Glastonbury is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, 23 miles south of Bristol. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population
A view of Glastonbury from the Tor
Remains of St Michael's Church at the summit of Glastonbury Tor
Hospital of St Mary Magdalene
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts held near Pilton, Somerset, England, in most summers.
Glastonbury
…miraculously into the Glastonbury Thorn. The presence of a landscape zodiac around the town has been suggested but no evidence has been discovered. The Glastonbury Festival, held in the nearby village of Pilton, takes its name from the town. During the 7th millennium BC the sea level rose and flooded the valleys and low-lying…
2016 Glastonbury Festival
Michael Eavis, co-creator of the festival, at Glastonbury Festival 2010
The Pyramid Stage in 1985. Due to heavy rainfall, a large area of mud covered this area.
NME stage at the 1993 festival