Thousands of revellers have flocked to Stonehenge, partying through the night and into the morning to celebrate the summer solstice. The solstice – the longest day of the year – falls this year on 21 June, with London experiencing 16 hours and 38 minutes of daylight and Inverness enjoying over 18 hours. Stonehenge, on Wiltshire’s Salisbury Plain, was built to align with the sun on both the summer and winter solstices and has long been a gathering place for celebrations. English Heritage, which looks after the site, said: “As the sun rose on the year's longest day, we welcomed more than 20,000 people to celebrate together, with thousands more joining via our livestream from across the world.”

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The summer solstice, the longest day of the year, falls on Sunday, June 21. So where can Brits enjoy the most daylight hours across the country?

Thousands gathered before dawn at Stonehenge to welcome the summer solstice, celebrating the year’s longest day with music, dancing and quiet reflection as the sun rose over the…

Over 20,000 people gathered at Stonehenge in the U.K. on June 21 to witness the summer solstice sunrise, marking the Northern Hemisphere's longest day.

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Around 20,000 people gathered on Sunday to the neolithic site, located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, to watch sun-up on the year's longest day to mark the astronomical…

Los grupos presentes en el monumento megalítico celebraron pequeños rituales al son de la percusión y la música.

Thousands have gathered at Stonehenge for the summer solstice. Archaeologists believe people were doing the same thing on a nearby hillside 5000 years ago.

Thousands celebrated through the night at Stonehenge in southwest England, ushering in the sunrise on the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The stone circle…

Thousands of revellers have flocked to Stonehenge, partying through the night and into the morning to celebrate the summer solstice. The solstice – the longest day of the year –…

Stonehenge invasa. Parigi come Copacabana