What are we campaigning for?

The Stonehenge Alliance campaigns to protect the Stonehenge World Heritage Site (WHS) from further damage.  We warmly welcome the Government’s scrapping of its damaging proposal to widen the A303 trunk road where it crosses the iconic WHS.  BUT the road scheme was cancelled on grounds of affordability.  What if the scheme were to become affordable in years to come?  Until the WHS is properly protected under UK planning law it is not secure from further damage.

The world heritage at Stonehenge transcends any consideration of sorting out a 21st century part-time traffic jam.

Distinguished archaeologist Professor Mike Parker Pearson speaks out (1 min)

Why are we against the A303 road scheme?

 For a start, the tunnel is too short and its infrastructure too vast and intrusive to protect the World Heritage Site.  Click on the map to enlarge.

There is a traffic problem across the World Heritage Site (WHS) but the Government’s road widening scheme is the wrong solution and belongs to a previous century.   There are alternatives. If the road scheme were to go ahead it would spectacularly fail the integrity of the WHS.  SLIDES, MAPS, IMAGES & PLANS

⇓ 10 MORE SOUND REASONS FOR CANCELLING THE ROAD SCHEME PERMANENTLY ⇓

1. LOSS OF WORLD HERITAGE

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2. LANDSCAPE DESECRATED

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3. ARCHAEOLOGY AT RISK

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4. STRATEGIC TRANSPORT DISBENEFITS

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5. WEAK BUSINESS CASE

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6. CARBON GENERATED FROM ROAD BUILDING AND TRAFFIC

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7. ALTERNATIVES DISMISSSED, SIDELINED OR IGNORED

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8. LOSS OF AN UPLIFTING VIEW

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9. NEGATIVE IMPACT ON WILDLIFE AND HABITAT

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10. DECISION-MAKING 

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Please note: The Stonehenge Alliance has no connection with any other protest groups involved in direct action against A303 Stonehenge.

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