Attractions
Melrose Bed and Breakfast is very fortunate in that its gardens adjoin Glastonbury Tor.
Both Chalice Well and Glastonbury Rural Life Museum are within a stone’s throw and Glastonbury Abbey, TI Office and Glastonbury High Street are an approx 10 minutes walk. With magic, myth and legend to consider Glastonbury Town Centre boasts and intriguiing selection of shops, cafes, restaurants and other amenities.
There are many organised tours, walks and listed footpaths within the immediate area. Glastonbury Town Trail and Glastonbury Rural Walk can be followed with both ease and interest. As well as Glastonbury Tor, Wearyall Hill and Chalice Hill are popular choices along with the pathway to ‘Gog’ and ‘Magog’.
The City of Wells with its Cathedral and Bishops Palace is within a 20 minute drive, so too is The Royal Bath and West Showground at Shepton Mallet and Wookey Hole Caves. The Fleet Air Museum at Yeovilton, and Cheddar Gorge are within an approximate 30 minute drive.
For pure retail therapy, the recently extended factory outley centre of Clarks Village in Street is a mere 5 minutes drive away. If you are interested in visiting this shopping centre, further details can be sent.
Glastonbury Tor
Chalice Well
Glastonbury Abbey
Haynes International Motor Museum
Somerset Rural Life Museum
Clarks Village Outlet Center
Glastonbury Lake Village Museum
St Johns Church
Wookey Hole Caves
Strode Theatre
Tor’s Tour of the Tor
Avalon Marshes
The Bishops Palace
The Shoe Museum
Things to do
About Glastonbury
Glastonbury is a town in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, 23 miles (37 km) south of Bristol.
Glastonbury has beautiful countryside with four sacred hills of the Chalice Hill, the Wearyall Hill, Windmill Hill and the famous Glastonbury Tor near to where we are situated.
Glastonbury has been described as a New Age community which attracts people with New Age and Neopagan beliefs, and is notable for myths and legends often related to Glastonbury Tor, concerning Joseph of Arimathea, the Holy Grail and King Arthur. Joseph is said to have arrived in Glastonbury and stuck his staff into the ground, when it flowered 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.
Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England.
In addition to contemporary music, the festival hosts dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret, and other arts. Leading pop and rock artists have headlined, alongside thousands of others appearing on smaller stages and performance areas. Films and albums recorded at Glastonbury have been released, and the festival receives extensive television and newspaper coverage. Glastonbury is the largest greenfield festival in the world, and is now attended by around 175,000 people.
https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/
