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Stonehenge worth it? Crowds, a rope fence and quieter stones nearby

A pricey ticket, a shuttle bus, and a rope that keeps you well back from the stones while a few thousand other people do the same walk round.

You do not have to. Here are 12 places within 20 miles of Stonehenge that most visitors drive straight past. No ticket office, no coach park, often nobody else there.

Normanton GorseWood · 0.7 miles from Stonehenge

Fargo PlantationForest · 1.0 miles from Stonehenge

Winterbourne Stoke ClumpWood · 1.3 miles from Stonehenge

Amesbury History CentreMuseum · 1.9 miles from Stonehenge

Chain HillMountain / peak · 3.7 miles from Stonehenge

High PostMountain / peak · 4.0 miles from Stonehenge

Beacon HillMountain / peak · 4.5 miles from Stonehenge

Yarnbury CastleArchaeological place · 5.5 miles from Stonehenge

Boscombe Down Aviation CollectionMuseum · 5.7 miles from Stonehenge

Old Sarum CastleCastle · 6.0 miles from Stonehenge

Grovely CastleArchaeological place · 6.1 miles from Stonehenge

Coombe HillMountain or hill · 6.6 miles from Stonehenge