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nigelswift Sep 6, 2013 05:50:52
Replying to Mustard

Mustard wrote:
If they intend to charge, I don't see how they will enforce it in the absence of fences and gates.
There's a ticket kiosk in the VC and a set number of tickets per hour will be issued. But then there's this....

"the closure of the A344, together with the removal of two fences, means people will once again be able to walk along the Avenue and up to the circle.
The view is one of the best, with the stones gradually emerging out of the landscape. But visitors will still not be able to get right up to the stones; they will be intercepted by staff and asked to pay the admission fee" http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/jul/11/stonehenge-27-million-makeover-a344

R Rhiannon
Rhiannon Sep 6, 2013 07:09:25
Replying to nigelswift

If you have to walk more than 50 yards from the car park, no one* will bother. At least, that's my repeated experience everywhere I've ever been - I'm guessing most people on this forum also find themselves alone with a tumbleweed as soon as they're out of earshot of the ice cream van, every time they go out? This year's classic example on Lindisfarne - horrifyingly massive carpark filling up, but literally 1 minute from the castle the island was completely desolate (in a good way) and me and Mr Rh saw like 2 other people during a couple of hours. So strolling types might get to Stonehenge eventually but Im pretty certain most people will be happy with a flyby view in the car, or otherwise get the landtrain.

* ie no one but me and 0.001% of everyone else