We hold our 5th Solstice Festival 0n 18-22 June 2013. Last years event was a sell out by March with a long waiting list. We are now taking bookings for 2013  and we expect to book out by March again.

 

 

 

 Our Festival is the one and only. We hold an annual 4 day Camping & Food Beer & Cider festival at our campsite from 18 June until 22 June.It always sells out & has a waiting list so book early. We are the closest site to Stonehenge being only 3.2 Miles by road ( A303) and 5.3 Mile walking and we are the only dedicated  Stonehenge Summer Solstice Festival that allows camping on mass with campfire and food festival for the Solstice

 

 

 

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Minimum stay 2 nights / @£20 =£40/ head ) This is fully inclusive of Shuttle Bus up & back to Stones, 1x Shower, Facilities & Bar &  Entertainment. One car/pitch

 

Cars We are short of car parking space so please car share or leave car @ Stones or Home. Or come by Bus!

 

We have a beautiful 9 acre smallholding and we have three fields for campers. Two will be a quiet areas for rest, relaxation and sleeping and the Campfire field will be a more social area with large communal campfire ( Sits 40+ ) and informal social area around the campfire ( Singers are encouraged so please bring your musical instruments, etc etc )                  

                                                                   

 

 

Shuttle Bus Transport We organise a 29 seater shuttle bus to run campers up to the Stones between 10pm - 1am and back between 4am-8.30am     Cost  FREE Included in ticket

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

English Heritage  provide Managed Open Access to Stonehenge for the summer solstice each year. There will be casual entertainment from drummers, samba bands and the like but no amplified music is allowed. When you visit Stonehenge for the solstice, please remember it is a sacred place to many and should be respected.

 

Toilets and drinking water are available. There are normally one or two food and drink vans but these can have huge queues and are well away from the stones themselves.

 

URGENT Please note Sunrise @ Stonehenge is at around 4.52am Thursday 21 June 2012 

 

Rules include no camping ( Nearest site is Stonehenge Campsite), no dogs, no fires or fireworks, no glass bottles, no large bags or rucksacks, and no climbing on the stones. Please use the bags given free on arrival and take them out, filled with your litter, to the skips provided. Please respect the rules so that we're all able to enjoy the solstice morning at Stonehenge for years to come.

 

Please read the full Conditions of Entry (PDF document)

 

Map for the event (PDF document)

 

A high volume of traffic is anticipated in the Stonehenge area on the evening of Monday 20th June.

 

Where possible, please travel to Stonehenge using public transport. The local bus company, Wilts & Dorset, will be running a service from Salisbury railway and bus stations to Stonehenge over the Solstice period. This bus service will commence at 1830 hours (6.30pm) on Monday 20th June and run regularly until 0115 hours (1.15am) on Tuesday 21st June. A service taking people back to Salisbury will start again at 0400 hours (4am) and run frequently until 0945 hours (9.45am). Access to Stonehenge from the bus drop off point is through the National Trust farmland.

 

Further details at English Heritage

 

You can also view EH many galleries of past solstices and please send EH some photos or links to video if you go this year.

 

Go to the English Heritage website - EH Solstice Information  http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/stonehenge/explore/summer-solstice-2010/

 

Or try www.megalithic.co.uk