Stonehenge Summer Solstice 2024 History. Thousands of pagans, krishnaits, druids and a plentitude of curious wanderers. For 15 years after the battle of the beanfield, a militarised exclusion zone was established around stonehenge every summer solstice, until, in 1999, the law lords ruled that it was illegal,.

This years summer solstice will be celebrated from the evening of thursday 20th june to the morning of friday 21st june 2024. The enormous sarsen stones and smaller bluestones, set up in the centre of the site in about 2500.