Tor's Tour of the Tor - Sacred Tours of Glastonbury and the UK.

22/04/2025

A lovely phograic portrayal of Tours tours by local Glastonbury Lady Kirsten. this was the Welcone Unity Gathering event.

20/04/2025

Thank you everyone. That is a lot of twos. ❤️

19/04/2025

Are you thinking of coming to Glastonbury for our annual Beltane Celebrations? 🌼🌼🌼

Find the list of the events taking place during the day 🌼🌼☀️☀️☀️🐝🐝🐝

☀️🐝🌻 Glastonbury Beltane Celebrations Thursday 1st May 2025🌻🐝☀️

5.00am - Sunrise ceremony on the Tor.
From 6.30am until midday - Chalice Well for Fire Ceremony, meditation, music and more.

✨️💚 All further timings are subject to our very own 'G.M.T' - Glastonbury Maybe Time, a.k.a Green Man Time 💚✨️

🌻At the Market Cross🌻
10am - Town Criers announcement and welcome to May Day followed by Bardic performances and spoken word.
11.30am ish - Glastonbury Border Morris.
11.45am ish - Avalonian Free State Choir.
12.15pm ish - Dragon Drummers.

☀️ Outside the Town Hall ☀️
10.30am ish - welcome from the Mayor of Glastonbury, followed by a Celtic Blessing from the Gorsedh Ynys Witrin and poetry, performances and music.
12noon ish - our new May Queen arrives and is blessed by the Flames of Avalon.

💚 The Procession of the May Pole 💚
12.15-12.30pm ish - the Green Men led by the current May Queen and King will bring the May Pole to outside the Town Hall for the Renewal, Blessing and Hail of the new May Queen and her King.
By 1pm the May Pole will be processed up to Bushy Combe.
Order of procession -
The new May Queen and King
The Greenmen and the Pole
The Flames
The Beltane Women of Avalon
The Avalonian Drummers
The Rainbow Serpent, Flags and Banners
Robed Orders
Community, pilgrims and visitors
The Dragon Drummers.

🐝 Bushy Combe 🐝
The community respectfully discourages filming of our sacred ceremony. Our official community chroniclers will share highlights of the day for those who cannot be here in person.

All attending will be invited to walk through the Bower and be ceremonially smudged before joining the circle.

✨️ Order of ceremony ✨️
The Avalonian Drummers and Dragon Drummers.
Opening of the Circle.
The Marriage of the May Queen and King (please sit for this, so hopefully everyone can see).
The May Queen and the Beltane Women of Avalon prepare the Hole for the Pole.
The May Pole is raised.
As a community we take a moment to call the Druidic Oath, ‘We swear by peace and love to stand, heart to heart and hand in hand, mark O Spirit and hear us now, confirming this our sacred vow.’
The community is invited to ‘Dance the May’ with music and general merry making.

Morris Sides are invited to dance to the side of the circle after the ceremony and throughout the afternoon picnic.

💚 Closing the Circle 💚
6pm ish - The old May Pole will be ceremonially burnt off and offerings can be given.

☀️🐝🌻 Blessings to everyone who is involved in, or comes to enjoy the Glastonbury Beltane Celebrations. We ask that you 'leave no trace' when you leave ☀️🐝🌻

12/04/2025

12/04/2025

06/04/2025

Do you know when you get close to Glastonbury when you see something like this?

Any guesses where it is ?

31/03/2025

BREAKING: English Heritage to Erect King Arthur Statue on Glastonbury Tor

In a surprise move announced this morning, The National Trust has confirmed it will receive part of the £27 million given to Glastonbury from the UK Regeneration Fund, earmarked for cultural heritage projects across the country. A significant portion of this will be dedicated to the installation of a large bronze statue of King Arthur atop Glastonbury Tor, mirroring the controversial sculpture already standing at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall.

The artist commissioned for the work is none other than Rubin Eynon, the sculptor behind Tintagel’s windswept “Gallos” statue. Eynon’s work, often blending myth with landscape, has also appeared in public installations across Wales and northern France. The proposed Glastonbury figure is rumoured to stand over 12 feet tall and is said to depict Arthur holding the Holy Grail aloft while looking out toward the Isle of Avalon.

The project has already sparked debate among locals and heritage experts, some of whom have expressed concern about altering the iconic natural skyline of the Tor. However, English Heritage has stated the statue will “enhance the mythological resonance of the site and support tourism-led regeneration in the area in time for the new UNESCO world heritage status for Glastonbury.”

The statue is expected to be completed and installed by late 2026.

25/03/2025

24/03/2025

If you would like to book Irina to take photos of your tour, please contact me.

14/03/2025

We already have some lovely reviews on Trip Advisor, this early on in the year.

14/03/2025

A lovely new review on Trip advisor.

Check out this review of Tor's Tour of the Tor on Tripadvisor:

02/03/2025

Nylon ribbons do not a clootie make.

The origin of the tradition of tying ribbons on holy trees, was basic sympathetic magic: the cloth is taken from over an injured body part, and as this cloth degrades and falls, so might the injury mend. The same with wishes: as the cloth breaks down, the wish might be granted.

So binding wounds and wishes into a fabric that will never (in a lifetime) break down, is a tupsle-teery version of the tradition. The wounds will last forever, and the wishes remain perpetually ungranted.

If you have to leave detritus at a holy place, don’t let it be plastic! Please! Biodegradable materials are the tradition, never ever nylon.

Thanks!

(Photo of the Holy Thorn at St Bride’s Mound, Glastonbury)