The first day of spring has been marked by more than 800 revellers who gathered at Stonehenge to watch the sunrise.
Druids and pagans were joined by a mass of revellers at the ancient monument to celebrate the spring or vernal equinox.
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| Stonehenge crowd gathers for Sunrise |
Open access to the stones was given from first light, 05:45 GMT, by English Heritage which manages the site as wrote in BBC.
Senior druid King Arthur Pendragon, who performed the sunrise ceremony, said: "We're lucky, we used to get 200 people but now it's up to nearly 1,000."
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| Senior druid King Arthur Pendragon said the event celebrated the turning of the wheel |
Despite a cloudy forecast, @Stonehenge tweeted that the gathering had been "blessed with a perfect sunrise".
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| Access to the stones was given from first light at 0545 GMT |
"A lot of people are coming out to sacred places to celebrate the turning of the wheel, which is what paganism is about," said Mr Pendragon.
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| Pagans and druids were joined by hundreds of people who wanted to experience the event |
"We don't worship nature, we worship the divine through nature and so we worship at the times of the year when it's auspicious - spring, summer, autumn and winter."
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| English Heritage opens the ancient stone circle for the spring equinox as well as the winter and summer solstice |
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