May 2024

Join a specialist tour, during which we will walk around Glastonbury town visiting places connected to the abbey.

Glastonbury Abbey has had great influence on the emergence of the town of Glastonbury and the surrounding landscape. This specialist tour will be led by one the abbey’s learning team members and will last between 90 minutes and 2 hours. We will walk around the town visiting places which were built by or were closely connected to the abbey, whist discussing their history in relationship to it. The tour will start and finish in the Glastonbury Abbey Museum and then move outside to the streets and pavements of the town, this will involve road crossings, slopes and we shall be standing or walking throughout. Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear and check the weather conditions on the day, prior to attending the tour. Please meet in the abbey museum in plenty of time for the start of the tour at 11.00am. Prior booking is essential. Your ticket for this tour also grants you all day access to the abbey ruins, grounds and museum where you can come and go throughout the day's opening hours.