It’s that time of year again – thousands of people have celebrated the sun rising over Stonehenge for the summer solstice. Approximately 12,000 people attended the Wiltshire monument to witness the stunning sunrise at 4.52am.
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England - Bath & Southwest England (Chapter)
England’s southwest is simply spectacular. Here the past is ever present – prepare for close encounters with iconic stone circles, Iron Age hill forts and Roman baths. The landscape immerses you in the myths of Kings Arthur and Alfred the Great, and the writings of Thomas Hardy, Jane Austen and Daphne du Maurier.
- securing a space on a magical dawn walk inside the massive sarsen ring at Stonehenge
- soaking up beach life on the white sands of Porthcurno or at a quaint surf spot, such as Croyde
- strolling England’s most glorious Georgian street, Bath’s Royal Crescent
Coverage includes: Hampshire, New Forest, Isle of Wight, Dorset, Wiltshire, Stonehenge & around, Exmoor National Park, Devon, Exeter & Around, Torquay & Around, Bristol, Bath, Somerset, Tintagel, Newquay, Penzance, Southeast Cornwall & the Rame Peninsula, Isles of Scilly.
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England - Bath & Southwest England (Chapter)
England’s southwest is simply spectacular. Here the past is ever present – prepare for close encounters with iconic stone circles, Iron Age hill forts and Roman baths. The landscape immerses you in the myths of Kings Arthur and Alfred the Great, and the writings of Thomas Hardy, Jane Austen and Daphne du Maurier.
- securing a space on a magical dawn walk inside the massive sarsen ring at Stonehenge
- soaking up beach life on the white sands of Porthcurno or at a quaint surf spot, such as Croyde
- strolling England’s most glorious Georgian street, Bath’s Royal Crescent
Coverage includes: Hampshire, New Forest, Isle of Wight, Dorset, Wiltshire, Stonehenge & around, Exmoor National Park, Devon, Exeter & Around, Torquay & Around, Bristol, Bath, Somerset, Tintagel, Newquay, Penzance, Southeast Cornwall & the Rame Peninsula, Isles of Scilly.
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