Glastonbury

Glastonbury is a small town in the county of . Glastonbury is best known for the myths and legends surrounding both Glastonbury Tor, a prominent hill rising up from the surrounding flat landscape; Glastonbury Abbey, which together…
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  • Type: Town with 8,930 residents
  • Description: town in Somerset, England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Glastonbury, Somerset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Glastonbury Tor and Glastonbury Abbey.

Peak
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is a hill near Glastonbury in the English county of , topped by the roofless tower of St Michael's Church, a Grade I listed building.

Ruins
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was a monastery in Glastonbury, , England. Its ruins, a grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument, are open as a visitor attraction.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Street.

Village
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is a large village and civil parish in , England, with a population of 12,709 in 2021. On a dry spot in the Somerset Levels, at the end of the Polden Hills, it is two miles southwest of Glastonbury.

Glastonbury

Latitude
51.148° or 51° 8′ 53″ north
Longitude
-2.7166° or 2° 42′ 60″ west
Population
8,930
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB GRY
Open location code
9C3V47XM+69
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29673839
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2648559
Wiki­data ID
Q210891
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Glastonbury” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غلاستونبري”
  • Armenian: “Գլասթոնբերիի”
  • Armenian: “Գլաստոնբերի”
  • Asturian: “Glastonbury”
  • Basque: “Glastonbury”
  • Belarusian: “Гланстанберы”
  • Bengali: “গ্লাসটনবারি”
  • Breton: “Glastonbury”
  • Catalan: “Glastonbury”
  • Cebuano: “Glastonbury”
  • Chinese: “Glastonbury”
  • Chinese: “格拉斯頓伯里”
  • Chinese: “格拉斯顿伯里”
  • Czech: “Glastonbury”
  • Danish: “Glastonbury”
  • Dutch: “Glastonbury”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جلاستينبرى”
  • Esperanto: “Glastonbury”
  • Finnish: “Glastonbury”
  • French: “Glastonbury”
  • German: “Glastonbury”
  • Greek: “Γκλάστονμπερι”
  • Gujarati: “ગ્લાસ્ટોનબરી”
  • Hebrew: “גלסטונברי”
  • Hungarian: “Glastonbury”
  • Indonesian: “Glastonbury”
  • Irish: “Glastonbury”
  • Italian: “Glastonbury”
  • Japanese: “グラストンベリー”
  • Kannada: “ಗ್ಲಾಸ್ಟನ್ಬರಿ”
  • Korean: “글래스턴베리”
  • Ladin: “Glastonbury”
  • Latin: “Avalonia”
  • Latin: “Glastonia”
  • Lithuanian: “Glastonburis”
  • Macedonian: “Гластонбери”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Glastonbury”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Glastonbury”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Glastonbury”
  • Norwegian: “Glastonbury”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Glastonbury”
  • Persian: “گلاستونبوری”
  • Polish: “Glastonbury”
  • Portuguese: “Glastonbury”
  • Romanian: “Glastonbury”
  • Russian: “Гластонбери”
  • Scots: “Glastonbury”
  • Serbian: “Glastonberi”
  • Serbian: “Гластонбери”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Glastonberi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Glastonbury”
  • Slovak: “Glastonbury”
  • Slovenian: “Glastonbury”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قلاستونبوری”
  • Spanish: “Glastonbury (Inglaterra)”
  • Spanish: “Glastonbury”
  • Swedish: “Glastonbury”
  • Tamil: “க்ளாஸ்டான்புரி”
  • Telugu: “గ్లాస్టన్బరి”
  • Turkish: “Glastonbury”
  • Ukrainian: “Гластонбері”
  • Urdu: “گلاسٹںبری”
  • Volapük: “Glastonbury”
  • Welsh: “Glastonbury”
  • Welsh: “Ynys Wydrin”
  • Western Panjabi: “گلاسٹںبری”
  • “Glastonbury”
  • “Glastonbury, Somerset”

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