CAMP TYPE
Regular

LOCATION
South

ACCESS
Gate D / C

WALK TO PYRAMID
Approx. 25 Minutes

Pennard Hill Ground – or commonly known as “Pennards” – along with Big Ground, is one of the Festival’s most coveted camping fields. Located in the southern part of the Festival, between The Park, Stone Circle and Green Fields – just north of the Tipi Village and south of the Other Stage – this campsite is also rather close to the late-night entertainment areas i.e Arcadia, and the south-east “Naughty Corner” (which includes Shangri-La, Block 9, The Common, UnFair Ground and Glasto Latino).

Due to its central location and proximity to most of the main stages and late-night areas, Pennards is known for being more of a non-stop party-type area, tends to fill up externally fast (i.e Wednesday afternoon fast) and at times can feel somewhat overcrowded.

If you do decide to camp on this hill, however, try to avoid erecting your tent at the bottom lower-ground part of the field – as it is infamously known to suffer one of the worst floods Glastonbury has ever seen back in 2005 – and although considerable drainage improvement has been put in place since to try and prevent such senses from happening in the future, better safe than sorry.

There is no real “easy access” to Pennards, so whether you enter the Festival site via the preferred West Pedestrian Gate D or East Car Park, Gate C – you will have to be prepared for quite the walk. Not to mention the seemingly never-ending hike if you drive via coach and enter through Gate A.

SUMMARY

There’s a good reason why campers return to Pennards year after year – so if you fancy joining the centrally located masses, make sure you’re dug in and pitched up by mid-Wednesday (at the latest). This is no chill pill, quite the opposite.