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Name: | Glastonbury Tor |
Hill number: | 2905 |
Height: | 158m / 518ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2891 Beacon Batch |
RHB Section: | 41: South Central England |
County/UA: | Somerset |
Catchment: | Parrett |
Class: | Hump, Tump (100-199m), Submarilyn, Clem (Hu,Tu,1,sMa,Cm) |
Grid ref: | ST 51230 38631 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground 8m E from N corner of tower |
Drop: | 143m |
Col: | 15m ST522377 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 182 183 (1:25k) 141 |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 339 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Following on from Dundry Down I needed to feel clean again so went to a soulful cleansing up the Tor. Parked at Silver St CP then followed signs that took me round the back of the tor to the top and down to do a circular. Why no good pubs in Glastonbury though? | robphys | 14/10/2023 |
Not easy getting parked anywhere near the start of the RoW to SW. Found an iPhone, and managed to return it to its owner. | Minto | 05/07/2023 |
From Wearyall Hill via paths/roads round bootom of housing SW of Tor. Descended steps that head NE from just south of the Tower. | KeithByTheC | 28/02/2023 |
A tour around town, then a wander around the tor. | summitter | 18/01/2023 |
5/23 just before sunset | Trantham Clan | 04/01/2023 |
Part of Glastonbury Way route | Clifford | 02/01/2023 |
Short circuit from the junction of Ashwell Lane and the A361. Incredible hill. | Mark Jackson | 20/12/2022 |
With L & Dave. | Chris Ellis | 12/11/2022 |
Revisit with A,C and D before doing my last Somerset tump. Up steps on normal route from the town. | PeterD | 30/10/2022 |
With CreakingHiker | tim747 | 18/03/2022 |
With everybody else on a Sunday. | Newton Maximus | 17/10/2021 |
After exploring Glastonbury Abbey with Lesley i hwaded off on a circuit. Sunny day, plenty of people around at the top. Lovely views.. continued on circuit via fp and tracks back into town, continuing to Wearyall hill.. | Dazingdale | 28/08/2021 |
With Seymour, Terina, & Paul. Sunny & warm. Gentle circular stroll from holiday cottage in East Street near West Pennard. Glorious views. Return along RoW to south of A361 challenging with access restricted by electric fences and obstructive landowners - forced back to road! | millionmts | 22/08/2021 |
Gusty day nearly blown off the Tor! Brought the MTB up and was a nice bomb down (giving way to pedestrians). | FelixClayhill | 07/08/2021 |
Steeper than expected. | lordtonult | 14/06/2021 |
Parked to the S. at the bottom of Ashwell Lane (no restrictions) at ST 5109 3828 - Up the quiet Ashwell Lane, Basketfield Lane & Stone Down Lane to start of RoW NE of summit - Up concrete path & steps to the high point by tower. (S) | gerrybowes | 13/05/2021 |
Walked up with Lyndsey from St John's car park, round Chalice Hill out onto Wellhouse Lane and up the north slope to the tower. The sun was setting behind the tower as we ascended. Very picturesque. We walked down via the southern path and back to the car park and away to our hotel in Holkham. | Sixtyplus | 11/12/2020 |
Two days of steady rain left J & I a bit stir crazy during a few days in Somerset. A brief weather window appeared, so found some free parking at Tor end of Bere Lane, then the short walk along the unpleasantly busy road to the start of the usual path to the top. Not too many folk around. Rain started yet again shortly afterwards. | NotReallyABagger | 05/10/2020 |
Early morning walk up the Tor to watch the sunrise - beautiful! | CosmicPicnic | 31/07/2020 |
Run | Blisco | 30/07/2020 |
Run | Blisco | 28/07/2020 |
Walked up concrete path from SW. Lots of people on the summit as it was a very warm day. Great views. | stagger onward | 11/07/2020 |
With Tim before a cycle | Jbratt95 | 25/05/2020 |
Run with Izzy from home. Windy cold and sunny views to Dartmoor, Blackdowns, Quantocks and Steep Holm | isabelle | 11/05/2020 |
A day out in Glastonbury | JazDisney | 01/03/2020 |
Managed to find free parking down Ashwell Lane and avoided walk from town. Headed down A361 then started ascent up tor from SW. Saw and photographed a Druidic character in the tower banging on his drum then descended down NE side to Stone Down Lane and back to van down Basketfield Lane. | mntainman | 17/01/2020 |
On New Year trip with old school friends | climbingkershaw | 31/12/2019 |
Visited while camping near Taunton with Carol and the dogs. We parked on a back street and walked up the Tor. A lot of tourists at the summit; hazy views in all directions. | Skip | 15/09/2019 |
On the way to walk some of the SWCP - with Viv. Great viewpoint and one long coveted. | JohnIvor | 13/09/2019 |
Up the concrete path from the SW. Being a sunny Sunday lots of tourists about. | fosal29 | 01/09/2019 |
Remains of 'Glastonbury' still here after a week. Pontificators on the meaning of chants such as 'Amen, Salaam ...' on the ascent, females in white shawls spreadeagled around the summit, spaced-out, folk camped out under bike-trailer shawls - get the idea. Kinda weird - even for me. | Eddie | 07/07/2019 |
Early morning stroll at 6am to catch the sunrise. Mix of beliefs and meditators at the top, interesting conversations and beautiful photos. | AngusDog | 05/05/2019 |
Up the concrete path from the SW. Very fresh breeze and many tourists. | NormanW | 09/02/2019 |
With Mum and Dad | BigNick | 26/12/2018 |
Walk up from the town with Suzanne | dc96 | 18/11/2018 |
With Julie H & H | David Evans | 08/09/2018 |
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm_rLXAB_1Q/ | rawkmonster | 20/08/2018 |
Circular walk around Glastonbury and up the Tor. | unicornvader | 31/07/2018 |
From the town with EA and AG | victimofmathema | 27/07/2018 |
Revisit. | RHW | 11/03/2018 |
Gorgeous sunny day to be on top of this impressive and historical hill. | Denise | 26/01/2018 |
Traverse of the iconic hill on path from SW to NE a cut mark (or pagan symbol?)on stones at both ends of path. Superb little hill with stunning views. If you have desires to merge into the local scene, purple is the colour. | RichardM | 26/01/2018 |
With Alex C and others for his 2000th Tump | Tony J | 28/10/2017 |
Special day today climbing Glastonbury Tor with Andrew Brown, Smudge, Adrian and Tony J to help me celebrate my 2000th TuMP. Amazing hill and view. | Alex C | 28/10/2017 |
Glastonbury circular. With Alex & co for a bite of cake & a wee dram. | Smudge | 28/10/2017 |
Circular walk from edge of town, up Tor and back through the town, visiting the church. Avoided all the weird shops! | citygent | 14/09/2017 |
Climbed on route from Wearyall Hill to RSPB Ham Wall. | sooztops | 16/08/2017 |
Sunrise over Glastonbury Festival. Atmospheric with mist rising from the levels. | twg27 | 26/06/2017 |
KJF Morning exercise after a night at Street YH. | crazy | 16/02/2017 |
Ascent in thick fog, traverse from east to west walking from centre of town. No views! | Cumbriancyclist | 07/01/2017 |