Welcome to Glastonbury: 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. With the exception of Woolworths, whose appearance on Glastonbury's High Street does somewhat spoil the look and feel of the place, the experience of shopping in Glastonbury does feel totally and genuinely unique and one 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 seems centred upon New Age and other esoteric interests. Whilst this common theme does engender a certain degree of similitude amongst 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.