English Heritage Hiring a Head of Stonehenge at £64K+

English Heritage has posted an opening for Head of Stonehenge, a permanent 36-hour-per-week role based at the Wiltshire World Heritage Site. The job pays from £64,189 and carries responsibility for leading a large team across operations, retail, and food and beverage, with accountability for visitor experience, revenue targets, complex budgets, and site safety. The role also owns the logistics for the summer and winter solstice gatherings, which draw large crowds and require coordination with external stakeholders.

Candidates are expected to bring strategic leadership experience in complex visitor-facing environments, strong commercial and financial acumen, confident decision-making under pressure, and proven governance and health-and-safety chops. Benefits include 25 days of holiday, matched pension contributions up to 10 percent, flexible hours, and free access to English Heritage sites for the employee plus six guests.

Applications close on 21 June 2026, with first-round interviews on Teams the week of 6 July and finals held on site at Stonehenge on 17 July. The posting surfaced on Hacker News largely as a curiosity — it is a rare chance to run one of the world’s most recognizable prehistoric monuments as a day job.