[Closed] Stonehenge.!

Supply and Demand I guess and you can always join English Heritage. It's not just England though, when we went to France last year, pretty much everything was between 10 and 20 euros to get in to - Everyone cashes in on tourists. At least English Heritage is charity and keeps a lot of old/historic properties open and maintained - and that's an expensive business. If Stonehenge was owned privately, it would be a lot more than £6.90 to get in.

£6.90 is obscene. That area is rich. Stuff costs alot. go figure.

There are plenty of other megalithic locations around the UK with much more spirit.

Stonehenge now longer has any spirit.

Stonehenge now longer has any spirit.

Shut up hippy 😆

..only joking.

It's an obscenity. English Heritage are ethically bankrupt.

Supply and Demand I guess

Or exploiting a national treasure.

Just park on the lane then bunk over the fence innit 🙂

There are plenty of other megalithic locations around the UK with much more spirit.

True enough but it doesn't excuse squeezing the last of its life from it.

In ancient times
Hundreds of years before the dawn of history
Lived a strange race of people, the druids

No one knows who they were
Or what they were doing
But their legacy remains
Here into the living rock of Stonehenge

It's an obscenity. English Heritage are ethically bankrupt....Or exploiting a national treasure.

I'm not saying it's a reasonable price, but it's a non-profit charity. I guess you could argue that it exploits 'popular' attractions to subsidise other important properties - it's not like anyone else is going to do that.

Whenever work collegues come from overseas they always want to see stonehenge.

They always leave disapointed.

Those bloody druids would be spinning on their alters

It cant cost much to maintain, rip off IMO

no-one knows who they were or what they were doin...

google earth

I guess you could argue that it exploits 'popular' attractions to subsidise other important properties - it's not like anyone else is going to do that.

In theory I'd like to agree with you but I'm not sure they use their funds to the sites' best interests. They're lots of black holes into which 'not-for profit' monies can disappear into.

oh, and lol @ flasheart.

another oh, and... [url=

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Crumbs! Terrible!

How do you think I felt paying the monumental sum of 12 of your English pounds for a private early morning ceremony with a little group of friends before the masses arrived!!???

I must be a mug as I have done that twice now. I'd say the energy is alive and well 🙂

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I think I'd begrudge paying seven quid a lot less if you could actually get near the thing. I understand the need to scrote-proof it of course, but it's a bit galling when you pay your money to be told "that's it, over there."

went there a few weeks back, busy and expensive. But more anoying you can't really get anywhere near the stones.

Much prefered Avebury and even woodhenge with its little markers felt more understandable.

simonralli2 - do they still allow masses at Stonehenge? I thought they'd outlawed that sort of thing.

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One gent I was talking to said it was "for the upkeep".

It's not the forty road bridge ffs. Between the parking and the cafe they must be raking it in. No excuse imo. Just bleeding folk of their hard earned. Vert dissapointed. Glad I got to see it but still miffed.

That's a fair point HeathenWoods although I'm not sure how true that is in the case of EH.

You can join for 40 quid a year, which makes everything sound pretty reasonable given the number of properties you then have free access to. I'm clearly in a minority though 😉

Can't see the harm in using it as a cash cow to provide funds for other projects TBH

Cougar - yes they do and the staff are very friendly, welcoming and open to people of any background. They even let you touch the stones 🙂

Some friends of mine posted some Stonehenge ceremony photos last week so yes, you can still do this.

Oh and if anyone wants a big in your face henge, Thornborough Henges is worth a cheeky visit!

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Why fence it off?

Stonehenge would make a world class graffiti location. The paint might help preserve the stones for future generations as well.

A souless place, given the amount pissed up on the wall on repeated (and useless) enquiries, consultations and strategic future plans I'm hoping that some pissed up bulldozer driver and a mate with a grab lorry save us all a fortune one evening.

Try Callanish or Brogar and Hadrians Wall - actually worth a visit,

We used to picnic there most Sundays as kids as it was just down the road, the ropes went up after selfish twunts kept chisling bits of to take home.

Hopefully the visitor centre will finally get made one day, although looks like the funding is going to disappear 🙁

I drive past the bloody place twice a day and I never fail to be amazed by the amount of people wandering around. It'd be good if english heritage spent some of the profits from the site to make the a303 a dual carriageway past it.

For your massive area of megalithic stuff at the bargain price of no entry fee may I recommend [url= http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kilmartin/kilmartinglen/index.html ]Kilmartin Glen [/url]

I have a route that incorporates the bridleway beside Stonehenge, bit difficult to cross the two A roads though. 🙁

Could be a possibility for a Forum Ride at some point?

be good if english heritage spent some of the profits from the site to make the a303 a dual carriageway past it.

I'm not sure we should be making charities responsible for roads widening schemes.

last time i was at 'the henge' i ended up having a truncheon wrapped arond my head!!!! 😕

I lived about 2 miles from there a couple of years ago, every time that we had family visit they all wanted to see it.... they all left disappointed. I agree that Avebury is much more interesting.

Pop over to Ireland, loads of older places open to public FOC, kid you not 🙂

If we're talking about alternatives, I was down in Cornwall for a conference last week (feat. Ronald Hutton talking about Druids amongst others) and visited the Hurlers on my way down and up. That is an amazing place!

On my first visit there were bullocks charging each other on the edges of the central circle and on my second there were wild ponies and their foals wandering round the site. Beautiful!

Driven past twice and just slowed down.

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markfu, Durrington or Larkhill? Either way, not good!

Funny thread- will send around work tomorrow.
Also BTW-EH is not a charity it a part of the DCMS.

Could't resist, sorry 😈

Wood henge just up the road is free, Stonehenge is for mugs.

Strawhenge has gone

They have to fence it off because it's so accessible. Tell you a story... We were visiting Isla and missed the bus to the Ardbeg distillery. A one-eyed old boy (Mick) overheard me moaning and offered to drive us - cool!

After the tour, we had lunch with Mick then he suggested we visit the Kildalton Cross nearby. I'd read a little about it and it was a sunny day so agreed. He drove slowly and stopped by a little deserted churchyard. My jaw hit the floor and I was misty eyed (I am just thinking about it)!

I stood on it, touched it all over, embraced it. It's the most beautiful man-made thing I've seen and it's 1200 years old. And it's just standing there quietly and uncelebrated in that little churchyard

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It's a joke, I just came back from the Yosemite in the states. 20 dollars to take a car in for 7 days, lots of amenities, free walks / tours / classes by rangers, and yet it's all done tastefully and with better customer service than you'd ever get in the UK.

The UK is pretty crap TBH.

is that a hippy in a shell suit?

Stonehenge is for mugs

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