{"id":649960,"date":"2026-06-21T03:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T03:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/649960\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T03:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T03:41:10","slug":"watch-the-summer-solstice-sunrise-across-the-uk-on-the-longest-day-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/649960\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the summer solstice sunrise across the UK on the longest day of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stonehenge is getting busy alreadypublished at 03:16 BST<\/p>\n<p>03:16 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ce759377-8416-4c8f-9862-43d3e7f1fe2e.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Sophie Parker<br \/>Live page reporter, Stonehenge<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sophie at Stonehenge\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1b8d7c99-41f4-4a0d-9244-288c8c99ff9d.jpg.webp\"  width=\"3972\" height=\"2234\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While it\u2019s still dark, Stonehenge is a flurry of activity. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Thousands of silhouettes of people, some in headdresses can be seen. There\u2019s a festival atmosphere with a number of food trucks all lined up and proving popular.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Drumming, clapping and whooping is happening inside the stones &#8211; the circle is already full.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">People have been arriving since 11pm yesterday to see the sunrise here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The car park is filling up and people have brought things to sit on. There are rows and rows of cars, vans and caravans. Last year had 25,000 people and the weather is good this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Those early enough may even have been treated to Respect the Stones badge &#8211; a reminder to not climb on them. There is also a tent full of solstice merch for those wanting a memento.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Some have caught the shuttle buses from the site while others are talking the half-hour walk, torches in hand.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stonehenge in the dark with people stood next to the stone circle\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7331d293-3e66-46aa-8985-b35cf10ad209.jpg.webp\"  width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stonehenge is getting busy alreadypublished at 03:16 BST 03:16 BST Sophie ParkerLive page reporter, Stonehenge While it\u2019s still&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[90,416,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-649960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}