Stonehenge WHS is, for now, no longer threatened by a road scheme. Posts of mutual interest to world heritage, transport, and environment.
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Revocation of the A303 Stonehenge planning permission has prompted memories of the campaigns leading light, Kate Fielden. Here are some snaps of Kate Fielden in action, saving the Stonehenge landscape. And she did! We wish she were here to celebrate. @TomHolland1996
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Stonehenge Alliance retweeted
A great day.
Huge thanks to everyone who has contributed to the campaign against the Stonehenge Tunnel.
Especially in my thoughts today is Kate Fielden, who first recruited me to the Stonehenge Alliance.
Wishing she was still with us.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
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Spring Equinox: “When we kiss the long evenings goodbye” said @BBCWorldatOne as they joined this morning’s celebration. ☀️
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Stonehenge Alliance retweeted
An example of @NationalHways reckless stewardship of public monies was the closure of the A360 (April-July 2024) to install high-voltage cabling for the tunnel. Even though the scheme at the time was subject to legal challenge. Another cool £10 million gone up in smoke! 🤔
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Stonehenge Alliance retweeted
just imagine if the alternative ex main line west country rail route had got that 180 million to improve travel speeds and capacity west of salibury ? take traffic off the whole A303 route @AndyRoden1
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And here's the lesson: Don't fly a kite on an extravagant folly before checking that it will "reflect current needs" as @Heidi_Labour put it in her reasons for revoking the undeliverable road scheme.
Most people don’t realise where the £180 million actually went at the A303 Stonehenge tunnel project.
It wasn’t construction.
It was years of:
• Environmental impact assessments
• Heritage & archaeological studies
• Legal challenges and consultations
• Design, engineering and traffic modelling
• Public inquiries and revisions
All before a single shovel hit the ground.
This is the real problem in Britain:
We don’t just waste money, we build systems that guarantee it.
£180 million to build nothing.
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Who's fault is the £179,000,000 spent? The promoters of a folly? Or the objectors challenging that folly? The @transportgovuk's statement quoted by @LBC reveals the real problem: The scheme did not "reflect current needs". Politically driven schemes need better research.
Stonehenge tunnel officially scrapped - after more than £179,000,000 spent on plan lbc.co.uk/article/stonehenge…
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Better to cut those losses than spend a fortune on a damaging folly! #StonehengeWHS saved! @UNESCO @elounasso
'Planning consent has been formally revoked for road tunnel at Stonehenge, but only after millions had been spent on the cancelled project. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c795… @greenarteries @SusanChubb1 @hawkins_carole @Ecostuffing @RandolphTrent @vamroses @BadPutty @RITB_ @SaveStonehenge
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Stonehenge Alliance retweeted
Congratulations to this wise and visionary government!
The Secretary of State for Transport has made an Order to revoke the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down (Stonehenge) Development Consent Order 2023. @holland_tom
Happy Spring equinox! 👍😊🙏
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🌟 🌙 🌟 18 March is an Extra Special Day: The #A303 #Stonehenge Development Consent Order is revoked by order of the Secretary of State for Transport. @transportgovuk @Heidi_Labour @lisanandy @fionatwycross @holland_tom @TransportActio2 @CPRE @friends_earth
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🏛 How safe are @UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the UK in the long term? 🧵
#WorldHeritageDay- a moment to celebrate 🥳 the cancellation of the damage that would have been caused to oue premier WHS by the #StonehengeTunnel. But how safe is the long-term future of UK WHSs? ->
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#WorldHeritageDay- a moment to celebrate 🥳 the cancellation of the damage that would have been caused to oue premier WHS by the #StonehengeTunnel. But how safe is the long-term future of UK WHSs? ->
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Of 34 UK WHSs, 3 noted by UNESCO to be at risk from development, 4 from climate change. 2 more might join that risk list. These are heritage sites passed down by previous generations in our forever care. Amending planning law could give better protection. @WorldHeritageUK
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We also note that 1 UK WHS was unusually deleted & there are 5 UK sites on @UNESCO 's WH Tentative list. Upgrading their status within UK planning law is no forever guarantee, but it moves WHSs beyond a marketing brand in the minds of some.
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Wiltshire Council's consulting on the future of Byway 12, currently closed due to poor state of its surface. Unlike @EnglishHeritage's expensive car park, the byway offers free access to the inspiring landscape 24/7. salisburyandavon.co.uk/conce…
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“Removing the option to use the BOATs to drive close to the site, park for a while, and then access the permissive path to see it at no cost is an unconscionable removal of amenity,” said Simon Banton @weborguk
Comments by email stonehengebyways@wiltshire.gov.uk by end of today.
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