Tolbert Travels

We visited Stonehenge for FREE in June 2024 & we were not English Heritage or National Trust members. We had four adults in our party, so we saved around $145.16 (28 pounds per adult using conversation rates for today) by taking the public footpath. We already had many activities and tours booked for our three weeks in country, so it was wonderful to still see the stone circle without paying. We also enjoyed the walk through the countryside to get to and from the stone circle.

On the left: Public footpath (free) // On the right: people who paid

Where to park for free?

Blogs that we read prior to our trip suggested we park on Fargo Road, but there is a gate blocking this road now. Instead drive along the Packway and turn down Willoughby Road. We parked along this road (right before Fargo Rd.) crosses it and then walked to Stonehenge on a gravel road. See picture below that I snapped after we got out of our Turo rental and began walking down the road. You will see an apartment complex right next to where you can park for free along the road. Also, don’t be surprised if you see other cars parked there too because they are doing the same thing as you! 🙂

We passed lots of campers that had seemingly been parked there for some time. A few people were even enjoying a campfire and music in the middle of the day. Pictures included below are in order of what you will see as you walk along the road to Stonehenge.

FREE PUBLIC FOOTPATH: You can’t miss the bus drop off circle for tourists coming from the Stonehenge Visitor Centre, but before the gate that leads to the paid pathway there is a gate with a sign saying, “Permissive path for pedestrians and cyclists.” This is the gate you want to enter. The view is just as good in my opinion as we didn’t care to get closer to the stones.

Stonehenge is thought to have been constructed over 4.5k years ago when people only had bone and antler tools. It is also neat that when the sun rises on the longest day of the year … it is in just the right spot! The amount of mathematics the people who built this site had to have possessed is mind boggling to me. Here are a few pictures we snapped. We enjoyed our first visit to Stonehenge together!