The new Visitor Centre is designed to be sensitive to its surroundings and to the significance of the monument. Sited 1.5 miles to the west of the stones, it will not be visible from the monument.

Exhibitions, café, shop and general facilities will be housed in a pair of single-storey spaces - one glass and the other timber-enclosed - sitting beneath a gently undulating roof. The centre will be linked to the Stones by a low-key transit system.

Director Stephen Quinlan said “Designing a visitor centre at a site of such importance is both a major challenge and a serious responsibility. Our proposal, above all, seeks not to compromise the solidity and timelessness of the Stones, but to satisfy the brief with a design which is universally accessible, environmentally sensitive, and at the same time appears almost transitory in nature.”

Further information can be found on the website for English Heritage: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk