# Historical honeypot - Stonehenge

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- Attracts thousands of visitors each year.
- It is as old as many of the pyramids in Egypt.
- You used to be able to wander around the stones but because of graffiti it is cordoned off now.
- Site has been redeveloped over the last 5 years. The car park has been enlarged, a gift shop, restaurant and toilets have also been added.
- A tunnel has been built from the car park to the stones.
- Concern about the effects on stones from busy A303. A tunnel for the traffic has now been approved and will be built in the near future.
- There is a desire to build a more dramatic multimedia centre with further facilities.
- There is also damage from weathering to the stones.
- Stonehenge is a worship place for druids on the longest day. There is now a limit on the number of worshippers allowed in.
- Situated in Wiltshire; 2 miles west of Amesbury.
- Stonehenge is run by English Heritage.