Chalice Well

Chalice Well is a healing well and garden nestling in a little valley which lies between Glastonbury Tor and Chalice Hill. It is famous for its waters - primary water which comes from deep down in the earth rather than deriving from the rainfall cycle.

Chalice Well gardens are rather unique - heritage gardens distinctly developed and kept for spiritual-inspirational uses. It is a wonderful place not just to look around, but also to stop, be quiet and go inside yourself. A place of healing.

It is run by the Chalice Well Trust, carrying on in the work started 50-70 years ago of Alice Buckton and Wellesley Tudor Pole.

Chalice Well is generally best visited off-season and off-peak, on your own or with a friend - it's a temple. Find somewhere to sit, and just be. At times there are ceremonial get-togethers at the Well, much enjoyed by people of all beliefs and persuasions. Sometimes it's a good follow-up to climbing the Tor. Enter calmly, and you'll be touched by the place.

If the Chalice Well is closed, go round the side, up Well House Lane, and the water pours out of a spout in the wall, for drinking. It's iron-rich, of constant temperature and flow, and is revitalising to drink - as if you're being washed right through.

To find out more, see...
Glastonbury Pilgrims' Trail for a brief intro to the Chalice Well
or visit www.chalicewell.org