Visitor information for Stonehenge

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How to get there

Useful telephone numbers
British Rail's Information line:
08457 48 49 50
www.thetrainline.com
National Express link
08705 80 80 80 (10p per min) www.nationalexpress.com
Local buses to Stonehenge
www.wdbus.co.uk/

The Post Code for Stonehenge is: SP4 7DE and Avebury
is :SN8 1RF

By road

From Amesbury
Follow the signage.

From London Gatwick Airport
Take the M23 motorway and join the M25 motorway, following the signs for Heathrow Airport.
From the M25, exit at junction 12 for the M3 motorway towards Basingstoke.
Once on the M3 follow it to junction 8 signed A303 Andover.
Continue on the A303 ALL the way until you reach a roundabout. Follow the signage.

From London Heathrow Airport
Follow signs to the M4 West.
Continue for about 2 miles and come off at junction 4b onto the M25 South bound.
Follow the signs for Gatwick Airport. From the M25, exit at junction 12 for the M3 motorway towards Basingstoke.
Then follow the directions as above.

By train

The nearest train station to Stonehenge is Salisbury about 9.5 miles away.
From London the trains depart from Waterloo Station to Salisbury.

Check for times and prices as these may be subject to change and the trains depart approximately every hour.

The journey takes about an hour and a half. Local buses or a taxi can take you on.

By bus

The buses depart from Heathrow Airport and from Victoria Coach Station in the centre of London. The journey takes about 2 hours.
Get off at Amesbury.
From there you can either walk (about 2 miles), catch a bus or take a taxi.

You can buy tickets on the coach, at the coach station, or from ticket agents for National Express. It is the cheapest way to travel to Stonehenge.

If you are coming from Gatwick Airport you will need to first get to Heathrow Airport or to Victoria coach station (you can do this by bus) and from there change buses to Salisbury.

These links to transport companies, local and national will help you.

We do not offer a route planning service, although we will try to help if necessary.

www.wdbus.co.uk
www.nationalexpress.com

www.nationalrail.co.uk
www.thetrainline.com

For road travel, do invest in a good set of maps, such as the AA Road Map of Great Britain, available at www.amazon.co.uk or garages or stationers, modestly priced and invaluable for finding your way.