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The Government, through the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has established a group of stakeholders to look at ways of improving the Stonehenge World Heritage Site. A Project Implementation Group, led by English Heritage (which has responsibility for the management of the Stonehenge monument), reports to the Stonehenge Project Board, chaired by the Ministers for Culture and Transport.

The Group’s members include: English Heritage, Government Office for the South West, Highways Agency, National Trust, Natural England, Salisbury District Council, South West Regional Development Agency, and Wiltshire County Council.

In order to implement environmental improvements at Stonehenge while the current A303 remains open to traffic, two principal elements are being proposed:

• First, the improvement or relocation of the visitor facilities and parking, with better interpretation of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site. A number of possible locations for the new visitor facilities have been shortlisted, and are being considered against a range of criteria.

• Second, the closure of the A344 where it runs adjacent to the Stones. This involves the closure of its junction with the A303, which would in turn require changes to other nearby junctions on the road network.

This website gives you details on the shortlisted options for the location of new visitor facilities and on the proposed changes to the road network near Stonehenge.

WORLD HERITAGE SITE MANAGEMENT PLAN REVIEW

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS