Glastonbury Abbey

Tickets will be available on the door tonight for War Horse. Prices are £12 Adult, £10 Child/Concession, £9 Abbey Members, £38 Family. Tickets are still available online so take advantage of the cheaper prices by buying in advance.
Remember to bring a chair / blanket. Doors are at 7pm and the film will start around 8.45pm. Bring a picnic and a bottle or two and relax in the spectacular abbey grounds before the show.
Dress for the season (summer?)

Join us Bank Holiday Monday for this Award Winning film. Tickets available from www.glastonburyabbey.com

One of the fireplaces at Abbey House decorated for the wedding

We are at the MidSomerset Show - find us in the Heritage Tent

We were very honoured to host our first wedding reception at Abbey House tonight. Huge congratulations to the newlyweds. To find out more about this fabulous venue email abbeyhouse@glastonburyabbey.com

All set for theatre tonight

Dont forget to join us this Friday for this fun family activity.

Rehearsals for Saturday night’s performance have been taking place. Join D’Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis as they travel the length and breadth of France saving the day, rescuing people in distress and generally being heroes. Follow D’Artagnan in his quest to join the Musketeers in this hilarious comedy adaptation which takes the audience on a whistle-stop tour around France, and still has time for a quick trip across the Channel. With physical comedy, fast-paced action and quick wit, IKP’s version of The Three Musketeers promises to entertain all ages. Tickets avaliable from www.glastonburyabbey.com

This morning's Toddler Group has been cancelled. We hope you can join us next tuesday morning.

Tickets on sale now and there’s a handful of pre-theatre supper spaces available to book www.glastonburyabbey.com

With regret and due to the weather conditions we have reluctantly taken the decision to cancel today’s fun dog show.
Please join us instead for tea and cake by donation in the museum from 1pm to 3pm - normal admission applies.

There’s a stunning display of flowers along the main entrance - big thanks to the grounds team www.glastonburyabbey.com

Described as “Downton Abbey with gardening tips”, Old Herbaceous is the humorous love story of a single-minded yet gentle man with a passion for plants and is a charming one man play which has entranced sell-out audiences all around the country over the last two years.
For more information about the event visit www.glastonburyabbey.com

Bring lunch and art supplies and join our "Edwardian Lady" character for watercolour painting in the abbey grounds.
Normal admission applies. Tea/Coffee will be provided.
Numbers are restricted so early booking is recommended

Join us today for firepit cooking demonstrations 10am-2pm. The demo will feature cooking from medieval recipes. *Normal Admission Applies. www.glastonburyabbey.com

One month to go until Night at the Abbey - 19 artists confirmed. Tickets on sale via www.glastonburyabbey.com

Announcement from the Extravaganza organisers.

We are looking forward to seeing you for the Extravaganza and these are important tips to help you until gates open

Wonderful! The admission wasn't too expensive and the museum has a lot of history and artifacts! Well put together and maintained! The staff is also very friendly the tour was truly a history lesson! The abbey ruins are magical and leave you to open your mind to build what you think the abbey was!

What a great place to visit during our UK visit last month. Our guide in monk's costume was brilliant and gave a great running commentary on the history of the Abbey, delivered with a nice serve of humour. Thoroughly enjoyed our visit and well worth the entrance fee.

The whole place is an absolute oasis of calmness. I’ve spent two years in Glastonbury and never went in. In fairness I had no idea it was so big. Sentia bought us both annual passes and I cannot thank her enough! It’s a polar opposite of the often too lively High street.

I need to be outdoors to create the artwork I work with. I create Solar art, I need sunshine and I need a calmness around me that I cannot achieve in town. I taught Sentia how to create using the same process in the grounds, so already it has a special place in my heart.

Sentia and I have taken to work on art within the Abbey grounds and it’s just the most beautiful place I’ve seen in Somerset.

The Abbey Ruins in Glastonbury is

perfect too get away from all the hustle & bustle, & enjoy a peaceful stroll in a tranquil setting. I fully recommend it to all who has the opportunity to go & enjoy the experience .

Such a magnificent place! Every inch of it is imposing and emanates spiritual calmness.

The staff is kind and helpful.

We had an amazing time there!

Spend almost every lunchtime in the Abbey. Beautiful all year round and whatever the weather.

Peaceful and beautiful. A great place! I went with my kids (10 and 6) and they enjoyed the visit as much as I did. Magical!

