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> The A344 May have been closed but the A303 still goes pretty close. No roads can really be seen from the stones, nor on the approach to them. Sure, you can s

> The A344 May have been closed but the A303 still goes pretty close. No roads can really be seen from the stones, nor on the approach to them. Sure, you can sometimes hear distant traffic on the A303, if the wind is blowing the right/wrong way. But the previous road was indeed just a few hundred feet away as OP stated, and was busy, with vehicles driving past one stone (the Heel Stone) that was literally on the verge of the road by only a couple of feet.

Angostura 6y ago
That's odd - because I can certainly see the people visiting the stones while I'm stuck on the A303. There is a plan to take the whole road through a tunnel, which I think could make Stonehenge a lot more impressive to visit.
- rutthenut 6y ago
  Thought much the same - I can see the stones and people around them when driving past on the A303. Easy, given how slow traffic is around there, which is why a tunnel is (still) being talked about, maybe even being planned.
  - jimsmart 6y ago
    Ok, I concede that traffic can be seen, way off in the distance. I suppose the whole point comes down to how 'close' is close? The previous road was a hundred-odd feet away, and literally went right past a big stone, by a couple of feet. That road was indeed close. The A303 by comparison, is not particularly close IMO. It's far enough away that on many days one cannot even hear it. You cannot really see the road, but you can see vehicles (tops of cars, top half of trucks). It's far enough away that if one holds their thumb up, at arms' length, one can easily hide a truck's length completely behind it. Do other folk think that is close then? Seems so. I guess it's relative isn't it. But IMO that's not particularly close - particularly as our initial/primary comparator here was the road that ran right past the monument. I agree that it would be better if the 303 wasn't there / wasn't in a tunnel, of course.
    - jimsmart 6y ago
      * /was/ in a tunnel.

Angostura 6y ago

That's odd - because I can certainly see the people visiting the stones while I'm stuck on the A303. There is a plan to take the whole road through a tunnel, which I think could make Stonehenge a lot more impressive to visit.

rutthenut 6y ago
Thought much the same - I can see the stones and people around them when driving past on the A303. Easy, given how slow traffic is around there, which is why a tunnel is (still) being talked about, maybe even being planned.
- jimsmart 6y ago
  Ok, I concede that traffic can be seen, way off in the distance. I suppose the whole point comes down to how 'close' is close? The previous road was a hundred-odd feet away, and literally went right past a big stone, by a couple of feet. That road was indeed close. The A303 by comparison, is not particularly close IMO. It's far enough away that on many days one cannot even hear it. You cannot really see the road, but you can see vehicles (tops of cars, top half of trucks). It's far enough away that if one holds their thumb up, at arms' length, one can easily hide a truck's length completely behind it. Do other folk think that is close then? Seems so. I guess it's relative isn't it. But IMO that's not particularly close - particularly as our initial/primary comparator here was the road that ran right past the monument. I agree that it would be better if the 303 wasn't there / wasn't in a tunnel, of course.
  - jimsmart 6y ago
    * /was/ in a tunnel.