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Local transport link:
http://www.glastonbury.co.uk/pages/site.php?pgid=324
Directions:
On foot from Glastonbury Abbey:
It takes about 10 - 15 minutes to walk from the abbey to Healing Waters. You can also take a taxi, it would cost about £3 - £4.
If you want to walk, you face out of town with the abbey on your left hand side.
You walk for about 3 minutes until you come to a small roundabout. You continue in a straight line across the roundabout and up a hill.
At the top of the hill you cross the road into the road directly in front of you and then immediately take a right turning onto Tor View Avenue. There is one other right turning just before this which is called Hillhead. Either one of these turnings take you to Roman Way. Both roads meet at a very small roundabout marked on the road. This is the start of Roman Way and the end of Tor View Avenue and Hillhead.
Healing Waters is on the left hand side by the roundabout. There is off the road parking and there is a big sign over the garage saying 'Healing Waters'.
You go down the steps to the house.
From the M5:
Leave the motorway at junction 23 and at the roundabout take the A39 exit (signposted Glastonbury, Wells). At the T-junction turn left onto Bath Road. Keep following the signs to Glastonbury (passing through Knowle and Ashcott). At the Street roundabout take the first exit onto The Causeway. At the hatches in the road take the right hand turn into The Roman Way. Follow the road and Healing Waters will be found at the end on the right hand side just before the fork in the road.
From the M4:
Leave the motorway at junction 17 signposted Cirencester & Chippenham. At the roundabout take the exit for the A350 signposted Chippenham. Stay on the A350 for about 14 miles until you reach Semington. At the roundabout take the 3rd exit for the A361 signposted Trowbridge. After about 24 miles you will enter Shepton Mallet. Follow the A361 left at the traffic signals towards Glastonbury. At Cannards Grave roundabout take the 1st exit A37 signposted Yeovil, Taunton & Glastonbury. At Whitstone Corner roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A37 signposted Yeovil. After half a mile turn right onto the A361 to Glastonbury. Pass through Pilton and West Pennard. Just after entering Glastonbury the road turns sharp right towards the High Street. Here do not turn right but go straight forward up into Hill Head. Follow the road and at the bottom and you will see Healing Waters opposite on your left.
From the A303 Westbound:
Leave the A303 at the B3081 signposted Gillingham, Bruton (approximately 21 miles west of Stonehenge and immediately after the Welcome to Somerset sign). At the T-junction turn left into the B3081. Go under the A303 and turn left at the junction. Turn right at the 'Hunters Lodge Inn' to Bruton. Turn right at T-Junction after Charlton Musgrove. At Bruton turn left onto Plox - A359. Bear left, signposted Frome. Keep left signposted Evercreech, Shepton Mallet. Go through Evercreech and at the T-junction turn right onto the A371 (signposted Shepton Mallet). Go through Priestleigh and at the Whitstone Corner roundabout take the first exit (A37 to Yeovil). Turn right onto the A361 to Glastonbury. Pass through Pilton and West Pennard. Just after entering Glastonbury the road turns sharp right towards the High Street. Here do not turn right but go straight forward up into Hill Head. Follow the road and at the bottom and you will see Healing Waters opposite on your left.
From the A303 Eastbound:
At approximately 45 miles east of Exeter, leave the A303 at the Podimore roundabout. Take the first exit onto the A372 (signposted Langport). Turn right onto the B3151 (signposted Somerton, Glastonbury). Pass through Somerton and Compton Dundon. At Street bear right at the mini roundabout onto Glaston Road (B3151). At Street roundabout take the second exit onto the Causeway (A39). At road hatches turn right into The Roman Way and Healing Waters will be found at the end on the right just before the fork in the road.
Nearest Railway Stations:
CASTLE CARY: This is 25 minutes drive away. There are buses from here to Glastonbury or Street or you can get a taxi directly from the station to Healing Waters.
Buses from Castle Cary
http://www.traveline.org.uk or phone:traveline 0870 608 2 608
In winter up to the May bank holiday you have to take 2 buses to get from Castle to Glastonbury or Street and it takes approximately an hour and 4 minutes. If you have lots of bags, you may need to take a taxi from Glastonbury Townhall where the bus drops you, or from Overleigh in Street which is the other destination according to which bus you take. The first is a distance of about a quarter of a mile and the second about a mile and a quarter to Healing Waters.
Bus numbers from Castle Cary are No 1, No. 669 and No 667 (there may be others and you have to change in Castle Cary to a different number.
Some times leaving Castle Cary are:
9.34 a.m
9.39 a.m
11.04 am.
11.54 a.m
12.47 p.m
14.04 p.m
etc.
BRISTOL
This is a 1 hour journet to Glastonbury via Wells.
There are buses into the centre of Glastonbury to the Town Hall which is 10 minutes walk away. Taxis are available from opposite the Townhall.
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Taxi from Castle Cary and Local Sight Seeing
Phone 07711 572038 01963 441121 Email sue@mumstaxi.wanadoo.co.uk
Hello - This is to introduce you to my services - I run a taxi service (4 person estate car, lady driver) from Castle Cary Station and I bring many people from there to Glastonbury and the surrounding area. The charge is approxiamately £26 and is for up to 4 people. I also do day trips to anywhere in the West Country, e.g. Tintagel/Dartmoor/Stonehenge etc. Having lived in Devon and Cornwall I know some interesting haunts to visit en route to these places to make the day out more exciting - these days out are charged at a daily rate depending on distance/time to be covered. If you are arriving at Castle Cary station it is advisable to book a taxi in advance and I will meet you when you arrive (no extra charge if the train is late !). The charge for this service is on a South Somerset set meter . I am of course covered by the usual insurance and licenses etc.
Please contact me on any of the above phone (I am usually on the mobile) or email address.