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| Stone Formation Archive 1986 |
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 Stone Formations news, views, gallery and archive brought to you by Weird Wiltshire Introduction Latest News News Archive Stonehenge Stonehenge Project Stonehenge 360 Avebury Saviours Stones Village Solstice Wayland Smithy Long Barrow Woodhenge Gallery Summer Solstice Gallery 2002 Summer Solstice Gallery 2004 Postcards Wallpaper Links 
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First published on June 12, 1986 STONEHENGE was again the most popular English Heritage property to be visited last year and that did not include any hippies. A total of 655,690 visited the monument, an increase of 16,000 on 1984, placing it above the most popular venue, Dover Castle, which had 200,000 visitors. The Stonehenge numbers rose despite a poor summer, and realised admission receipts of £437,858, up 25 per cent. But attendances fell at its near neighbour, Old Sarum, from 50,539 to 41,459. Other English Heritage properties in Wiltshire where numbers dropped were Avebury Museum, from 45,821 to 37,553, and Old Windsor Castle, from 13,575 to 12,107. One aspect that the figures do not reveal is the spin-off that visitors to Stonehenge must have on other places of interest in Wiltshire. Back to 1986 index |
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