No part of Stonehenge will close while work continues to build the new visitor centre which will open at the end of 2013.
Once the new visitor building is up and running, work will start on removing the existing outdated facilities, building a small, security ‘hub’, tucked into the landscape and the car park will be grassed over.
The restoration of the landscape near the monument will be well underway by summer 2014.
This video shows an artist impression of what the new Stonehenge Visitor Centre will look like.
Construction of the new visitor centre in Wiltshire is progressing steadily since work started in July last year.
There will be two "pods" that house the exhibition, café, shop and education facilities.
The most distinctive feature - the undulating zinc canopy roof - is about to be installed.
Construction of the new visitor centre for Stonehenge is progressing steadily since work started in July last year.
The centre will house an exhibition, café, shop and education facilities.
Today at a press conference English Heritage will reveal how work is progressing.
English Heritage says there have been a number of incidents of people illegally using metal detectors and taking artefacts from land at properties it owns in Wiltshire.
It's thought most are searching for Iron Age artefacts.
English Heritage has released its latest Heritage at Risk register.
According to the organisation there 5,831 listed buildings, monuments, archaeological sites, battlefields, shipwrecks, places of worship, conservation areas and landscapes in the country under threat from neglect, decay and damage.
The figure includes locations with Grade I and II* listing status. Among the location threatened are the Kings Meadow Baths - an Edwardian lido for women in Reading.
An exhibition will tell the story of the stone circle and its relationship with the wider landscape. English Heritage has been planning improvements to the historic site since the 1980s. In 1993 the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Commons described the situation as "a national disgrace".
A unique archive of historic photographs showing Britain from the air has been made available online for the first time today.
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Fascinating old photos of some of the region's most iconic landmarks and buildings have been released to the public today. The 15,000 photos on the Britain from Above website include stunning views of places like Oxford, Ascot and Dover. For more click here.
An archive of aerial photographs has been put online by English Heritage, giving a unique perspective of landmarks in the region.
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