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Image of queues of people attending Glastonbury in 2023

How can I travel to Glastonbury Festival?

About 200,000 people are expected to travel to Worthy Farm in Somerset this week.

A woman is sitting in her garden next to a wooden table. There are plants around her. She is wearing a blue top and yellow earrings.

'I'd never heard of the Glastonbury Festival'

Villagers living near the Glastonbury Festival describe their experiences of moving to the area.

Ollie wears a black vest and shorts, and stands with his bike on a very wide sandy beach. The blue ocean can be seen behind him. He has one hand on his bike and the other raised in a thumbs up.

Man cycles to Glastonbury Festival – from Spain

Thousands have been following the bikepacking adventures of Oli White, 25, on social media.

Keith Jackson wearing a bright orange T-shirt looking at the camera with a neutral expression. He is in front of The Life Factory, which is a red brick building in a dilapidated state. There is a hole in the side of the building and scaffolding can be seen through it.

'Why can't we be paid for the work we've done?'

One contractor said not getting paid for work had a "catastrophic" impact on his business.

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A field full of tents at Glastonbury Festival.

Where's best to pitch a tent at Glastonbury Festival

With a variety of campsites, there is a spot that caters for everybody.

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A woman in a red dress stands higher than a crowd of people within the Stonehenge stone circle. The sun is rising in the background.

Thousands attend solstice sunrise at Stonehenge

English Heritage say 25,000 witnessed the sunrise Stonehenge.

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A selfie of James Pearce paramotoring above Glastonbury Festival. He is wearing a blue puffer coat, reflective blue goggles and a black helmet. Behind him, you can see the harness and motor, which is strapped to him. In the distance, you can see the colourful tents being set up on Worthy Farm.

Soaring through the skies above Glastonbury Festival

Paramotorer James Pearce says watching the world-famous festival being set up is a "privilege".