Glastonbury Stories App
Glastonbury Stories
Explore the past with the new Glastonbury Abbey AR app – Glastonbury Stories
Welcome to Glastonbury Abbey, pilgrim.
This is a special place, a thin place. Here, time does not work in the same way as elsewhere. You can reach back, and history can reach forward. Medieval artefacts, voices of the past, and even long-lost buildings may slip through portals in time to the present day.
Use your devices to scan for these portals at Glastonbury Abbey. To help you, we’ve marked their locations in the abbey grounds with medieval tile designs like this one (pictured).
Discover Glastonbury Abbey with the Glastonbury Stories app
Should you choose to take up this quest, you will be tasked with returning lost historical artefacts to their proper owners, healing the rifts in time.
Access portal sites, listen to conversations from long ago and view the artefacts through your device using augmented reality (AR) technology.
If you are lucky, you may even glimpse the ghostly outlines of some of the buildings that used to stand on this site…
For a taste of the quest in store, preview one of the time-travelling items – the ‘Arthur cross,’ said to have been found in the grave of the legendary King Arthur – in the image below. Tap or click on the cross to rotate it in 3D.
Your Glastonbury Stories adventure awaits. When you are ready to take up the challenge, download the free app and use it onsite today!*
AR artefact - Arthur's Cross. Find this and 11 more onsite
Use your mouse or finger to rotate and magnify Arthur's Cross in 3D
*Dependent on device capability. Please see app stores for details of requirements. Recommended for ages 10+.
