Destination guide
Stonehenge / Salisbury
United Kingdom
Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age stone monument in a on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. The WHS is quite large and contains many other structures from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages.
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Prioritize visiting the King Barrows Ridge for your primary vantage point; it offers a superior, elevated perspective of the Stonehenge bowl that the ground-level visitor center path cannot match.
Escape the main visitor crowds by exploring the Stonehenge Cursus or Woodhenge; these sites are far quieter and allow you to experience the Neolithic landscape away from the primary monument's perimeter fencing.
Utilize the network of National Trust footpaths to connect the monuments on foot or by bicycle rather than relying solely on the shuttle bus, ensuring you stay on marked trails to protect sensitive archaeological sites like the Winterbourne Stoke Barrows.
Allocate time to visit the Wiltshire Museum in Devizes to view the artifacts recovered from the Normanton Down cemetery, as these items provide the necessary context to understand the significance of the barrows you will see in the field.
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Best time to go
Best window: April–October
Kind weather all year — there is no month to avoid.
Rated from ten years of daily temperature and rainfall recorded at this destination, via Open-Meteo's ERA5 reanalysis. Hover a month for its real numbers.
Getting around
Walking
The National Trust has opened some 260 hectares of its land to walkers so that they can access some of the monuments around the area.
Bicycle
Several quiet back roads and bridleways make access to the monuments quite easy, and for the hardy cyclist, Stonehenge can be combined with a larger tour around Amesbury and the Woodford Valley on the way to Salisbury.
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What to see
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Salisbury Cathedral
3 sources agreeAlso recommended by Rick Steves' Europe and 2 others
Home to Britain's tallest spire and the best-preserved of the four original copies of the Magna Carta, on display in the cathedral's Chapter House.
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Stonehenge
Worth itAlso recommended by Rick Steves' Europe and 1 other
You stand within sight of 5,000-year-old sarsen stones hauled from Wales, still aligned precisely to the midsummer sunrise.
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Salisbury Cathedral Close
Worth itAlso recommended by Rick Steves' Europe
The largest cathedral close in England, a walkable green enclave of medieval and Georgian houses ringing the cathedral lawns.
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Old Sarum
Worth itAlso recommended by Lonely Planet
The grassy ramparts of the abandoned Iron Age hillfort and former cathedral site that Salisbury was relocated from in the 13th century.
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Avebury Stone Circle
Worth itAlso recommended by Rick Steves' Europe
A far larger, walk-through Neolithic stone circle near Stonehenge where you can touch the stones and wander freely among a whole village built inside it.
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Winterbourne Stoke Barrows
A mile west of Stonehenge is a collection of every type of burial mound found in the UK. A neolithic long barrow creates an alignment that later Bronze Age barrows have been built on, including distinct bowl, bell, pond, saucer and disc…
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Normanton Down
Less than half a mile south of Stonehenge, this is a cemetery of over 50 barrows, including the famous :w:Bush Barrow with finds in the :w:Wiltshire Museum in Devizes. The area around the barrows is now an RSPB reserve for stone curlews.
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Stonehenge Cursus
A huge and mysterious monument, the cursus is a 3 km long earthwork just north of Stonehenge. Consisting of a ditch and bank running east-west, it is still visible on the landscape, although its purpose remains unknown.
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Woodhenge
A contemporary monument to Stonehenge, Woodhenge was a series of timbers erected in oval rings, and like Stonehenge is aligned to the rising sun on the summer solstice.
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The Avenue
A ceremonial approach way to Stonehenge, the Avenue links the monument to the river Avon. Its ditch and embankment can still be seen from the stones, and its path can be followed up to King Barrows Ridge.
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King Barrows Ridge
So called because of its commanding views of Stonehenge, King Barrows Ridge is on the course of the Avenue, and delivers one of the most breathtaking views over Stonehenge bowl.
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Where to stay
Stonehenge Inn
2 Stonehenge Road, Amesbury, SP4 8BN· Expensive
A small inn with 9 rooms. Basic rooms and breakfast, free parking.
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