US EditionThousands welcome winter solstice as Sun rises over Stonehenge
English Heritage requires pre-booked parking and enforces traffic controls to ease congestion at Stonehenge, with over 15,000 visitors expected for the Winter Solstice sunrise event.
- On Sunday, December 21, Stonehenge opened for the Winter Solstice with sunrise expected at 08:09 GMT, and English Heritage streamed the dawn.
- As the shortest day of the year, the Winter Solstice draws crowds to Stonehenge annually on 21 December, and English Heritage says the site is sacred and asks visitors to show respect.
- English Heritage requires visitors to pre-book parking, allowing only pre-booked vehicles access; on-site parking sold out, so public transport via Salisbury Reds and shuttle buses for visitors with accessibility needs is urged.
- National Highways urged drivers to plan A303 journeys ahead, warning of road closures, diversions onto the A345, A360 northbound closure, and a 40mph speed limit with lay-by closures.
- Organisers set clear entry conditions prohibiting alcohol, drones, camping gear and pets not assistance animals, while advising visitors to expect slow queues and dress warmly as booking aims to reduce unsafe parking and congestion.
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With the winter solstice, or winter solstice, which marks the beginning of the calendar winter, the days in the Northern Hemisphere begin to get longer again.
Thousands of visitors watched the sunrise at Stonehenge, a stone structure erected 5,000 years ago, in the early morning hours. This year, the winter solstice, or winter solstice, occurred at 16.03.
Thousands celebrated the winter solstice at the ancient stones of Stonehenge on Sunday. The crowd, estimated by police to be 8,500, peacefully greeted the sunrise at the end of the longest night of the year in a picnic atmosphere, braving the strong, icy winds that always blow across the barren plateau in Wiltshire. Those gathered were lucky this time, as they could only glimpse the rising sun, although it was obscured by thin clouds. In previou…
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Thousands of people converged at the ancient monument of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England, on December 21, to witness the winter solstice sunrise. The annual gathering marks the shortest day of the year and the symbolic return of longer daylight hours, drawing an estimated 5,000 visitors, including druids, pagans, and general enthusiasts, to the iconic Neolithic site. 🔬 Winter Solstice 2025 on December 21: Thousands Gather at Stonehenge to See …
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