Summer solstice: Hundreds attend Stonehenge despite advice

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Summer solstice: Hundreds attend Stonehenge despite advice



Hundreds of people attended the summer solstice at Stonehenge despite official advice asking them not to travel to the site in line with Covid restrictions.

As a result English Heritage pulled a live feed of the sunrise at the neolithic monument in Wiltshire at 04:52 BST due to safety concerns. ทดลองเล่นสล็อตฟรีทุกค่าย

People were seen climbing over a low fence to access the stones.

Wiltshire Police said the event was peaceful but added the number of people at nearby Avebury had caused issues.

Thousands of people tuned in to the live stream for the solstice but ended up watching pre-recorded footage of the stones until the feed returned at around 05:00 BST, showing largely cloudy skies.

Video from the scene showed about a hundred people inside the stone circle and a banner reading "Standing for Stonehenge". รีวิวเว็บสล็อต

Apologising for the outage, host Ed Shires said: "We have been disappointed that a number of people have chosen to disregard our request to not travel to the stones this morning and that is the reason why we haven't been able to bring you the pictures that we would have liked to have done.

"It is disappointing to see that happen but unfortunately in those kind of situations we have to put the safety of our staff members first and that's why we have had some interruption this morning."

English Heritage did not elaborate on how the attendance of people at the site prevented them from showing a live feed of the sunrise.

The organisation was preparing to welcome visitors until the government delayed the easing of lockdown into July.

Official access to Stonehenge and Avebury, which is about 24 miles (38km) away, had been stopped because of Covid.

Normally, up to 30,000 people would gather to watch the sun rise over the stones on the longest day of the year.