Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
• Collect your ticket (or skip the line if you already have yours) and go straight to the ex-
cellent exhibit space.
Visitors Center
(See “Stonehenge Overview” map,
here
.)
The new visitors center, located 1.25 miles west of the circle, is a minimalist steel structure
with a wavy roofline, intended to replicate the Salisbury plains.
The
permanent exhibit
uses an artful combination of high-tech multimedia displays
and prehistoric bones, tools, and pottery shards to explore the history of the people who
built Stonehenge, how they lived, and why they might have built the stone circle.
Stand in the virtual center of Stonehenge, as 5,000 years pass by around you. Be sure
to find the forensic reconstruction of a Neolithic man, based on a skeleton unearthed in
1863. Then step outside and visit his ancient neighborhood—a village of
Neolithic huts
modeled after the traces of a village discovered just northeast of Stonehenge.
Pick up the handy audioguide as you make your way to the shuttle platform. (If nature
calls, be sure to use the WCs within the Visitors Center, as there are only emergency WCs
at the circle itself.)
