Such an interesting day out, taking in such an ancient piece of history. The exhibition is well laid out with lots of interesting details to learn, including the roundhouses. As for the stones themselves, just breathtaking. The shop and cafe are top notch and worth a visit whilst you’re there

The Visitor Centre, restaurant, and gift shop are all excellent, although the queues at the restaurant and toilets were very long (half term). Do leave enough time to see and absorb everything at the centre because it’s worth it. The staff were very helpful and had my pre-ordered guidebook ready for us. It was very dog friendly too. You can choose to walk or grab a shuttle from the Visitor Centre to the Stonehenge site itself, but note that dogs, while well catered for otherwise, are not allowed on the shuttle or on the path around the stones. We enjoyed the walk, although the kids less so (it was raining!), and most of them chose the return shuttle. Amazing to see the stones in person for the first time, although I imagine the more immersive “up close” experiences would have been much better. It was also crowded, which made it all feel a bit impersonal. Recommend visiting on a quieter day, I expect that would have been more special.

It is beautiful to observe this place with the changing light of the day, even if you don't know the nature of the work. In general, I believe that a nice exhibition itinerary has been organised: it is a museum antechamber to the visit to the site and which helps the visitor to contextualise the monument. I also found the shop and the refreshment area clean and welcoming. We had a beautiful day.

It was an unforgettable experience traveling to mysterious Stonehenge we took bus ride for 18.50 each. It was an audio guided tour with mesmerising views of green lands. We reached destination and saw many people at the ticket entrance for bus to Stonehenge it was 23£ for each. Instead of bus ticket we would suggest to take a free public walk which is only 2 km. You can reach closer and take photos.

As National Trust members we got free entry and I’m really pleased as at £25/ head admission I think we would have been disappointed. As with previous reviewers, I last visited as a child and had memories of climbing the stones and getting really close to history. I absolutely appreciate why that is no longer allowed but it does mean viewing from a distance. We walked from the Visitor Centre which was about 20mins, though the shuttle bus is a great option. Once you’ve taken a look there really isn’t much else. The museum gives the history and there are a few artefacts and a mock up of the huts that might have been lived in at the time of construction. A nice cafe but really not a huge amount else. Worth seeing but not a cheap day out.

Fantastic visit, kids loved it. The visitors centre is good for children as it gives some basic info around the stones, what they would have looked like complete, why/how they may have been built etc. If you're a National Trust member you can get in for FREE. We walked to the stones and caught the handy bus back again. There is an English Heritage app for the tour - download it, well worth a listen as it explores aspects of Henge plus the landscape. You can walk around Stonehenge on the public footpaths and skip the visitors centre, but you're quite far back from the stones and can't walk all the way around, so if you're only going to go once or for the first time - buy a ticket! Plus you'll be supporting English Heritage who are preserving the monument for the future.

We are National Trust members and able to use our membership to visit Stonehenge. We enjoyed looking around the exhibition, walked down to the stones and got the bus back, great to have the buses there if you want to use them. Plenty of on site parking and toilets. My only criticism is that I don't like it when you are being served for drink/food and the staff serving you are having a private conversation between themselves, the food and coffee were great though. I had the curried vegetable pasty, it was delicious. Would certainly visit again.

The day we choose to visit the Neolithic Stonehenge was a rainswept one, across the whole gusty Salisbury Plain, that would still remain barren of people today but for the million visitors each year, who make the pilgrimage to the inscrutable Stonehenge Circle dating circa 2600BC. It was evdent that there were no English Heritage voluntary guides at the Stonehenge monuments to provide us with any insights into their purpose or reason for the existence of this remakable monument. Our Neolithic ancestors were intent on celebrating the transport of their most revered pagan leaders from the spiritual living to the place of permanent burial at this most ancient grave yard in England. Fortunatley, I jhad read the excellent review of Stonehenge-Exploring the Greatest Stone Age Muystery- Mike Parker Pearson 2012 and his perceptive insights into the Neolithic monument of unification of groups of people with their beliefs and linked with the symetery of the summer and winter solstices.. Stonehenge was for a period of several hundred years a place of expressing the strongest feelings of life and bereavment for honoured Neothic Leaders and will never cease to suspend our powers of human immagination as to why it was built.

This was the main reason I visited Salisbury - it's like visiting the Great Pyramid if you go to Cairo or the Acropolis if you find yourself in Athens; it needs to be done. There's good signage around explaining things and there's an audio guide available from the visitor centre if you want to find out more. That said, you don't have to go to the visitor centre to gain entry - if you've already got a ticket, you can walk/cycle from Amesbury (or Salisbury, if you're feeling brave), enter the site from the east and a friendly English Heritage person will let you in.

Arrived with friends for our second family visit to the iconic stones. We were greeted by one of the volunteers Neville, who was absolutely fantastic and set up our afternoon perfectly! The exhibition was great, with lots of global context and interesting artefacts. We then walked the countryside route to Stonehenge which allows you to view the broader landscape in a Neolithic context which brings the monument to life. The henge itself is smaller than you expect, but the other barrows mean the overall scene is well worth exploring and understanding!