Summer Solstice at Stonehenge/ Photo by Mac
A crowd of almost 5,000 people gathered at Stonehenge for a winter solstice which took place on December 22. The Met Office said there was a reading of 16.1C at Writtle, Essex.
The winter solstice is an annual event that marks the point when the North Pole is tilted 23.5 degrees away from the sun. People travel to Stonehenge on the winter solstice because of the monument’s alignment with the sun. The solstice is believed to of been of big importance to Stonehenge’s prehistoric users.
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