We are proud to be working on £2.4m additional facilities at the Stonehenge Visitor Centre, to enable smooth processing and onward transit of the many hundreds of thousands of annual visitors, with up to 10,000 visitors per day. We developed the project from RIBA 2 prepared by another architect. We reworked the shuttle system with new platforms and loops to streamline the visitor flows, and at the same time expanded the coach park and designed a new ancillary building providing group ticketing, audio guides and generous WC provision to cater for coach groups.
The work here has naturally been closely scrutinised by Historic England due to its internationally significant archaeological setting and at the same time the design has had to satisfy the practical day to day requirements of the site team keen to ensure that their significant operational difficulties experienced during the busiest periods are minimised.
Work was completed to programme which opened up the operation of the new expanded coach park and shuttle system for the recent Easter holiday with reports that the new set up is working well. The remaining elements of the project will be completed in the next few months.