Glastonbury
About Glastonbury
Glastonbury is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, 23 miles (37 km) south of Bristol. The town had a population of 8,932 in the 2011 census. The town is less than 1 mile (2 km) across the River Brue from Street, a village which is now larger than Glastonbury.
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Glastonbury monks ran a great con: they claimed King Arthur came from here, and since it was the 12th century with no fact checkers, they added that Jesus came too, building a wooden church in a deliberately ancient style.
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More facts about Glastonbury
At the first Glastonbury it cost one pound to get in and you got a free pint of milk, because founder Michael Eavis is one of the most successful dairy farmers in the area.
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Thousands of tents get abandoned at Glastonbury, and cows grazing there have been badly injured choking on the tent pegs.
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There is a secret underground piano bar at Glastonbury.
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Coordinates: 51.1475, -2.7175