Guidebook for Glastonbury
Food Scene
We have a tremendous restaurant serving only the tastiest, freshest homemade fayre along with a tasty ale selection available from the bar. The George and Pilgrims is the perfect venue for you to relax in and ideal for meeting friends and family, with a range of speciality coffees and teas.
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George Hotel & Pilgrims' Inn
1 High StWe have a tremendous restaurant serving only the tastiest, freshest homemade fayre along with a tasty ale selection available from the bar. The George and Pilgrims is the perfect venue for you to relax in and ideal for meeting friends and family, with a range of speciality coffees and teas.
Blue Note
4A High StVegetarian and Vegan café with courtyard garden.
Glastonbury’s first and original vegetarian cafe. Established for over 25 years, award winning and internationally recognized family business. Nestled away in the High Street, between Art of Africa and the Goddess and Green Man, with a secret garden that extends out to St. Johns Square car park.
Rainbow’s is renowned for all it’s fantastic homemade foods, ranging from the salad bar, main meals and scrumptious cakes. Supplying the highest quality wholefood at an excellent price.
The menu has influences from all over the world and always includes vegan and wheat free meals and cakes.
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Rainbows End Cafe
17A High StGlastonbury’s first and original vegetarian cafe. Established for over 25 years, award winning and internationally recognized family business. Nestled away in the High Street, between Art of Africa and the Goddess and Green Man, with a secret garden that extends out to St. Johns Square car park.
Rainbow’s is renowned for all it’s fantastic homemade foods, ranging from the salad bar, main meals and scrumptious cakes. Supplying the highest quality wholefood at an excellent price.
The menu has influences from all over the world and always includes vegan and wheat free meals and cakes.
Drinks & Nightlife
Live music nearly every night of the week!
Real Ales and cider - Great Food - Warm Reception
Herbal teas, coffees, and soft drinks to quench any thirst.
A new menu including home-made burgers - meat and vegetarian options available across the menu.
Sunday Roast accompanied by music for Local Artists
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The King Arthur
31-33 Benedict StLive music nearly every night of the week!
Real Ales and cider - Great Food - Warm Reception
Herbal teas, coffees, and soft drinks to quench any thirst.
A new menu including home-made burgers - meat and vegetarian options available across the menu.
Sunday Roast accompanied by music for Local Artists
Sightseeing
Since Medieval times, the abbey has held legendary status as the earliest Christian foundation in Britain linked to Joseph of Arimathea and the burial place of King Arthur. Today it is a tranquil setting where you can discover the stories, explore the accredited museum and enjoy a packed events calendar.
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Glastonbury Abbey
Magdalene StreetSince Medieval times, the abbey has held legendary status as the earliest Christian foundation in Britain linked to Joseph of Arimathea and the burial place of King Arthur. Today it is a tranquil setting where you can discover the stories, explore the accredited museum and enjoy a packed events calendar.
Chalice Well is one of Britain's most ancient wells, nestling in the Vale of Avalon between the famous Glastonbury Tor and Chalice Hill. Surrounded by beautiful gardens and orchards it is a living sanctuary in which the visitor can experience the quiet healing of this sacred place. For over two thousand years this has been a place where people have gathered to drink the waters and find solace, peace and inspiration.
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Poço do Cálice
85-89 Chilkwell StChalice Well is one of Britain's most ancient wells, nestling in the Vale of Avalon between the famous Glastonbury Tor and Chalice Hill. Surrounded by beautiful gardens and orchards it is a living sanctuary in which the visitor can experience the quiet healing of this sacred place. For over two thousand years this has been a place where people have gathered to drink the waters and find solace, peace and inspiration.
It is one of the greatest mysteries of the Isle of Avalon that two different healing springs, one touched red with iron, the other white with calcite, should rise within a few feet of each other from the caverns beneath Glastonbury Tor. Both have healing in their flow.
In honour of the Spirit of the White Spring, a Temple has been created here in gratitude for the gift of pure water. A Victorian built Well House that nestles beneath Glastonbury Tor was ideal for this purpose, a blessing indeed. Cavernous and set apart, in blackness or candle lit, mysterious it remains. A wonderful contrast to the sunlit gardens of Chalice Well of the Red Spring. The interior consists of three domed vaults 1
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The White Spring
Wellhouse LaneIt is one of the greatest mysteries of the Isle of Avalon that two different healing springs, one touched red with iron, the other white with calcite, should rise within a few feet of each other from the caverns beneath Glastonbury Tor. Both have healing in their flow.
