no camping, no dogs, no fires or fireworks, no glass bottles, no large bags or rucksacks, and no climbing onto the stones. Please respect the rules so that we're all able to enjoy the solstice morning at Stonehenge for years to come.




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