Stonehenge tourists slam 'chaotic and farcical' new visitor centre amid cla

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Stonehenge tourists slam 'chaotic and farcical' new visitor centre amid claims new £27m venue is struggling to cope.

I was not aware that they had built a new visitor centre at Stone Henge or that it cost £27million..   I have NO Idea how they justify that !... for the sake of a few large old stones ..

seems unbelievable that they would spend so much on it after all the previous years, they seemed to get by OK...

I visited it in the last 5 years for my 1st & only time...Not sure I could justify it being such a big deal especially when you can no longer get too close to it..

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Visitors to the new £27million Stonehenge centre have described 'chaotic scenes' as they say the venue struggles to cope with the number of people attending.

Tourists endured long waits just to board the 'land trains' which ferry visitors to the historic site, and even Stonehenge staff have voiced concerns about the visitor centre.

Visitors have strongly criticised a host of logistical problems at the Wiltshire site's new centre since it opened three weeks ago.

Ticketing and transportation from the centre to the stones and back have been particularly 'chaotic', according to tourist reviews posted on TripAdvisor.

Visitors have moaned about queueing for more than an hour to board a 'land train' - three carriages pulled by a Land Rover - which carries around 45 people at a time and takes ten minutes to travel the mile-and-a-half from the centre to Stonehenge.

With just two land trains operating, English Heritage has been forced to lay on extra regular coaches, hired from local bus companies, to deal with numbers.



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