Lottery scheme for Stonehenge to go ahead
Last Updated: Wednesday 5th January 2011, 11:09
When the coalition came into power, it looked as though ambitious lottery funded projects such as the Stonehenge visitors centre may be curtailed but in a piece of lottery news released today it’s been announced that a lottery grant will hand over £10 million to the project. The lottery backing, now it’s definitely back on will take Stonehenge one step closer to its new £27 million visitors centre after huge doubt earlier this year.
Originally the Heritage Lottery Fund promised £5 million to the Stonehenge visitors centre, a promise that was thrown into doubt when the coalition government came into power earlier this year. However now the Heritage Lottery Fund from the National Lottery has promised a massive £10 million towards the £27 million needed, giving the project a real boost.
While not wanting to detract from the mysticism of the stones, the Stonehenge visitors centre will not actually be based at the site of the stones, but around a mile and a half away. The centre will contain exhibition and education facilities, a cafeteria and gift shop and would hopefully serve visitors to the ancient stones for years to come.
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