In honour of the Spirit of the White Spring, a Temple has been created here in gratitude for the gift of pure water. A Victorian built Well House that nestles beneath Glastonbury Tor was ideal for this purpose, a blessing indeed. Cavernous and set apart, in blackness or candle lit, mysterious it remains. A wonderful contrast to the sunlit gardens of Chalice Well of the Red Spring. The interior consists of three domed vaults 1
Glastonbury Tor is a conical hill in Glastonbury which is topped by a 14th-century roofless St Michael’s Tower. One of the most famous landmarks in Somerset, it is known as one of the most spiritual sites in the country.
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Tor de Glastonbury
Glastonbury Tor is a conical hill in Glastonbury which is topped by a 14th-century roofless St Michael’s Tower. One of the most famous landmarks in Somerset, it is known as one of the most spiritual sites in the country.
Parks & Nature
This magnificent and varied nature reserve covers over 500 ha at the heart of the Avalon Marshes (part of Somerset’s Levels and Moors). Shapwick Heath National Nature Reserve (NNR) is part of an area that’s steeped in history and is a superb place to watch wildlife, whether it’s an elusive bittern, an otter lurking in the reed beds, or the swirling flocks of starlings that come to roost in winter.
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Centro de Pântanos de Avalon
This magnificent and varied nature reserve covers over 500 ha at the heart of the Avalon Marshes (part of Somerset’s Levels and Moors). Shapwick Heath National Nature Reserve (NNR) is part of an area that’s steeped in history and is a superb place to watch wildlife, whether it’s an elusive bittern, an otter lurking in the reed beds, or the swirling flocks of starlings that come to roost in winter.
Situated on the Somerset Levels, it was previously farmed for a variety of arable crops. The Hawk and Owl Trust is restoring it to permanent wet grassland. Some land is being restored to fen. Rough grass margins will encourage owls and other birds of prey and the small mammals they feed on. It is open year round and accessible by public and permissive paths. Shapwick Moor forms part of the Avalon Marshes network of reserves.
Hawk and Owl Trust Shapwick Moor Nature Reserve
Station RoadSituated on the Somerset Levels, it was previously farmed for a variety of arable crops. The Hawk and Owl Trust is restoring it to permanent wet grassland. Some land is being restored to fen. Rough grass margins will encourage owls and other birds of prey and the small mammals they feed on. It is open year round and accessible by public and permissive paths. Shapwick Moor forms part of the Avalon Marshes network of reserves.
Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills, near the village of Cheddar, Somerset. The gorge is the site of the Cheddar show caves, where Britain's oldest complete human skeleton, Cheddar Man, estimated to be over 9,000 years old, was found in 1903.
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Desfiladeiro de Cheddar
Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills, near the village of Cheddar, Somerset. The gorge is the site of the Cheddar show caves, where Britain's oldest complete human skeleton, Cheddar Man, estimated to be over 9,000 years old, was found in 1903.
Walking trail at almost 400ft (122m) deep and 3 miles (4.8km) long, this is England’s largest gorge, and with its weathered crags and pinnacles, one of our most spectacular natural sights.
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Cheddar Gorge Walk Path
Cliff Top Gorge WalkWalking trail at almost 400ft (122m) deep and 3 miles (4.8km) long, this is England’s largest gorge, and with its weathered crags and pinnacles, one of our most spectacular natural sights.
Arts & Culture
The museum tells the story of Somerset’s rich rural and social history. Visitors can enjoy the five Farmhouse Galleries which explore the themes of ‘Creating’, ‘Learning’, ‘Believing’, ‘Celebrating’ and ‘Remembering.’ In the large Farmyard Gallery the major themes are ‘Working Village’ and ‘Working the Land’.
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Somerset Rural Life Museum
Chilkwell StreetThe museum tells the story of Somerset’s rich rural and social history. Visitors can enjoy the five Farmhouse Galleries which explore the themes of ‘Creating’, ‘Learning’, ‘Believing’, ‘Celebrating’ and ‘Remembering.’ In the large Farmyard Gallery the major themes are ‘Working Village’ and ‘Working the Land’.
Essentials
Morrisons large supermarket has all you require including a car park, café, ATM and petrol station. Just 1 minute walk away.
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Morrisons
Street RoadMorrisons large supermarket has all you require including a car park, café, ATM and petrol station. Just 1 minute walk away.
Specialising in local, organic and fairly traded goods, vegetarian and vegan foods, eco-products, natural remedies and supplements, chemical-free body care products and more
Earthfare is a family-run health food store in Glastonbury offering organic, vegan and vegetarian health foods, superfoods, supplements and eco products for a greener and healthier lifestyle.
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Earthfare
45 High StSpecialising in local, organic and fairly traded goods, vegetarian and vegan foods, eco-products, natural remedies and supplements, chemical-free body care products and more
Earthfare is a family-run health food store in Glastonbury offering organic, vegan and vegetarian health foods, superfoods, supplements and eco products for a greener and healthier lifestyle.