Glastonbury Glastonbury (, ) is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. The town, which is in the Mendip district, had a population of 8,932 in the 2011 census. Glastonbury ...

is a town in Somerset, England. Glastonbury or Glastenbury may also refer to: *

Glastonbury Festival Glastonbury Festival (formally Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place in Pilton, Somerset, England. In addition to contemp ...

, a music and performing arts festival founded in 1970 near the English town, formerly Glastonbury Fair *

Glastonbury Festival (1914–25) Glastonbury Festival (formally Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place in Pilton, Somerset, England. In addition to contemp ...

, a cultural festival founded by the composer Rutland Boughton

Media

* ''Glastonbury'' (film), a 2006 documentary by Julien Temple about the modern English festival * ''Glastonbury Fayre'' (album), album of the 1971 Glastonbury Fair * ''Glastonbury Fayre'' (film), a 1972 documentary film by Nicolas Roeg and Peter Neal of the 1971 Glastonbury Fair

Places

Australia

Glastonbury, Queensland Glastonbury is a rural town and locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivi ...

, a locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland * Glastonbury Division, a former local government area in Queensland, Australia

Canada

* Glastonbury, Edmonton, a residential neighbourhood in Alberta, Canada

United Kingdom

Glastonbury Abbey Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Its ruins, a grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument, are open as a visitor attraction. The abbey was founded in the 8th century and enlarged in the 10th. It wa ...

, a ruined monastery in the English town *

Glastonbury Canal The Glastonbury Canal ran for approximately through two locks from Glastonbury to Highbridge in Somerset, England, where it entered the River Parrett and from there the Bristol Channel. The canal was authorised by Parliament in 1827 and op ...

, England *

Glastonbury Tor Glastonbury Tor is a hill near Glastonbury in the English county of Somerset, topped by the roofless St Michael's Tower, a Grade I listed building. The entire site is managed by the National Trust and has been designated a scheduled monument. T ...

, a hill near the English town *

Glastonbury and Street railway station Glastonbury and Street railway station was the biggest station on the original Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway main line from Highbridge to Evercreech Junction until closed in 1966 under the Beeching axe. It was the junction for the short br ...

, a former station in England

United States

Glastonbury, Connecticut Glastonbury ( ) is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, formally founded in 1693 and first settled in 1636. It was named after Glastonbury in Somerset, England. Glastonbury is on the banks of the Connecticut River, southeast o ...

, a town in the United States formerly called Glastenbury **

Glastonbury Center, Connecticut Glastonbury Center is a census-designated place (CDP) that constitutes the densely populated center of the town of Glastonbury in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 7,387 at the 2010 census, out of a total town populati ...

, a census-designated place, center of the town *

Glastenbury, Vermont Glastenbury is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The town was unincorporated by an act of the state legislature in 1937. The population was 9 at the 2020 census. Along with Somerset, Glastenbury is one of two Vermont towns whe ...

, a town in the United States *

Glastenbury Mountain Glastenbury Mountain is a mountain located in Bennington County, Vermont, in the Green Mountain National Forest. The mountain is part of the Green Mountains. The northeast side of Glastenbury Mountain drains into Deer Lick Brook, thence into t ...

, a mountain in Vermont, United States *

Glastenbury Wilderness The Glastenbury Wilderness is one of eight wilderness areas in the Green Mountain National Forest in the U.S. state of Vermont. The area, located northeast of Bennington, Vermont, is managed by the U.S. Forest Service. With a total of , the wilder ...

, Vermont, United States

People

Ray Glastonbury Raymond Glastonbury (born 11 December 1938) is a Welsh former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Cardiff RFC, as a wing, i.e. number 11 or 14, and r ...

(born 1938), British rugby league footballer

Other uses

* Glastonbury F.C., a football club based in Glastonbury, England