Summer Solstice 2024 Stonehenge. On the summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, the sun rises in. About 15,000 people have gathered at stonehenge to watch the summer solstice sunrise.

Stonehenge was built to align with the sun on the solstices. This years summer solstice will be celebrated from the evening of thursday 20th june to the morning of friday 21st june 2024.