Autumn/Winter Hours: From 1st October, we'll be moving to our Autumn/Winter opening hours of Monday to Saturday, 10AM - 4PM.

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Autumn Equinox ’26

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Join us here at Calanais on 23 September as we come together to welcome the Autumn Equinox.

The sun will rise at 7.14am – will you be joining us at the stones to mark the changing of the seasons?

Access & Parking
Access to the Calanais Standing Stones will be available via the Visitor Centre path. We recommend using the Visitor Centre car park, which will remain open throughout the night as usual.

Toilet Facilities
Our external toilet facilities will be open from 6.00am. We kindly ask everyone attending to help us keep the facilities clean and orderly.

We look forward to welcoming you to Calanais for this special moment as summer gives way to autumn.

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