Long Term Objectives
The vision for the future as described in the WHS Management Plan envisages:
- a core zone of permanent grassland, freed of roads and inappropriate structures, carefully managed for open access on foot for visitors
- a new high quality visitor centre outside the boundary of the WHS
- access to the Stones and the heart of the WHS via drop-off points and 'gateways' on the rim of the core area
- access to the wider landscape using the existing public rights of way network and new links to currently inaccessible sites and areas
- a wider landscape of sustainable low-intensity mixed farming with improved conservation and management of important archaeological monuments and ecological features
To implement the vision, the WHS Management Plan has identified 26 long-term objectives. They include:
- Conserve and enhance the WHS landscape and its many archaeological monuments
- Increase understanding and enjoyment of the whole WHS
- Improve the landscape setting of Stonehenge creating a core area of grass, free of traffic
- Enhance the nature conservation value of the WHS, especially for the chalk grassland
- Maximise benefits for the local community
- Encourage research
For the full text from the WHS Management Plan, please go to the Stonehenge World Heritage Site Management Plan.


