Stonehenge on your own: ticket prices and how to get there from London

Stonehenge stands in Wiltshire near Amesbury, postcode SP4 7DE. You can get there and get in on your own, without a tour company, and it works out noticeably cheaper. Here are the prices and the route, from English Heritage as of 12 November 2026.

Prices: booking ahead saves a fifth

Tickets bought online in advance: adult £27.20, child aged 5 to 17 £13.60, concession £24.65, family with two adults and up to three children £68.00, family with one adult and up to three children £40.80.

The same tickets bought on the day: adult £32.00, child £16.00, concession £29.00, families £80.00 and £48.00.

Those are the Gift Aid prices, which include a voluntary donation of 10%. You can pay without it: an adult is then £24.65 in advance and £29.00 on the day, and a child £12.32 and £14.50.

Online booking stays open until midnight the night before. English Heritage says early booking saves up to 15%, and notes separately that a ticket for later in the day costs less.

Who gets in free

English Heritage members enter free. So do National Trust (England) members, who book by entering the code G03ANZ at the checkout. Both need to bring their membership card.

Hours and parking

For the week beginning 9 November 2026, Stonehenge is open daily from 09:30 to 17:00. Last admission is two hours before closing. English Heritage warns that opening times on 21 June and 22 December, the solstices, are subject to change.

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Parking costs £4 for non-members. Payment is through the RingGo app, which they recommend downloading in advance. Members park free and should display their membership sticker clearly in the car window.

Getting there without a car

The nearest railway station is Salisbury. There is a direct train from London Waterloo that takes around an hour and a half.

From Salisbury station there are two options. A taxi: the site is 12 miles away, about 19 kilometres. Or the Stonehenge Tour Bus, which leaves the station forecourt hourly. The bus has one advantage: you can stop off at Old Sarum on the way, the Iron Age hillfort and site of the first Salisbury cathedral.

Tour or on your own

Do the arithmetic. On your own: a return train from Waterloo to Salisbury, the bus from the station, and a £27.20 ticket booked ahead. A coach tour from London usually bundles the same entry ticket into its price, and the extra you pay is for the coach and the guide.

Going independently buys you two things a coach tour cannot. The ticket is valid all day, so you can arrive whenever you like and stay as long as you like. And you are not tied to a group's timetable.

There is one real drawback: without a car you depend on the train and an hourly bus. If you plan to be back in London that evening, check the last departure before you set out.