What better place to immerse yourself in the natural world than in The Woods? Into the ‘wild’, The Wood and the Other Wood are the perfect counterpoint to the bustling arenas and a space to reflect, find shade or perhaps find yourself. An aerial walkway through the tree canopy takes you over Peter’s Pond. Dappled in sunlight during the day, the Woods become an enchanted fantasyland at night.
The ship-shaped platform high up in the big ash tree, christened Union Castle (named after the ship that took Michael Eavis on his seafaring adventures), overlooks Glastonbury Tor and Woodsies Main Stage. An aerial walkway through the tree canopy takes you over Peetas Pond. Dappled in sunlight during the day, while at night, illuminations light up the foliage making it all seem that much more magical.
Every night, from dusk till dawn, the Tolpuddle Fire is lit in the ring of great stones below the ship. Also connected to the Eavis family, the stones and the fire symbolise the legacy of a small group of agricultural labourers from Dorset, who’s conviction, deportation to Australia and subsequent pardoning in the early 19th century became the first semblance of the trade union movement in the UK.
