Shopping in Glastonbury

Glastonbury is one of the increasingly rare British towns where shoppers are not swamped by the large multinational businesses which have turned most other towns and city centres into clones of one another.

The experience of shopping in Glastonbury feels totally and genuinely unique, and you can find items there which are rare, if not otherwise impossible, to source outside of the internet. 

Perhaps understandably, given the area's reputation for powerful spiritual energies and the hippie-inspired origins of the World-famous Glastonbury Festival, the main focus of the majority of Glastonbury's shops are centred upon New Age and other esoteric interests. Whilst this common theme does engender a certain degree of similitude among the various vendors, there is enough distinct character between each store to keep visitors curious enough to want to explore most, if not all, of the shops in the town.

Given the nature of modern times, the turnover rates of some of Glastonbury’s shops is high. Many of its unique stores are soon lost to memory. To remedy that, See Glastonbury hopes to remind you, or introduce you, to some of Glastonbury’s memorable shops of today and yesterday. 

I hope you enjoy.

You can view the site's shopping gallery here: Glastonbury Town Shops