Stonehenge today: Accessibility

Stonehenge is affected by the traffic and the two roads which are built closely on the both the sides of the Stonehenge. The government have planned to close down highway A 344 which is found in a side of the Stonehenge as the monument was considered a world heritage site and to rebuild the vista stones. On December 6th 2007, the government approved 23 million euro to close A344 and to fund a smalled visitor centre.

When the Stonehenge was first open to the public, visitors are allowed to walk among the stones and even climb and sit on top of the stones. However, from 1977 onwards, visitors are no longer allowed to touch nor sit on top of the stones as some of the stones were put out of place. Today, visitors were only allowed to walk around the monument a distance from the Stonehenge monument. However, visitors are only allowed to enter on summer and winter solstice, the spring and autumn equinox, or if they make special bookings to access the stones.