Stonehenge after 7pm
 

I am meeting the Astral tour at Stonehenge for the inner circle tour. Since the seats are all booked, we will have to find our way BACK from stonehenge to Salisbury.<BR><BR>Astral tour suggests we book a taxi, but I only have a list of taxi company's telephone numbers.<BR><BR>Can someone tell me how much the taxi will cost? and How would one book a taxi to PICK us up at Stonehenge? Would that mean double the charge (to stonehenge and back for the driver)?<BR><BR>or is there a better way?<BR>Thanks a lot!<BR><BR>ps. anyone going on May 22nd? and has the same problem? maybe we can share the taxi?? we have 2 people.

Have you tried contacting English Heritage directly about your inner access? I don't see what Astral is providing for you here. When I took their tour, the guide said very little about the place, passed out metal divining rods, that was it.<BR><BR>There is a bus to Salisbury that passes by Stonehenge, check their schedule to see if you could just take that.<BR><BR>Try calling a couple of the taxi firms to see what they say.

One more thought: When we took the full Astral tour last summer, there were several no-shows and many empty seats on the bus -- you might be able to get a ride back to London with them after all.

We had the same problem trying to get on a tour for May 15th. I called the English Heritage people and booked a special access tour on our own for May 16th at 8:00 am and it cost 10 pounds each instead of 30 that Astral tours wants to charge. I told Astral tours that I would like to be wait listed for the entire tour because at 57 pounds it seems like a good deal. I was told by the lady at English Heritage that it is only 2 miles to walk to Amesbury where it is easy to get a taxi or bus to Salisbury. It doesn't get dark there until around 9:00 pm. Let me know if you have any other questions. By the way I'm calling tomorrow to try and change my tour to 6:30 pm because no trains can get us there early enough for the 8:00 am tour. If I can't change, then I will rent a car.

You might not have to walk to Amesbury to get the bus; there's one that goes between Salisbury and Stonehenge, though of course you should check the hours.<BR><BR>http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/d...t%26WCE%3D4969