{"id":716812,"date":"2026-06-21T05:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T05:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/716812\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T05:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T05:26:10","slug":"sun-rises-on-longest-day-in-the-uk-as-solstice-is-celebrated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/716812\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun rises on longest day in the UK as solstice is celebrated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Light starts to flood over the Peak Districtpublished at 05:08 BST<\/p>\n<p>05:08 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3cbd9259-57ae-46e2-a391-b89ba00aa835.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Sophie Wheeldon<br \/>Live page reporter, Nottingham<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A view over the hills at sunrise.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5c378f6b-a62a-4ae3-98df-1dfc5b0517ed.jpg.webp\"  width=\"4031\" height=\"2268\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">At Millstone Edge above Hathersage in the Peak District, the first light of the summer solstice floods across the rolling hills below. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Each year, people travel to spots like this across the Derbyshire national park to mark the moment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">At this location only a small number of early risers made the climb. Some are capturing the shifting colours of the sky on camera, while others simply stand still in the cool, silent air to take it in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\nThe summer solstice has been observed for centuries here in the Peak District, with its wide horizons and ancient landscapes, it remains a place where people come to celebrate. From this vantage point, it\u2019s easy to understand why. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Light starts to flood over the Peak Districtpublished at 05:08 BST 05:08 BST Sophie WheeldonLive page reporter, Nottingham&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[79,193],"class_list":["post-716812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}