Public art & sculpture · South West England
Woodhenge
In or near Worth Matravers.
Woodhenge in England South West, United Kingdom.
Phil Champion — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Harman's Cross · 2.5 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Woodhenge in Dorset, the nearest railway station is Harman's Cross, located 2.5 km away. Entry is free, but accessibility is limited for wheelchair users. The postcode for sat-nav is BH19 3LE.
About
Woodhenge is a public sculpture in England South West, United Kingdom, dating from 2015. Britain's public art ranges from Henry Moore reclining figures and Anthony Gormley installations to the Angel of the North and the surviving statues of empire.
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Summary from the official site
Woodhenge is a Neolithic site located near Stonehenge, consisting of six concentric ovals of standing posts. It was discovered in 1925 through aerial photography, and today, visitors can see concrete markers indicating the original positions of the timber posts.
Read more on the official property page.
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: South Dorset Coast SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Dorset
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Woodhenge is a Neolithic Class II henge and timber circle monument within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Stonehenge, in Durrington parish, just north of the town of Amesbury.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Architecture
The site consists of six concentric oval rings of postholes, the outermost being about 43 by wide. They are surrounded first by a single flat-bottomed ditch, 2.4 m deep and up to 12 m wide, and finally by an outer bank, about 10 m wide and 1 m high. Subsequent theories have indicated that the weight and pressure of the soil over the years could have caused the skull to fragment. After excavation, the remains were taken to London, where they were destroyed during The Blitz, making further examination impossible. Cunnington also found a crouched inhumation of a teenager within a grave dug in the eastern section of the ditch, opposite the entrance. Most of the 168 post holes held wooden posts,…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 50.5989, -2.0390
- District
- Dorset
- Parish
- Worth Matravers
- Postcode
- BH19 3LE
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Dorset
- Established
- 2015
- Nearest railway station
- Harman's Cross — 2.5 km
- Opening
- Open any reasonable time during daylight hours
- Official site
- www.english-heritage.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q113489096 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Woodhenge (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Woodhenge?
- Woodhenge is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode BH19 3LE), in the parish of Worth Matravers.
- What is Woodhenge?
- Woodhenge in England South West, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Woodhenge?
- The nearest railway station is Harman's Cross, about 2.5 km away. Drivers can use postcode BH19 3LE.
- When was Woodhenge built?
- Built or established in 2015.
- Is Woodhenge a protected site?
- Yes — Woodhenge is part of the South Dorset Coast SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Dorset National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Woodhenge free to visit?
- Yes, Woodhenge is free to enter.
- How do I get to Woodhenge?
- The nearest railway station is Harman's Cross, about 2.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BH19 3LE.