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Summer solstice 2017

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Stonehenge summer solstice celebrations see thousands gather

An estimated 37,000 people gathered to watch the sun rise on the longest day of the year, with a small number of arrests reported by police.
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Thousands celebrate summer solstice ahead of 'historic moment' for Stonehenge

More than 20,000 celebrated the summer solstice at Stonehenge ahead of a "historic moment" in the £27 million transformation of the site.
Long-awaited refurbishments at the World Heritage Site will see a section of the road running next to the monument permanently closed from Monday 24 June.
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People are gathering at Stonehenge later to mark the winter solstice.

More revellers than usual are predicted to congregate at Salisbury Plain this year as the date coincides with the end of the 5,125-year "Long Count" cycle of the Mayan calendar.
Druids, pagans and revellers head to Stonehenge each December to watch the sunrise on what is the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Soggy Solstice: Stonehenge Gets Soaking

Rain-sodden crowds welcomed a spectacularly rainy summer solstice at Stonehenge in true British fashion Thursday: With stoicism and wit.
Even one of Britain's latter-day druids - fixtures of the annual celebration - sought refuge with journalists in a tent set up near the entrance.
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Stonehenge revellers mark summer solstice

Thousands of people have gathered at Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice despite overcast skies.
Cloud cover meant pagans and druids were unable to witness the sunrise on the longest day of the year.
Wiltshire Police said despite the rain it had been a "positive experience" for most revellers.
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Stonehenge lantern parade

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Druids celebrate Summer Solstice at Stonehenge

An eclectic mix of sun worshippers, hippies and pagans came out in force to celebrate the annual festival, along with many who were merely curious to experience the event.
English Heritage said more than 18,000 revellers from across the globe gathered to witness the traditional Pagan ceremonies and the sunrise on the longest day of the year.
Druid Arthur Uther Pendragon, formally known as John Rothwell, conducted the service at Stonehenge at the prehistoric site in Wiltshire which is meant to reconnect people with land and the seasons.
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