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For Great Days Out, why not join English Heritage?
Membership of English Heritage gives you unlimited access to over 400 historic properties across the country. It also gives free entry for up to 6 accompanying children. Membership of English Heritage gives you a whole years worth of fun days out that are also educational.
Why not start off by visiting Stonehenge?
Stonehenge is probably my favourite English Heritage site that I have visited. It is one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments. Everyone should visit it at least once. I have been three times, twice in the last year.
Stonehenge is a man made circle of huge stones built on the Salisbury Plain. Anything more than that is speculation. It is believed that it was started over 5,000 years ago and took about 1,000 years to build.
How was it built? Nobody knows. 5,000 years ago, how could people move such large stones over such a distance. Why was it built? Nobody knows.
It is known that the sun always rises behind the Heel Stone on the 21st of June (the longest day of the year).Some people believe that it may have been used as a calendar and used in the study of the movement of the stars. When you visit Stonehenge you won’t get all the answers but you’ll have a great day out.
Stonehenge is more than the stone blocks. It also has replicas of five neolithic houses furnished with replica Neolithic axes, pottery and other artefacts. See how people lived over 4,500 years ago. Also on site is the Stonehenge Exhibition Centre that contains over 250 archaeological treasures, hands on exhibits, and the reconstructed face of a 5,000 year old man.
While you’re there don’t forget to visit the nearby, lesser known, Woodhenge. Woodhenge was probably built about 4,300 years ago. It is believed to be the remains of a large burial mounds. You should also not miss the once thriving town of Old Sarum with its Iron Age hill fort. Also nearby is the Netheravon Dovecote, an early 18th century dovecote with 700 chalk nesting boxes.
Admission to Stonehenge costs £19 for adults and £11.40 for children but entry is free for English Heritage members. Click here for English heritage membership.
So how much does English Heritage membership cost?
Individual membership is £5.75/month or £5.25 for seniors.
Joint adult membership is £10.00/month or £9.00 for seniors.
Single Parent Family membership is £5.75/month
Two Parent Family membership is £10.00/month
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