Stonehenge General Info

ENGLISH HERITAGE - MANAGED OPEN ACCESS STONEHENGE

SUMMER SOLSTICE

Contact EH 01722 34 38 35 sally'gardnerATenglish-heritage.org.uk for disabled access info and check this link for full CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

SGWI PRESENTED OBJECTIONS AT OCT 2011 PUBLIC INQUIRY

WE WERE PART OF THE OBJECTING GROUP THAT CROSS EXAMINED & PRESENTED OUR CASE ANDTHE INSPECTOR AGREED WITH US - WE WON THE PUBLIC INQUIRY IN OCT 2011 WHICH MEANT DESPITE EH, NT & WILTS CC'S DEMANDS, WE CAN STILL PARK ON THE DROVES AND BYWAYS, UNLESS THERE IS A TEMP TRO AS PER THE INFO BELOW -
WELL DONE EVERYONE, PEOPLE POWER DOES WORK

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RIGHTS OF WAY CLOSURES & INFO

Sometimes the byways open to all traffic [BOATS] and droves are closed for maintenance or due to large influx of people on Solstices - - for any queries:

"Rights of Way Closures
Rights of Way Traffic Regulation Orders &
 Closures

"TTROs" are temporary Traffic Regulation Orders made under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, applied when it is necessary to control traffic along a right of way.

Wiltshire Council provide a searchable register of temporary Traffic Regulation Orders in place across the County.

For Further Information

Please ring the Public Rights of Way Section on 01225 713044, or email rightofway@wiltshire.gov.uk

 NEWS!

INFO WILL BE PUT HERE WITH ANY RELEVANT DATA INCLUDED IN A LINK

2016 MINISTRY OF JUSTICE DECIDED THAT ALL BONES FROM STONEHENGE AUBREY EXCAVATION BY MIKE PARKER PEARSON WOULD BE KEPT AT SALISBURY WILTSHIRE MUSEUM

Replies to recent queries re Stonehenge WHS

Jan 2016 Totem markers are still awaited after grassing over of old A344 road
March 2013 - reply toSGWI query to English Heritage re future of TOTEM POLES' markers in present Stonehenge car park
According to the planners, the developers will mark the Mesolithic post holes and tree throws with some sensitively designed low level markers. The design is still being worked out. They will be representative of the items that once stood there but will not seek to replicate them. They will not be like the markers at Stonehenge.
 April 2013 - reply from Phil Tilley Development Control Engineer Sustainable Transport Wiltshire Council on Safety of walkers between the WHS to Amesbury after grassing of A344

STOP PRESS - THE INSPECTOR ON THE TRO INQUIRY DECIDED WE COULD PARK ON THE DROVES - WE WON, THANKS TO ALL YOUR EFFORTS

General overview of STONEHENGE PUBLIC PLANNING  INQUIRIES 2010-11 
see these links

For the Decision of the Inspector and history of the planning applications for both the
 Stonehenge Visitor Centre and
 the proposed TRO Traffic Regulatory Order [which was denied by the Inspector]
which would have stopped parking on the droves and byways at Stonehenge WHS -
see document links here & SCROLL DOWN TO YELLOW SECTION FOR FURTHER INFO

STONEHENGE REBURIAL INFO IS CONTAINED IN LINK BELOW TO PAGES A, B & C RELATING TO ENGLISH HERITAGE, MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, SHEFFIELD UNI - JUDICIAL REVIEW WAS REFUSED ON 22 MARCH 2011 - 7 DAYS FOR AN APPEAL - SEE INFO ON THESE LINKS