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.
Presented below is just a little taster to whet your appetite as to what one can expect from one of the country's most unique shopping centres:
Abbey Antiques | Art of Africa | Bishopston Trading | Bodbam | Boots | Burns the Bread
Cat and Cauldron | Courtyard Books | The Crystal Man | Crystals | Debra Rose | Dicketts
Dilliway and Dilliway | D May | Dusty Attic Bears | Earth Fayre | Enchanted Florals
Enlightenment | Facets of Avalon | Faery Tales | The Glastonbury Abbey Shop
The Glastonbury Music Shop | The Goddess and the Green Man | Gothic Image
Growing Needs | Heartfelt Trading | Hemp in Avalon | Heritage Fine Foods | Labyrinth
Lilith | The Magic Box | Man, Myth and Magic | Margaret Kimber | Natural Earthling
Now That's Weird | The Psychic Piglet | Rowan Centre | Serendipity | The Speaking Tree
Spirit Visions | Star Child | Stone Age | Summer of Love | Venus | Whitehead News
Witchcraft Emporium | Witchcraft Limited | Whispered Wishes | W.J. Ayles & Son
Woolworths | Worn | Yin/Yang | Yvonne Anne
Shopping in Glastonbury