Not being an historical person I was unsure whether to go here. On arrival it was £7.50 to get in which I thought was expensive as I could see some ruins from outside. However the wife and I decided to have a look. Well what can I say....best entrance fee I have paid. We went in and looked through the museum area which was interesting but too much to take in. However they do a guided tour of the grounds which lasts about 40 minutes. The guide not only talked through his script but was able to answer any questions. There is so much inside that you can't see from outside. Apart from the ruins there are lakes, herb gardens and a lot of interesting ruins and facts. Think our guide was 'Brother David ' but not sure. However he wore a monks costume and a white straw hat as he was balding. Well done Brother David. Thoroughly recommend this place for a visit.

I’m very late in writing this review but really wanted to thank Saffy for the fantastic job she did with the baby and toddler group in the summer. Toby and I are very much looking forward to coming back in the spring :)

If you are in the area and love a bit of medieval history, this is the place for you. John “The Gardener” was an excellent and knowledgable tour guide. Thanks for an enjoyable morning

I really enjoyed my experience here. It felt like the best kept secret full of great history accompanying such serenity. The tour guide was full of facts and brought he place alive. I can't wait to go back again! The price was brilliant especially as we could come back as many times during the day!

I lived near the area before and don't be bothered to see as it has entrance fee and outside is just ruins, but to my surprise it is beautiful inside, I recommend to join the tour as it will give your more insight. Highly recommended!!!

I have been to Glastonbury Abbey many times and it never disappoints. It has an air of calmness and serenity that is priceless in these mad times. Even with quite a lot of people walking around, there is space enough to relax and revel in the tranquillity.

And what a lovely lady in the tea room. My son, who has autism, was not in the best of moods and I was trying to deal with this whilst pushing my mother around in a wheelchair.

I think this lady knew I was feeling the strain and told me how she understood. It was just so nice for someone to say I was doing ok and recognising how tough it can be. She made my day so much brighter by her kindness. Please pass on my heartfelt thanks.

Beautiful. Peaceful. A great place to just 'be'. I love it.

Amazing and historical place. Very special for Catholics in UK, as there are their roots, sadly forgotten by most of them, they should refresh the memory about beginning of christianity in UK and start regulary pilgrimage there from all over the county, as it was in the past. Every tree is dying without roots. And this is what happend with catholics in UK. But there is still enough believers to watering this place by pilgrimage and prayer and the tree of life will bear fruits and UK shall be again catholic country as it was for 16 centuries. Please share.

A very special place with such beautiful energy.

A fantastic place! and worth every penny! It was a beautiful day, cold but fine (we were there on the 5th Jan) I have wanted to go there since I was a kid and now at 36 I finally can say I've been and loved it! and we enjoyed doing the brass rubbings too, the young lady at the ticket office was so lovely, thank you!

Wild animals should be respected and have the right to choose their own homes. It's just cruel to put them under distress and cause them confusion . But to be honest I am not surprised at this unchristian behaviour FROM AN ABBEY. Seems like you need to go back to that black book called the bible and learn it all over again .



Once again the church shows double standards by displaying gold symbols of wealth but showing no true Christian behaviour

The abbey was really beautiful from the gates, however we arrived at the doors 1 minute after 5:30 after having problems with the parking meters, where it was not accepting the newer 1 pound coins. When my group (of 5) and 2 other parties that made up ten of us total tried to get in the lady working the door was very short and unsympathetic towards our situation, where there city's meters didn't work properly. After all of us explaining that we traveled from all different parts of the globe (Canada, India, UK) to see this one spectacular heritage site, she still could not manage an I'm sorry but we're closed. She treated us like we were dirt and just closed the door on us.

Wonderful! The admission wasn't too expensive and the museum has a lot of history and artifacts! Well put together and maintained! The staff is also very friendly the tour was truly a history lesson! The abbey ruins are magical and leave you to open your mind to build what you think the abbey was!

What a great place to visit during our UK visit last month. Our guide in monk's costume was brilliant and gave a great running commentary on the history of the Abbey, delivered with a nice serve of humour. Thoroughly enjoyed our visit and well worth the entrance fee.

The whole place is an absolute oasis of calmness. I’ve spent two years in Glastonbury and never went in. In fairness I had no idea it was so big. Sentia bought us both annual passes and I cannot thank her enough! It’s a polar opposite of the often too lively High street.

I need to be outdoors to create the artwork I work with. I create Solar art, I need sunshine and I need a calmness around me that I cannot achieve in town. I taught Sentia how to create using the same process in the grounds, so already it has a special place in my heart.

Sentia and I have taken to work on art within the Abbey grounds and it’s just the most beautiful place I’ve seen in Somerset.

The Abbey Ruins in Glastonbury is

perfect too get away from all the hustle & bustle, & enjoy a peaceful stroll in a tranquil setting. I fully recommend it to all who has the opportunity to go & enjoy the experience .

Such a magnificent place! Every inch of it is imposing and emanates spiritual calmness.

The staff is kind and helpful.

We had an amazing time there!

Spend almost every lunchtime in the Abbey. Beautiful all year round and whatever the weather.

Peaceful and beautiful. A great place! I went with my kids (10 and 6) and they enjoyed the visit as much as I did. Magical!

Not being an historical person I was unsure whether to go here. On arrival it was £7.50 to get in which I thought was expensive as I could see some ruins from outside. However the wife and I decided to have a look. Well what can I say....best entrance fee I have paid. We went in and looked through the museum area which was interesting but too much to take in. However they do a guided tour of the grounds which lasts about 40 minutes. The guide not only talked through his script but was able to answer any questions. There is so much inside that you can't see from outside. Apart from the ruins there are lakes, herb gardens and a lot of interesting ruins and facts. Think our guide was 'Brother David ' but not sure. However he wore a monks costume and a white straw hat as he was balding. Well done Brother David. Thoroughly recommend this place for a visit.

I’m very late in writing this review but really wanted to thank Saffy for the fantastic job she did with the baby and toddler group in the summer. Toby and I are very much looking forward to coming back in the spring :)

If you are in the area and love a bit of medieval history, this is the place for you. John “The Gardener” was an excellent and knowledgable tour guide. Thanks for an enjoyable morning

I really enjoyed my experience here. It felt like the best kept secret full of great history accompanying such serenity. The tour guide was full of facts and brought he place alive. I can't wait to go back again! The price was brilliant especially as we could come back as many times during the day!

I lived near the area before and don't be bothered to see as it has entrance fee and outside is just ruins, but to my surprise it is beautiful inside, I recommend to join the tour as it will give your more insight. Highly recommended!!!

I have been to Glastonbury Abbey many times and it never disappoints. It has an air of calmness and serenity that is priceless in these mad times. Even with quite a lot of people walking around, there is space enough to relax and revel in the tranquillity.

And what a lovely lady in the tea room. My son, who has autism, was not in the best of moods and I was trying to deal with this whilst pushing my mother around in a wheelchair.

I think this lady knew I was feeling the strain and told me how she understood. It was just so nice for someone to say I was doing ok and recognising how tough it can be. She made my day so much brighter by her kindness. Please pass on my heartfelt thanks.

Beautiful. Peaceful. A great place to just 'be'. I love it.

Amazing and historical place. Very special for Catholics in UK, as there are their roots, sadly forgotten by most of them, they should refresh the memory about beginning of christianity in UK and start regulary pilgrimage there from all over the county, as it was in the past. Every tree is dying without roots. And this is what happend with catholics in UK. But there is still enough believers to watering this place by pilgrimage and prayer and the tree of life will bear fruits and UK shall be again catholic country as it was for 16 centuries. Please share.

A very special place with such beautiful energy.

A fantastic place! and worth every penny! It was a beautiful day, cold but fine (we were there on the 5th Jan) I have wanted to go there since I was a kid and now at 36 I finally can say I've been and loved it! and we enjoyed doing the brass rubbings too, the young lady at the ticket office was so lovely, thank you!

Wild animals should be respected and have the right to choose their own homes. It's just cruel to put them under distress and cause them confusion . But to be honest I am not surprised at this unchristian behaviour FROM AN ABBEY. Seems like you need to go back to that black book called the bible and learn it all over again .



Once again the church shows double standards by displaying gold symbols of wealth but showing no true Christian behaviour

The abbey was really beautiful from the gates, however we arrived at the doors 1 minute after 5:30 after having problems with the parking meters, where it was not accepting the newer 1 pound coins. When my group (of 5) and 2 other parties that made up ten of us total tried to get in the lady working the door was very short and unsympathetic towards our situation, where there city's meters didn't work properly. After all of us explaining that we traveled from all different parts of the globe (Canada, India, UK) to see this one spectacular heritage site, she still could not manage an I'm sorry but we're closed. She treated us like we were dirt and just closed the door on us.